My how time flies!
Well it's been ages since we last posted on our blog, sorry for the wait guys. But the reason for that has been due to us working our little buts off trying to not only get our products ready for our first market, but also we have been doing a small business course down in Coffs, try to build our home/studio and raising the kids! While doing all of that we realised how close we are to Christmas and it's time to get the ball rolling with getting Red Haven Studios 'out there'. Being nervous, apprehensive and excited all rolled into one is an understatement, for we have no idea what the locals will think of our work. Actually we realised that we didn't even know how our stall would appear unless we set it up in the yard as a trial run, so we got our work together, finished and UNFINISHED, just to get the feel of things.
This is the brilliant pop up stall that we bought a few weeks ago from BCF camping shop. It's not only easy to set up but it also has 4 lights connected to the ceiling for those dark gloomy market days. At this stage we were best deciding how the layout of the tables should be. I know as a market goer I don't really like feeling trapped having to walk in deep to a stall, but at the same time I do like to have a bit of cover away from the sun or rain to be able to 'peruse' what the stall has to offer.
Unfortunately the photo is not that clear but here we have hessian table cloths that I specially sewed up in such a way that it sits nicely on the table but we also flaps at the back to hide our stash of goodies. Most of Steve's more solid pieces will be on the left of the table and all our jewelry will be on the right, plus some will be hanging from the frame with a hessian backdrop for contrast.
My more expensive sterling silver jewelry will be in the glass cabinet and the bronze pieces will be on those black neck cones. Steve's earrings are hanging off wrought iron hooks that he beat into the stump, which is sitting to the back right of the picture and the rest of his jewelry will be spread out on the table and on rocks, or will be hanging in front of the material hanging off 'Wombat Forge' hooks from the stall frame.
On the left are 3 unfinished candle stands which he will be hammering into wood stumps, he also has made candle snuffers and tea light holders from solid chunks of steal (yet to be polished). He also has and array of 'S' bend hooks to finish. To the back right he also has examples of unfinished knives which I'm sure a lot of the local fishermen would be interested in.
This is a close up of just some of my jewelry pieces, and inside the cabinet right at the front will be all of my original pieces that are not for sale but customers can order from them in case the others get sold out....wouldn't that be great if I end up selling out of some of them! On the lower right of the picture Steve has made these brilliant funky high carbon steel bangles made out of recycled sawmill blades. Plus we have business card holders and funky little love hearts set into wood blocks.
On the rock on the lower right is Steve's stainless steal necklace, and behind that are different sizes of the bangles plus a thumb ring made out of the same material. Here we have an array of priced jewelry from $25 up to $80, so hopefully there should be something in any ones price range.
We have yet to make labels for prices and explanations cards of what things are made of, so we still have plenty of work to do for our first market in Bellingen this Saturday, but all in all we are feeling more relieved that we are heading in the right direction with our work and that we at least have enough variety and stock to make our Red Haven Studio stall appealing.
So there you have it, a lot of work done but still plenty more to still do by Saturday.
OMG How time flies!!!
So there you have it, a lot of work done but still plenty more to still do by Saturday.
OMG How time flies!!!
