11/22/2024
Do you remember selling your first thing?
Something that you envisioned, planned, created, and brought to life/market?
Tomorrow my two daughters are vendors at their first kids market.
The younger one is selling jewelry that she made herself.
She received a jewelry-making kit for Christmas last year and more beads and supplies for her birthday.
She’s really enjoying the making part.
Sometimes she’ll sit up for hours at bedtime creating new pieces.
This part is easy for her.
The selling part though makes her nervous.
Last year we had several neighbors kids who’d go door-to-door selling their baked goods or jewelry a few times a month.
They seemed fearless.
My daughters were both too shy to knock on someone’s door.
Even the neighbors they knew.
When we moved last year one of the first questions they had was if they could sell at a kids market.
We missed the signup deadlines for the summer markets.
Who knew it was such a popular thing?
We attended the second one to do some market research and see what it was like.
My kids had a blast.
They saw a few kids they’d met from the local homeschool group and library programs.
I put the fall market signup day on my calendar so I wouldn’t miss it this time.
My older daughter decided she wanted to sell crochet axolotls.
She made her first one for a cosplay earlier this summer and got several compliments at our local comic con.
She made a second one as a parting gift for our Austrian exchange student and a third for a birthday gift for a new friend at highschool.
They both loved them!
Unlike jewelry where it was easy and fast to produce, crocheting takes much longer.
She timed herself on the next one to see how long it would actually take her.
About 3.5 hours, start to finish.
She decided it would be faster for her to make all the bodies first, then add the arms, tummies, and frills at the end.
She is hoping to have 10 ready for market tomorrow.
I think she’ll get close.
Since she doesn’t have a ton ready to sell, she came up with the idea to have a form for custom orders.
Brilliant!
We sat down for just over an hour to create a simple logo and custom order form on Canva.
I tested out my new Font Guide by having her point out her favorite three fonts.
I paired them together for her in Canva and then challenged her with a few additional options.
It was a very fast process and easy for her to make a choice on a font pairing she’s very happy with.
All together it took 30 minutes to name her business and design her first logo, then about 45 minutes to customize a new printable order form for her booth.
In the future, she’ll draw her own axolotl but for this first rendition we found quite a cute Minecraft-like axolotl graphic on Canva.
Do you remember selling your first thing?
Something that you envisioned, planned, created and brought to life/market?
Tomorrow my two daughters are vendors at their first kids market.
The younger one is selling jewelry that she made herself.
She received a jewelry-making kit for Christmas last year and more beads and supplies for her birthday.
She’s really enjoying the making part.
Sometimes she’ll sit up for hours at bedtime creating new pieces.
This part is easy for her.
The selling part though makes her nervous.
Last year we had several neighbors kids who’d go door-to-door selling their baked goods or jewelry a few times a month.
They seemed fearless.
My daughters were both too shy to knock on someone’s door.
Even the neighbors they knew.
When we moved last year one of the first questions they had was if they could sell at a kids market.
We missed the signup deadlines for the summer markets.
Who knew it was such a popular thing?
We attended the second one to do some market research and see what it was like.
My kids had a blast.
They saw a few kids they’d met from the local homeschool group and library programs.
I put the fall market signup day on my calendar so I wouldn’t miss it this time.
My older daughter decided she wanted to sell crochet axolotls.
She made her first one for a cos-play earlier the summer and got several compliments at our local comic con.
She made a second one as a parting gift for our Austrian exchange student and a third for a birthday gift for a new friend at highschool.
They both loved them!
Unlike jewelry where it was easy and fast to produce, crocheting takes much longer.
She timed herself on the next one to see how long it would actually take her.
About 3.5 hours start to finish.
She decided it would be faster for her to make all the bodies first, then add the arms, tummies and frills at the end.
She is hoping to have 10 ready for market tomorrow.
I think she’ll get close.
Since she doesn’t have a ton ready to sell, she came up with the idea to have a form for custom order.
Brilliant!
We sat down for just over an hour to create a simple logo and custom order form on Canva.
I tested out my new Font Guide by having her point out her favorite three fonts.
I paired them together for her in Canva and then challenged her with a few additional options.
It was a very fast process and easy for her to make a choice on a font pairing she’s very happy with.
All together it took 30 minutes to name her business and design her first logo, then about 45 minutes to customize a new printable order form for her booth.
In the future, she’ll draw her own axolotl but for this first rendition we found quite a cute Minecraft like axolotl graphic on Canva.
I love that they are both having this opportunity now.
Wish them luck and pray they have a great first market experience!
If you have the chance, go support future entrepreneurs in your local area too!
If you happen to be in the market for a handmade axolotl (they make great gifts for this Minecraft-loving generation) send me a DM and I'll get you all the details!!
