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Dates For Your Diary

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Well here we are again – the long run up to *whisper it* Christmas. Despite coming across the usual ‘all the markets I want to do are on the same flippin’ weekend’ issue, I now have a handful of paid, pending, and possible events lined up.

OCTOBER

This one is a definite – I have four original paintings submitted plus a number of prints and cards for sale. It was a terrific success last year and looks set to be even better this time around.

NOVEMBER

This one is also a definite – we did one day here last year and it was so good we’ve come back for a double dose this time around. Make sure you wrap up warm and bring a shopping bag! I have plenty of my new Spinnaker Tower Christmas cards and hoping that they do well in this part of Hampshire.

This one in Winchester is a possible – so far I have expressed interest but not heard anything back and there doesn’t appear to be a lot of information about timings as yet. Watch this space…

DECEMBER

If the Arc market is a possible then this one is currently ‘probable’. I will be focusing more on the Alresford themed cards and prints here, and will most likely be selling alongside my very talented friend Claire who crafts and makes all sorts of lovely things.

And finally this one is CONFIRMED, and I will be bringing plenty of South Coast appeal – prints or HMS Warrior, Fareham Creek, and the Spinnaker Tower, as well as my Spinnaker Tower Christmas cards.

Here we go again – MARKET TIME!

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Spring is here, and with it the start of market/fete season again. I am pleased to confirm that I will be participating in both days of the Makers’ Market at Fort Brockhurst in Gosport on May 28-29. I have been working hard on producing some new pieces to appeal to the locals at this end of Hampshire, and will be bringing prints of these to sell, as well as trialling some new product designs and miniature paintings. I hope some of you will be able to pop down and visit us 🙂

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Please also take a look at my store page where there are some new prints and cards already available for order and pre order, with options to be added over the coming weeks.

https://www.poshbirdpaints.co.uk/store-2/

TO MARKET! …again

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It appears to be THAT time of year again doesn’t it, and yet another case of ‘where did the last one go?’ This little artist is off to market again, this time in a Christmas jumper to add a little festive cheer to these dull Autumn days.

It seems like every Christmas fair in Hampshire is happening this weekend so rather than being able to do one every couple of weeks through November and December we were left almost with the option of doing one, two, or none. Consequently we are doing two on consecutive days.

We may regret this…

Hope to see you there!

This Little Artist Went To Market

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Another month, another market. Possibly the last one before things start getting properly Christmassy ( I know – I don’t like mentioning the other ‘C’ word when I’m sitting in my garden in my shorts either).

Gosport Makers’ Market was an interesting one as it seemed to be simultaneously one of the first markets to happen at this site since Covid, but also one of the last ones to happen before the building gets a fairly major refurb. Makes it pretty hard to tell (yet again) whether what we experienced was representative of what a typical event would be like here in the future. Certainly we didn’t see the 800-1000 people through the doors that had supposedly been seen previously, but even at a fraction of these numbers we still did surprisingly well with a range of sales from £2 to £30, and not just to friends and family.

I was fortunate as always to have Simon with me to enable me to have a wander and meet some of the other stallholders. In many ways this is as valuable as the sales as every connection we can make is another like, another share, another recommendation, and more useful info on the local area, other markets, and advertising tips. There is also a lot to be gleaned just b y looking at how other people set up their stalls, present their wares, and what range of products and prices they are displaying. I now have a shopping list of extra stand and hangers should we do more markets in the future although I am reluctant to invest too much until the sales get a little more reliable.

In the meantime the focus is switching firmly towards Christmas here at PBP. This year’s Christmas cards have already arrived (seriously it gets earlier every year!) Plus the light train prints have now arrived – 20% of the total money taken from these will be donated to NHS charities as a small acknowledgment of the hard work put in my NHS staff (and all keyworkers!) during the Covid pandemic. I know that the rainbow lights were intended by those who created the Steam Illuminations as an NHS tribute and as a (sort of) NHS worker myself it seems fitting that the NHS should benefit in some little way from this image.

Stay safe

Emma x

NEW EVENT! 10th July – Alton Craft Market.

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It’s taken a while but things are finally happening!

I have spent the last couple of months building up enough artwork to be able to put together my own stall of prints and gifts. I was initially aiming for the Medstead ‘Picnic on the Green’ and art fair but sadly this has been cancelled and I am shifting my attentions up the road to the popular Alton Craft Market.

It might not be the biggest range in the world at the moment, but it is mine and I am proud of it, so please come and visit me if you are interested in prints, cards, bottles, and mugs, or even if you are passing and would like to say hello. It is my first event so I will be very happy to see you!

All items will be up on the shop page soon so if you can’t come and browse in person maybe you would like to browse virtually for a gift for yourself or somebody else. If you can’t see what you are looking for I am always happy to quote for ‘print on demand’ options – canvas prints, other materials, or alternative sizes.

I have also been taking on a few pet commissions recently, something I never expected to be doing. They seem to be going down well so please drop me a message if you are interested in a painting of your pet and I would be happy to discuss it with you.

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Stay safe – we’re almost there 🙂