Lucky, lucky me! Five scarves sold and one on commission!!
Today I feel very lucky. I sold 5 of 17 scarves to Turner and Lane, a lovely shop in Malvern (Victoria, Australia).
Here are the items I sold. Note, the last one is one I have on commission, at Morris Brown in Healesville, Melbourne, Australia.
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- Skeeter – grey wool scarf with yellow orange & red dry-felted hearts
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- Bloom – white knit scarf with flower & leaves
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- Fleur – freeform woollen red & green crochet scarf made up of flowers and leaves
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- Gelati – yellow, orange, red & green crochet scarf made up of flowers and leaves
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- Miss Kitty – grey wool knit scarf with red wool hearts and red baubles
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- Anna K – Kintted scarf made of flowers and leaves
What I’m happy about is not only that I made a couple of hunge (though that’ll pay back the wool, and help fund more creativity), it’s the attitude of the buyers I loved the most. They really seemed to enjoy the designs, the textures, the colours. That they selected some for their gorgeous shop made me feel really happy – really, these women have an eye for the beautiful, a real talent. And they were so easy to deal with and generous in their approach to invoicing.
So, if you’re creative, remember that luck comes to those who believe in luck and to those who believe in their product. Good luck!
Three new scarves
Since my last post, I’ve created three more scarves, as a way of integrating more creative pursuits into my life. The most recent is a free-form crochet number with felting, the second a knitted scarf, with a knitted flower and leaves, and the third is an orange mohair number with feather ‘wool’ stripes and baubles.
On Friday when I took all thirteen scarves, ensconsed in an IKEA tin, to a local shop I like. The shop owner, Louise, agreed to look at them.
And while I’m not hanging all hopes on this vendor buying some, I’ve done a small thing that scared me and I believe it’s good to venture out of one’s comfort zone sometimes.
I have confidence in the product too – I think the scarves are lovely and, at some point, they’ll appeal to someone else with my taste. I have them listed on www.handmade3777.etsy.com and some people have marked a few as favourite items.
So, I am taking small steps in the creative journey and I’m sure it’s doing my brain some good.
Until the next post, I hope you uncover some some time today to do something you love.
