Three more sleeps!

Oh no...only three more sleeps until the Made on the Left market and I haven't devoted much time at all to preparing...

All my energy of late has gone into promoting Made on the Left (plus tons of marketing work) and I'm proud to say we achieved lots of coverage from my press releases, including this article about in the local Voice news.

Ali J and Jaquie's fab illustration has got great comments wherever it is distributed and we now have a full complement of stall holders, so I just need to get my Odd Girl Out act into gear by Saturday! Gulp.

I'm hoping to bring the new bobby necklaces (featured in an earlier post) as well as the hairclips that were so popular at the Unwrapped marketplace, and plenty of other things in between.

It will be the first outing for my new hang tags and business cards, which is very exciting for them. They don't get out a lot.

If you are in Perth, come along to the Made on the Left Market at the Hyde Park Hotel West Perth from 11am-4pm this Saturday 12 July. And wish me luck!

Watch out for those needles....

The talented Jacquie from Ramsden Designs has just finished designing the poster for the Made on the Left Market - look at those sassy girls knitting away!

Made on the Left picking up steam

The goblins behind Made on the Left - a new association for promoting creative types in WA - have been rather busy.

Rosanna Elizabeth has written a great profile on Dara - otherwise known as DaraArt - the artist who first came up with the idea of putting this group together. Dara's artistic workings include this lovely piece 'O how brief the time on this green earth':

Read all about her here:

http://madeontheleft.blogspot.com/2008/06/faces-behind-made-on-left-part-1.html

Putting my marketing hat on

OK - I've just sent out a media release about Made in the Left, our new association for promoting Western Australian artists, crafters and makers of handmade goodies. If you are curious or would like to write about us, you can see it here:

http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200806/1212500795.html#bookmark

And if you are a WA based crafty type don't forget to visit the Made on the Left website where you can download the application form to take part in the launch event market at the Hyde Park Hotel North Perth on July 12!

Left side rules - OK!

Ohhhhh - I've been a very neglectful blogger...but I have a good excuse (promise). I've been working together with some of the other Western Australian handmade crafters to establish a group called Made on the Left Side, which will work to promote unique design from WA.

Our first event will be a market on July 12 at the Hyde Park Hotel in North Perth, and the application form has been loaded up on the website. So if you live in WA and have some great handmade goods to showcase, get onto it!

Made on the left will also have a blog at http://madeontheleft.blogspot.com/ which will hopefully be much less neglected than this one sometimes is...so please leave a comment.