Hey y’all! I just got back from my market (and washing a million baby spiders out of my hair
), so I wanted to do a little recap!
It started out r o u g h. Pouring rain and my booth was in the middle of a field, so anywhere you walked ended up being a puddle of mud.
The venue ended up having little plastic boards that they connected to make pathways, because a little old lady on a scooter got stuck in the mud
I ended up losing two plushies to the mud I’m gonna see if there’s any way I can clean them later.
My first pair of shoes (and my mom’s as well) ended up getting completely soaked through and really muddy within 20 minutes of getting there, so my dad brought us each another pair. Those got soaked and muddy of course but they lasted us until the end!
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Here’s how my booth looked at the start
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And here’s how it looked half way through because I always forget to take an end picture lol
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Now to the interesting part!
(I missed some details when I had multiple customers at once)
I sold:
Dino $35,
Axolotl $12,
Two keychains $18 total,
Fluffy cow $60,
Yoda $45,
5 $12 items,
Cow keychain $10,
2 bookmarks $4 total,
Shark keychain $10,
2 axolotls $24 total,
Spider $18,
Ghost $15,
Jellyfish $18,
Gummy worm keychain $8,
Whale $12,
Bucket hat $20 + $20 mushroom boi (the woman who bought these was sooo sweet and made me keep the change for both purchases)
Patchwork bear $35,
Octo $12,
Snowman $25,
Jellyfish $18,
Frog $12,
2 leggy froggys $20 total,
Jellyfish $18,
BMO keychain $12!
I made almost $600! By far not my best market, but I’m still really happy<3
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600 for a market in a less than ideal situation is amazing!
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That’s a good price for the market and the weather conditions!
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Thats awesomeeeeeeeeee i love your setup idea with the crochet pumpkin garland in the front!
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Wow you earned a lot of money! Well deserved, you made a lot of plushies! How the heck did you sell so much
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How long were u there?
I might be doing a market so I’m trying to learn as much about them as I can
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I usually make $800-900 haha!
I do make a l o t of plushies lol. Generally around 200 per market!
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The actual market ran from 11-4 but I was there by 9:20 to start setting up!
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Oh dang that’s a long time
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Hmmmm I’m actually not sure lol I think I crochet around average speed? When I get bored of market prep I like to make a million of one thing at once so when I’m done I’m done haha. Like for my axolotls I’ll make like 20 bodies, then the all the gills, and then I would sew all of them!
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I like the medium to long ones! 6-7 hours is the best for me, but the longest one I’ve done was over 8 hours!
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I could probably do 5 to 6 hrs
I’m not very energetic after market prep 
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600 dollars is crazy, i make less than 100 at the ones i go to
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I’m not either I was feeling it this morning bc I had homecoming last night too
lesson learned don’t stay up most of the night at homecoming and then wake up at 6:30 for your market!
I was lowkey falling asleep once I finally finished setting up my booth
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Crochet items are really really popular in my area! I’m not quite sure why, but a lot of people near me are knowledgeable about crochet but have also never done it, so they love buying from those who do? If that makes sense idk
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Wow lucky, where I’m from crochet items are not very popular and almost every costumer I’ve ever had thought my stuff was over priced and they weren’t even as high as some of yours
It’s very unfortunate.
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wow.