Knighton Community Market

I spent a lovely morning manning my first market stall on Saturday. As I mentioned in my previous post I collaborated with the lovely Helen of Walkmill at no.7 in Knighton. The collab worked quite well I think and our stall did look rather attractive with the combination of elements. The community market is much like all retail in the area at the moment, quite slow, and so my expectations were not high. That said I think we're all the same is as much as secretly we hope it'll be a bumper day - It was not - but it was a good day all the same. I did sell a few cards and Helen's side also sold quite well.

It was the first time I've put myself 'out there' in terms of my art. Selling via a bricks and mortar shop is fairly anonymous, even if a few locals do know me. This time I felt I was facing folk directly and you can guarantee that not everyone will have liked my stuff. There was , however, no negative feedback at all. It was all either neutral or positive - So, as I said, a good day 😄

It does mean that I have loads of stock so I really must get some of it up on here and available to buy via sumup. Not many people took a business card but a few did so you never know 😉

If anyone happens to see anything they fancy you can contact either myself via the contact form on my blog or follow the link to Helen's Instagram Walkmill @ n07 where we'd both be pleased to hear from you.

Thanks for reading, and please feel free to comment.

Wendy xx

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