As Christmas is just around the corner and 2016 quickly comes to a close, we are preparing for the busiest time of the year in market land.
I started doing markets a year or so ago, gaining experience and exposure to help my business grow. It's been a challenge at times working to deadlines, lots of early mornings and freezing cold, to battling high winds and heavy rain to sweltering summer heat. It's also been a time of unpredictability too, with quite a few markets cancelled or postponed at last minute due to extreme/poor weather conditions. In all of this though, it has been great. Markets are quite humbling I think, making you appreciate good days and respect for the discipline and commitment involved in making a market stall happen. From bump ins to bump outs, getting to know local customers, meeting new and transient clientele, befriending fellow stallholders and networking on all levels makes the artisan market process an enriching and unique experience.
In 2017 markets will continue as an avenue to promote our brand and sell our products, offering something different and unique while celebrating nature's beauty.
Our market dates for the remainder of the year are following:
November 12 saturday - Handmade in the Hunter Markets, Kevin Sobel's Wines Pokolbin NSW
November 19 saturday - Handmade in the Hunter Markets, Kevin Sobel's Wines Pokolbin NSW
November 26 saturday - Olive Tree Market - twilight market, Maitland Art Gallery, Maitland NSW
November 27 sunday - Avoca Beach Market, Avoca Beach, Central Coast NSW
December 3 saturday - Olive Tree Market, Civic Park Newcastle NSW
December 4 sunday - Central Coast Christmas Fair, Mount Penang Gardens, Central Coast NSW
December 10 saturday - Handmade in the Hunter Markets, Kevin Sobel's Wines Pokolbin NSW
December 17 saturday - Olive Tree Christmas Market, Civic Park Newcastle
December 27 tuesday - 29 thursday - Handmade in the Hunter Markets, Kevin Sobel's Wines Pokolbin NSW