Hi!

The past few days have been incredibly hectic for me as I have been doing my final leg of organising my stock and display goods for my upcoming market at Kirribilli Markets, Sunday 14 Nov 2021.

I kept making a lot of polymer clay earrings during lockdown... sent many of them off... made more... and squeezed in the IKEBANA collection... and now I think I'm a little overstocked again *lol*. Christmas is coming though, so I will try to be optimistic that a lot of customers will be there on the day ready to purchase something unique for presents or a little post-lockdown treat as there will be parties and outings again.

A lot of my space is actually taken up by packaging (boxes, shopping bags), so I will be diligently be giving away as many black boxes as I can possibly give away during these few weeks. I have a handful of white boxes, which of course will be included when you buy a polymer clay item. 

Speaking of which, my Chiyogami Sakura studs will transition to a velvet pouch packaging once the black boxes run out. I'm actually not sure where I am headed with the paper cranes - they are extremely popular, but once the black boxes run out, I might actually need to do a price adjustment as the only option is to package them with the new white boxes. I estimate this change to take effect maybe by December.

The price adjustment will also take into account the amount of work that is needed to make a pair of paper cranes (which is absolutely insane when you compare it to the studs - it's just very fiddly as there's nowhere to grip and they are super tiny) - but this price adjustment is very small. This also takes into account the cost of parts, as there are no good suppliers (I found one, and then they changed their manufacturer) for the ear threads, so I need to take this into account too. I'm still searching by the way. Or these cranes will go through a re-design. I'm not too sure, but I'll have to see. I thank you for your understanding in advance.

I will also be lugging my stall back home (or attempt to) on public transport this time... which is going to be a juggling act as I have a luggage case and a big push trolley. I think I can do it. It might even be easier than I think. Let's hope that I sell plenty of stuff so that I don't need to carry so much... feeling nervous now. There's no scheduled track work, so I'm winning half way already.

I'm pretty excited to be back at Kirribilli - a bit sad I won't be there for December, but that's ok as I will be working and planning for the New Year Mystery Boxes. I just only have one last market for December (waiting the a-ok to announce) and that's it for this year.

Hope to see you this weekend at Kirribilli - it's a full market, and it's going to be a lot of fun!