This was intended to be two separate posts, but it's almost
Halloween (eeek!) and I wanted to show you everything before. I did two
markets in October, so I
didn't have the time to do a
Halloween DIY like usual. But I
did a
workshop with Skullduggery Ceramics earlier this month for some
Halloween all-year
decorations
that are finished now. Today I'd like to tell you a also bit about the markets and show you the nice stuff I found.
The first was the Goth & Punk Flea Market in Manchester, where I sold a lot of used clothes. I did't buy much, so I don't have photos. I was just a second hand
skirt, some hair dye and fabric remnants. The Cabinet of Curiosities Bazaar in the Leeds Market hall was much bigger. I didn't sell well, but there was so much
choice to spend my money on. I've also collected a lot of business cards and will have a look online bit by bit.
I had my eye one the
spiders web box from
Cabinet of Curious Creations in Manchester already, so this time I took my chance to bring it home. You can never have
too many pretty boxes, can you? When I saw the
spiders from
Purple
Dream Design, I was impressed and knew I had to get one. I went with a small
black one that has a ring for putting it on the
wall - how cool is
that? They do come in all colours though, so spider fans check this out!
I wanted to make myself a
winter dress since last year, but never got around to it. At the Black Rose Ball in September (where I didn't trade this time), I already saw the
striped cowl dress from
Twisted
Bee, but I didn't have the time to try it on. In Manchester I did, but size
L was a bit large, although the fitting is meant to bee looser that my
other cowl dress from Twisted Bee. Size
M was then
perfect, but the best
thing:
It has pockets! :D
I'd also like to show a picture of my stall, because I had a rather large space and could bring two rails and my "assistants". My stall neighbour was Carlie Martece, who is an artist and a writer (and more). I picked her second book
"Deragon Hex, The Vipdile Key", because I like the sci-fi, dystopian, cyberpunk genre. At home, I looked at the contents page, was surprised by only numbers and the recognised
the first digits of Pi.
In Leeds, I also bought a
second hand skirt to dye black and alter, but I overestimated the size. I'll probably do it anyway and put it up for sale then. I also couldn't resist
the
oilcloth fabric from a Leeds Market shop, I guess you know why. Now to the
Halloween decorations! On a Friday night, I went to the
Skullduggery Ceramics studio and spent two hours
having a lot of fun creating these, having some sparkling wine and cake. (Click to enlarge!)
I have some good and some bad news in the end. I stopped doing Inktober, because I'm doing
another market (rather spontaneously). It's the one at the Tomorrow's Ghosts Festival in Whitby next weekend! I'm doing Saturday and Sunday and this is a big one for
me. Last year I've only been shopping, now I want to make as much as I can for a full stall.
Hope to see you!
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