I went to the BrisStyle Indie Markets at Brisbane City Hall last Saturday, as a stallholder, which was very very fun. It was also very motivating, as when I have visited the markets in the past, everyone has a very professional and creative set-up, and I really had to lift my game. I was happy with the result though!
Almost all of the displays were made from recycled paper and cardboard too, and the barrel is from Reverse Garbage.
The banner will eventually have birds holding the ribbon up, I just have to draw, make lino cut, and print them. I was thinking then the print could be used for bags made from reclaimed and recycled material, and maybe patches. It's going to be something like:
The BrisStyle markets are lovely - so many creative people to talk to, and customers and browsers who are looking for high quality handmade things. It was very craft affirming! (Really, it's just very nice to have people say that they like the things you make).
It was also a bit dangerous to the wallet, with recycled silver jewellery, vintage style clothes, lovely ceramics, gorgeous toys.... I resisted until right near the end, but then bought a dress made from vintage fabric which wiped out my profit. But I have been telling myself that the dress was a present from my savings, and my profits actually went to the donation I just made to the Typhoon Haiyan relief fund.
For me, this disaster is an extra reminder to buy secondhand and recycled when I can, and take other actions to reduce my impact on the environment, because overconsumption (is one thing that) drives climate change, which is taking lives through storms like this, and other extreme weather events.
I won't be at any more markets this year (most probably.... I am 97% sure), but I am contributing stock to Reverse Garbage's Handmade Fiesta, I will post more about that shortly!
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