New business cards and leaflets.

Hello! :) First of all, thank you for all the amazing comments and feedback you gave me for my booth at the market last weekend, they made my heart melt and I felt so flattered and happy, thank you so much! :) Although I do not always find the time to respond to every single comment, I read each one carefully and appreciate your feedback a lot, it always makes my day!!
Today I wanna share with you my new business cards and leaflets which I of course took to the market with me.
Since I have been running out of my old business cards, I thought it was the perfect time to get new ones and to even order some leaflets. I somehow had an idea how they should look like (lots of white with pink and colors to reflect the color scheme I like and to match my blog's style and the look of my home and my overall favourite color concept. I talked about it with Anja, she's always the one who helps me with such things, because she's a future media designer (next year she'll be done :)) and a great help (and she also designed my last business cards).
I wanted the font which I always use for my blog and then Anja designed those pretty leaflets and business cards for me.

I love the lace that she added and I love the clean look, because it's mainly white and Anja chose a plain font for the text.
Here I simply love the choice of colors and that the leaflets are so bright and still colorful! :) I think they are just perfect for my little indie business.
I'm so thankful for Anja's help and I was really happy that we were able to order them before the market last weekend and many customers grabbed a leaflet and took it home with them. :)
How do you like my new business cards and leaflets? :)
Lu

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My afternoon at the Inselfest in Potsdam.

Heeeello! :) I hope you were having a fantastic weekend! Mine was super, because my mama has been here and I have been selling my handmade things at a market. :) To see my past two markets where I had a booth, click here to see older blog posts. :)
On Saturday there was a little market on an island in Potsdam and I was having a booth and was there all afternoon. At first, it was quite empty, but later, many people came and bought my handmade things. :) As you might already know, I love to decorate and I had lots of fun preparing my booth and making everything look pretty.
I took with me about 160 different items and I was soooo flattered by all the amazing compliments that I got, soooo heartwarming!!! What is more, I even sold way more items that I had expected and I was so proud!
My mother and Flo supported me all day, I'm so thankful for that!
This afternoon was lots of fun and I had a lot of luck that the sun came out and people came to visit this little market.
Some people payed me compliments because of my outfit matching my handmade banner, but I swear that this was unintentionally. :)
Among other things, I sold pot holders, dribble bibs, gift bags for Christmas, hair bows, pouches and hand-painted mugs.
Here's a part of my table with all the colorful items. :) A few people didn't want to believe me that I made all those things myself and were so impressed by the diversity, choice of colors and patterns and by all the ideas behind the products! Sooo flattering! Two people even asked me if I had employers who help me sewing all those things. :D
My handmade banner and the apple bunting.

I also sold tobacco pouches, pillow cases, brooches and Christmas stockings.
This is my pretty decor I made at the opening of DaWanda's showroom last week, it was perfect for my booth. :)
Handmade felt brooches and pouches.
Such a nice day and such a good experience! :)
Have you ever sold anything handmade at a market? :) So much fun!
Enjoy your Sunday evening!
Lu

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Hello eveybody, happy 4th Advent! :) On the first weekend of December I sold my handmade things at the Trend Mafia in Berlin, a market for everything handmade. :)
I was having my own booth and I have been waiting to finally share some photos with you for so long! :)
I already went there last year after I had just started selling on DaWanda, but I wasn't really successful. This time, it was completely different! :) I was well prepared and my range of products has become pretty wide. I offer lots of items for daily use and my products have become better and better (such as my sewing skills have improved :)).
I'm so thankful for having the best friends in the world, because otherwise, this day would have been more stressful for me! Flo drove me to Berlin and helped me to carry all my items and my friends Hanna, Anja and Sarah came to visit me and to keep company with me. <3 Anja and her boyfriend brought me the cutest Dalmation balloon (which attracted lots of children :D) and Hanna has been staying with me nearly all day. <3
I was soooo nervous when I started decorating my booth and I wanted it to look perfect and to reflect my style, so I thought a lot about how to organize everything. I made all price tags by hand and I wanted my decor to be appealing. :) When the first customers came, I was full of adrenalin. :D
I got LOTS of compliments concerning my products, people got sparkling eyes when looking at my products and I was completely overwhelmed. :)
Each person who bought something got a little paper bag with handprinted Christmas ornaments, my business card and a little chocolate Santa. Lots of people took my business cards and I sold a total of 11 differend items for a total of 75€. I was so proud, because this time, I earned the money I had to spend for the booth's rent, for the gas for coming to Berlin and I even made some profit. What is more, the following days after the market, my statistics on DaWanda nearly exploded and I sold a lot more online. :)
It was such a great experience and I had soooo much fun seeing the people's reactions when looking at my booth and at my items. It's such a great feeling that people like what I do and admire what I have created myself with a lot of effort and love. <3 I'm really proud of myself and this Sunday has been one of the best days this year. :)
So here are lots of photos so that you can see how everything looked like! :)

Hanna and I have been taking photos all afternoon and she perfectly portrayed me and my booth. <3

I've already sold this cute owl pillow. I wrote all tags in German and English so that everybody was able to understand them.

