Feb market has been postponed....

Hi everyone!

I'm afraid we have a sad announcement to make - the Love Handmade Feburary Market will be postponed. Both of us have had some unexpected major changes happen in our lives recently, which means we are unable to afford (at the moment) to give the market what it needs.

After reviewing feedback from our wonderful sellers so far, we have decided to look into another venue also. This break will give us the time we need in order to look into this further.

We are also looking into getting the Love Handmade "look" developed further to give it a more fresh and professional look.

This will not be the end of us and we are not going to dissapear!
Instead we are going to focus our time not only on developing and improving our market, but also supporting artists & crafters, featuring blogs, upcoming events and developing and expanding our newsletter.

So keep an eye on our blog and our facebook page and twitter for exciting updates in the arty and craft world, and make sure you sign up to our newsletter. It's going to be a goodie!!

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Rhiannon & Alana
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Applications for Feb are OPEN!

As the title says, the time has arrived - applications are open for the first 2010 Love Handmade Craft Market =)
Applications will close on the 22nd Jan at 6pm so don't miss out!
Alana and I have been working really hard over christmas on new ideas and marketing which is exciting!

Love Handmade Craft Market

Saturday 13th Feb

10am to 1pm

The Rose Centre, Belmont (near Takapuna)

COMING SOON: There will be a link to the right to download the PDF flyer (you can click on the image now to get a .gif) for you to send around to friends and family, to post on your blog, to post at work, to post on Facebook - anywhere you can think of =)
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Rhiannon
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Update for 2010

We hope everyone is ready for Christmas with it being only a day away (how did it get here so fast?!) I know I'm not and my last minute shopping is to be done tomorrow morning. I am hoping to miss the traffic but I think tomorrow will be crazy everywhere!

I thought it was time to give everyone an update as to what is happening between now and next year with Love Handmade. Alana and I have decided to have our first market in February instead of January because we want to have the extra time to work out a few kinks and re-look at our advertising strategies! We have got some exciting ideas which we are already working hard on and we are working on getting extra tables so that we can utilse the covered area out the back of the venue. Designing of our February flyer is already underway and we hope to have that finished early January.

We have also just started a mailing list which you can find on the right hand side of the blog. We will be creating a newsletter every two months, which will include news about local crafters, updates on Love Handmade, and anything else we think may interest crafters and the craft lovers of Auckland. So make sure you sign up - our first one will be sent out late Jan 2010.

We have a busy Christmas break ahead of us but it will all be worth it in the end - both for us and for you! So until 2010 - I hope everyone has a happy and safe holiday! =)

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Rhiannon
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Christmas Market 09

It was such a beautiful day - sun shining through and lots of chatting and catch-ups to be had. It was a lot quieter than we had expected, despite the large amount of money we had spent on advertising, but it didn't seem to dampen the festivities =)

Check out some of our talented crafters who were at the December market.

Alana and I have been brainstorming on how to market the market (as such) for 2010 and after a pleasant “business meeting” accompanied by a coffee in the sun today, we have some great ideas that we are going to start working on today. So make sure you keep checking back for exciting updates!

Have a Merry Christmas and a great New Year everyone and see you in 2010! =D

Rhiannon

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Gordon Harris Raffle Pack

We would like to give a huge thanks to our wonderful friends at Gordon Harris who have sponsored an incredible pack of goodies to raffle off at our first craft market. Tickets will be $2.00 each and could win you $200 worth of Cristina Re’s designer paper craft materials.
The pack includes:
- 40 of her designer papers. Ranging from plain to elegant to beautiful, you will be able to find a use for all of these papers no matter what your favourite kind of crafting is.
- A copy of her newest book “Paper Styles” which has step by step instructions for the most beautiful wedding stationery. You can apply these techniques to any part of your life though. It’s a 176 pages, fabric bound hardcover book that has stunning pictures and great tips and techniques as well as templates to use.
- A copy of the “Printstation CD 3” which is an interactive software package that includes templates that you can edit and change the way you want for tags, cards, booklets, invitations and more.

Have a look at her website for more products =)
http://www.cristinare.com/

  
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Rhiannon
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