Dear Diary,
Yes, you read the title right! I made a decision, a purchase and took some action this morning.
My dream of having a market stall, which I have done previously, has come back to life!
Story time.
For my birthday a couple years ago, hubby and I stayed the night in Brisbane city. On the Sunday, we walked around the whole city and we stumbled across a couple different markets, but one just got my heart and hugged it. It’s the suitcase market in Brisbane CBD, 12pm-5pm, every second Sunday I believe. I have only been to these markets a handful of times, but every time there are such a mix of stalls. It’s basically Second hand clothes, vintage things, and also some handmade stalls. The rules are, you can bring one suitcase, anything you can fit into your suitcase you can bring to sell (there are more rules, but that is the general gist of it).
I have been wanting to do these stalls for over a year! Each time I go op-shopping (thrift shopping), I keep an eye out for suitcases, or funky things to make little displays that will store and travel in a suitcase- for the purpose of one day taking part in these markets.
So this morning. I had a sleep in for the first time in yonks. I do as most people do, but prob don’t like to admit, I wake up and check my phone. The time is 8:20.
If you follow my social medias, you know that at this time, I really am not very active on any of them, I decided to open facebook (oddly, not commonly). I scroll through a couple fb stories and then, “Hey Brisbane, come and find our Suitcase Rummage market at Reddacliff Place from 12-5 TODAY!!”. I closed out of facebook immediately and took myself to the Suitcase Rummage website. I have been putting reminders in my phone for MONTHS to check the website for their registration, but they are always sold out. (Side note, there are a few things, like dates and posts, that need to be a little updated on the website, but who am I to talk). ANYWAY, today I looked and om-fricken-g there are 3 registration dates available, first one – sold out, second one – sold out, third one – HAD A PAYMENT OPTION!! TAAAKE MY MONEEEYY!!! I honestly… I couldn’t even process what had happened. I woke up at 8:15am, by 8:20 I had an email in my inbox saying I successfully registered for a stall for September 18th!
That’s one month away!
I have..
Some stock I can sell.
A rug I can sit on (to travel on top of my suitcase I hope).
Some display options for my jewellery and art.
Made my business cards.
My website up and running.
I need to..
Find a suitcase.
Make a bit of an inventory of what I will be packing to sell.
Make a price list for my items.
Get my online shop up and running.
Get my social media presence back (I have been making some pretty funky things that I am excited to share with the world).
I think I might want to..
Make some more stock for the markets too.
I want (need) to make a video of the things I made for the 100 day project, just incase I sell some items and they won’t be able to feature as nicely in the video.
It would be amazing if I could make a funky outfit for these markets too.
I got very excited, jumped out of bed and came straight to my blog to share my happy news and to declutter the cyclone that started in my head of what I need to do, want to do, and to take note of some of the steps that I have already achieved as a little pat on the back to me.
I am very excited. A date to work towards! A goal… to work towards!
My tarot cards have been telling me lately that “It’s time for action” and to “use your willpower and focus”. I have really felt this push for action in these last few months but I have also been terrified of my focus- it drifts quite a bit. It’s like it’s not on my boat, it is a log I tied to my boat and it kinda goes it’s own way sometimes, but it’s still following along. Well now, my dear Focus, we have a big thing to work towards and a date that we need to achieve some things by, so please cooperate and don’t fall astray, I am pulling my focus-log closer to my boat so it’s practically on board, but it still enjoys a swim.
Have you ever done a market stall? Or possibly even the Suitcase Rummage markets? Any advice for someone who is jumping back in after a long break?
I do feel like I am jumping (safely, maybe stepping) into the shallow end of the pool though, my previous markets were prepared with multiple tables, a clothing rack, a gazebo, an A-frame sign (that was very handmade looking). I am thrilled to be sitting on the ground with my creations, on a rug, with hopefully a cushion, and hopefully chatting to at least one or two people. It’s going to be lovely.
Thank you for reading my words about what happened literally like an hour ago. I appreciate you.
I hope you have a wonderful day or evening wherever in the world you may be.
Lotsa love,
Jacky B, x
PS: Why did I stop doing markets? I moved to a new city a month before the pandemic struck the world. This crushed my hopes of human connection with my creations. It also stumped a lot of my motivation. And it’s taken me this long to get my act-ion together >.<