This day was simply awesome! :) Here you can see Flo and me chatting. He's the best, he totally supports me and helps me to achieve my goals whenever I need him. <3

Although I've been selling lots of mugs on DaWanda, at the Trend Mafia they have only been admired, but not a single person bought any of them.

I had bought this pretty, white etagere to display my brooches. I love white plastic items (it's even made from recycled plastic :)) and I can also use it to decorate cupcakes. Moreover, I used some enamel bowls to display other items.

Flo and Hanna have been keeping company with me. :)

 I like this photo so much!

Do you see the Dalmatian? :) The 'lu loves handmade' banner is made of paperboard, I made it last minute two days before the market while Anja and I were watching O.C. California on DVD, because I didn't have any banner.

 I love those mugs! :) I know, I haven't invented this trend, but they are so much fun. :)

Here's again the wall behind my booth. I was happy that I could hang up my bags to display them so that everybody could see them. :)

Wow, lots of photos, but I hope that you were able to get a good impression of what this day has been like. :) I definitely wanna do this again next year, although it includes a lot of work and time for preparations. :)

Has any of you been selling at such a market? :)

Wish you a lovely Sunday and enjoy the last week before Christmas! As you can see, today's the first day in December I'm not sharing a Christmas post, but my Blog Party is nearly over. I wanna share one or two remaining posts the following week and then I'm gonna post a summary of all Christmassy DIY posts so that my new readers (Hello, welcome here!!! ;)) will get an overview. :)

Thank you for reading,
Lu <3

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Dear readers, as I've already posted, tomorrow, on Sunday, I'll be having my own booth at the Trend Mafia designer market in Berlin! :) Among about 60 other vendors, I'll be selling my handmade things. Those of you who have been reading my blog for a while know that I've been there last year and this time, I'll try it again. :)
During the last days I've been completely busy with preparing everything. I sewed tons of new pouches, I oganized all my items, made price tags by hand, designed and printed new flyers and prepared every single detail. I'm a bit worried, because the weather forecast is so bad and it is to be feared that many people will rather stay at home than to go out for visiting a market. :(
I'm sooo ecxited, let's see if I'll be able to get some sleep tonight. Keep your fingers crossed for me that it will be a successful day, can't wait to tell you everything and to share some photos. :)
In case you live in Berlin and don't have any plans this Sunday, come and visit me at my booth, I'll be happy to see some nice people! :) The location is called Hackesches Quartier and is next to the station Hackescher Markt. The market is open from 1-7 p.m and I'll be sitting at booth number 10 in the back. :) More information can be found on the organizer's page.
Wish you a lovely weekend, make sure to come back later, there'll be another Christmas post on my blog! :)
Lu

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Save the date: Trend Mafia design market.

Hello! :) In Berlin there's a design market called Trend Mafia which regularly takes place on weekends and at which people sell handmade items. I went there last year and it was the first time I've been selling my products at a market. I was not very successful and only sold a few items, but it was a good experience and I had just started selling my handmade products on DaWanda a fews weeks before that date. The market at which I had my first own booth was last year in September, more than one year ago. :) In the meantime, I have nearly sold 200 items on DaWanda and I thought it was time to try it again! :) I applied for one of the many dates in December (during the Christmas season, the market takes place every Saturday and Sunday) and this time, they immediately accepted my application. :))

I'll be having my own booth at the Trend Mafia on December 4, 2011, from 1-7 pm. This time, it takes place at a really central place, namely in the Hakesches Quartier at the S-train station Hackescher Markt. (Wow, it sounds really weird inserting German proper names into English sentences... :P).
If you're from Berlin and want to visit me, I'll be happy to see you, so save the date and come over to say hello and let me know that you're one of my blog's readers, I'd love to meet you in person. :)

There'll be lots of vendors who sell handmade items like clothes, Christmas decor or accessories. Can't wait, I'm already preparing my table's decor and I'm thinking about which products I will take there and of which I have to make some more. :)
I'm sooooo much looking forward to this date! :)

Here are some photos of me and my booth last year, and after December 4, I'll share some more of my second attempt of selling my items at a market. :)

Lu
 

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