November 1st and 2nd
On this day we had our 3rd market ! Now this one was a little bit different as it was a 2 day event at a fall festival, located at the beautiful location of Green Jay Gardens , which is in-between New Braunfels and Seguin. Both my father, Phillip, and my mother, D’layne attended with me for the second time together. I love having them both at the markets with me, they are amazing company and the art they make is beautiful !
My set up was a little bit different this time around, and I feel as if every time I do a market it will just be getting better and better ! I recently had build and designed a sign for my booth, it is at the bottom of the table. I do not believe I am quite done with it yet. I would like to make my letters more apparent so it is easier to read. I got a lot of positive feedback from, my sign, many liked how creative it was !
This Is how my both was set up on the table, I took these pictures at the beginning of the day at day one and I wish I took after pictures before I packed up on day two, but I will get better at taking pictures as the time goes on. I am proud of myself for what I had done, I took genuine good pictures and videos. At this market I would say my best seller was the wooden beaded bracelets , and the dried flowers trinket dishes ! I am always happy just receiving positive feedback no matter someone makes a purchase or not ! People like to tell me that my prices are to low, but to me I don’t believe so. I like my art to be enjoyed by anyone. I do not want people to feel like they are breaking the bank or have buyers regret when they buy from me. I believe if people truly think my prices are too low then they could always give me a tip or pay what they believe would be fair ! The atmosphere at Green Jay Gardens was absolutely beautiful ! 10/10 my favorite market to have sold at so far. We got lucky with where they told us to set up the booth. We got a spot right under a tress and it was just such a amazingly divine area. I felt like a princess with how many butterflies were flying around me at all times. Now Green Jay Gardens is a nursery filled with beautiful flowers, but still I am a number 1 butterfly supporter and being around so many all day really helped keep my spirit up !
They would keep landing on the our stuff, but they really liked the trinket trays with the flowers! I hope I didn’t trick them into to thinking the flowers were accessible !!!
The weather on the first day was a little bit rough, for half of the day it was quite chilly as the sun would like to hide behind some clouds. There was also a chance of rain around 5pm which was the time we were closing down at. Around 4pm the event coordinator told everyone they could start breaking down because the rain clouds were rolling in, Which the timing on her was amazing, as right when we packed up the car and left the rain started pouring down heavy around 4:40pm. Now on Sunday the weather was absolutely beautiful. Very sunny and bright but still a little cool with a breeze so you weren’t dying out in the Texas heat. I love this time of year as it is not to warm to be existing and not very cold to where you need to be super bundled up. Thank you mother earth for providing a beautiful weekend to this event !
My mother D’laynes side of her table she shared with her husband ! I am so proud of my mom, her art is evolving and she is experimenting more and more every time we attend on of these. My personal favorite thing she has made was the bright golden Mandela that is right under the butterflies. I think it is absolutely beautiful and she did not sell it this weekend, which means I get to snatch it up from her. She had a good turnout overall, but really she just enjoys giving her stuff out for free. It makes her smile to give out good vibes like that, especially to little kids who want just about everything haha. Thank you again my beautiful momma for all the work she puts in to creating her wonderful work and I cannot wait to always watch her evolve more and more !!! I know my mom truly does love to interact with others and see the world so it made me very happy to see her meet people and bond with others. My mom radiates such good energy and I love to see her in a environment that keeps her up !!!
My father Phillip has truly been making some divine healing work. I know he has got a lot of big plans in the work and his progression is just the right pace. This koi pond will catch any and all attention with how cool it is. The pond took him about 7 days to complete as he had to paint on pour layer by layer. It still has yet to be sold but the right person will soon come by. My dad’s favorite thing to say about it is that it is the most low maintenance fish tank you could ever have haha. The Sun catchers were a awesome hit as well. he sold more then half he started with which is amazing and I am so very proud of that ! I had to by one for myself. I kept my eye on one the whole time and I told myself if no-one had gotten it, then it would be mine. Lucky for me it worked out haha. The organizer of the event who is also the owner of Green Jay Gardens told me that she will reach out to me about him making more of those because she would like to sell them in her store ! Which is awesome and I would love to be able to help my dad out with that business opportunity. Finally his copper bracelets, which surprise surprise was a hit as well ! Many people knew about the healing benefits of copper. therefore people wanted to buy them, they were also surprised with how low cost they were, but we don’t believe in healing people for a absurd amount of money. Knowing how good of a craftsman my dad is, he could also make a bunch of the at a time. The only “issue” that came up was the sizes. He had made multiple sizes already but still not a size that was big enough as some men have big ol hands lol.
Just like with every market we learn and learn something new and something to grow and change for the future. I am very thankful to all who have supported me here, this was my biggest turnout yet I made lots of profit and lost lots of inventory, which is a good thing as I can now make more and become more broad and versatile. Thank you to all my friends that showed up and gave me support, Thank you to all the wonderful people who bought my art and supported me ! I will remember every single face I made a connection with. Thank you to all the vendors that I interacted with and became good acquaintances with ! I wish the most success to all ! This shall be it for now, thank you so much to YOU! for reading this long page. I hope your day is filled with Peace, Love, and a abundance of light! Until next time, I love you.
Maelura 