Photographs taken from this weekend's Reetsweet Craft Fair (at The Corn Exchange, Leeds City Centre) where I was fortunate enough to be given my own stall to sell my design work- my very first craft fair!- (that I have made throughout my time at Uni, as well as my spare time, and sell online- mostly through my Etsy store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/sophiewilsondesign?ref=si_shop). Unfortunately I forgot my camera on Saturday- the first day of the weekend's sales, so the pictures above don't show the full extent of my stock (around half)- unable to restock in the evening before the second day.
I was really pleased I got to be part of such a great event- it was hugely busy (thank you Christmas!) and I generated the same amount of income in the first day that I would usually bring in over the space of a month through online sales! Horray. Great opportunity to network and talk to the other stall owners too- finding out that I (at 19) am the youngest person ever to have a stall at Reetsweet!
Highlights of the weekend:
1//Talking to lovely people, networking- getting a chance to be "seen".
2//Selling two pieces of work to Uni tutors- thanks Amber and Jane!
3//Meeting personal hero, Culture Show Presenter and Guardian Architectural Journalist, Tom Dyckhoff (I went all fangirly and nerdy).
4// Making money! (All to go on printing for another craft fair in two weeks time...!)
5// Getting a bulk order of £100 worth of stock to sell at the Testspace Leeds Corn Exchange Pop Up Shop until 23rd December.
Good times! Now... to work through that massive mound of Uni work...
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