I did the December Hoxne Artisan Market on Saturday and it couldn't have been any more differerent to the one in November.
I think several things were in play - firstly that in this rotten economic climate everyone has been hanging on to their money until nearer Christmas.
But I also wonder if it's because I simplified the amount of different items I was selling and also laid the table out differently.
Here's the table in November . . . .
I'd put out EVERYTHING (well almost!). And hanging behind were my new machine embroidered pictures. I noticed that no-one was looking above the level of the table so they became virtually invisible. I'd also put out the last few of this and the last few of that so it was quite jumbled. We'd been asked to make the stalls Christmassy and after this photo was taken I added some sparkly silver stuff around the top.
This is the table on Saturday . . .
I move the embroidered pics down to the table and put art quilts on the wall so they could be seen from a distance.
I also restricted what I had to sell - I had the pictures, 3 kinds of brooches, Kumihimo bracelets, Christmas cards and some beaded angels hanging on a wire tree. Much, much simpler and I think it was less distracting.
It could simply be that we are now very close to Christmas. People were so decisive - they either moved on without lingering or they stopped, looked and bought.
But who knows . . . .?
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