Market busies...

We're at Wyetti market...
Oh the craftyness and shinanigans!

The next countdown...

3 days away from the next Wyetti market and stable time has just taken over all my inbetween time!

However... There is some really cool stock coming to your eyes this Saturday.
Just cannot wait to set it all up on the stands.

So yea...late nights this week and hopefully LOADS of visitors at the Wonder Struck Inc. stall during Saturday!

Also...my stable mate Michelle, will be at the market handling the pony rides with her horsemonster, Turkish Delight.

Hope you'll stop by...

~Zoo~

Little things...

Well... our blog has been a bit quiet, mainly due to alot of work at the stables taking up spare time right now as I get my horse prepared for his first show in years.
Right now, I feel like the move was worth it.

But onto Wonder Struck Inc. matters...

The little place I will be residing in and which will be Wonder Struck Inc HQ, is coming along nicely.
Painting has been done. Tiling has been done. Electricity has been connected and is working.
I am grateful to have a great step mom who has taken alot of this organising and sorting onto her shoulders... thanks Ma.

I've also started getting all the little bits and pieces together, in my excitement at how close its getting to moving in!
Can't wait to show you all the new place!

Then, as always, I'm continuing to better my work and Wonder Struck Inc. stock.
I'm also trying to make stock more accessible to the non-Etsy and non-paypal users here in South Africa by adding an online store for them!
There's still loads of tweaking and sorting out to on it, but I'm learning all this by doing.
I can just *see* the webpage fundis shivering at the thought ;)

Anyone ordering from our Etsy store from here on out will start finding rather odd, but practical freebie additions to your packages.
Craft supplies will be getting wooden coaster blanks/wooden box blanks/extra pieces, in and apart of the packaging, while those buying our ready to wear/use/gift listings will be getting glam, reusable, recycleable tin boxes that your purchases will be in.

I really want you to get your moneys worth, while feeling special, all in one little package.
So I hope you guys enjoy.

I'm feeling really good about July/August, and I won't let the dismal sales figures get me down.

Go out and support handmade!
And have a great Thursday!

Much love!
~Zoo~

More market preperations...

What a run of madness!
Since the market at Wyetti this last Saturday, we moved the horsebeast, Sonny, to his new stable.
I've been getting fit with grooming and mucking out, and this Saturday we start working for reals!

Inbetween now and then however, is the night market at Henley Arms in Henley-on-klip.
I'm really hoping sales go a bit better and I'm hoping to have a great time as always there.

I haven't made anything really new as there's just SO MUCH stock.

I have however, added a "CLEARANCE" section to our Etsy store.
Keep an eye on our Twitter for my listing promotions that I so diligently see to everyday *shew*.

Resin cameos on chain

modified glass cab necklaces. Birds!

Dyed agate braided bracelets (customs made)

Dyed howlite skull beads/braided bracelets (in custom colours/sizes)

Until the next update. Ciao!

New month...more madness...

Its the Monday after our Wyetti market and a night market is heading our way in 4 days.

Sales were dreadful for us on Saturday, but it was still good fun.
Jane, who brings antique and vintage wares....was having a salt&pepper set day. It was sad that no one took any home!
It was also Astra's birthday. Astra sells himalayan pink salt and is...pretty much the market mom.
Heatherlynn (Astra's daughter) and my immediate stall neighbour at just about every market we attend... had the most fantastic range of new stock.
I ended up buying 2 belated birthday gifts from her.

As work continues on the little house I'll be moving to and which will be Wonder Struck HQ, in the meantime I'm a bit frazzled and confused.

As soon as I figure where I am with everything I'll update about all the collabs going on.

Ciao.
Zoo

The rush...

Its Friday...and tomorrow is the last Saturday of June.
So it's market time at Wyetti.

Its also one of those weekends where it'd be good to be 3 people.
Sigh

But!
For tomorrow I've marked certain stock with gold dots and some with silver dots.
So its discount hunting time at Wonder Struck Inc's table!
Gold dots give you 30% off the tag price and silver dots give you 50%  off the tag price!
And! Spend more than R200 and you'll get 10% off the entire purchase...with or without the discount dots.
Not kidding.

Its going to hopefully be a huge, busy, sales day for the stallholders and for Wonder Struck Inc.

Hope to see many regular Wonder Struckers and new Wonder Struckers there!

Wyetti Craft Market, Wargrave Road, Henley-on-klip, Gauteng.
From 9:30am - 3pm

~Zoo~

So much geekery...so much goodness

Wow, June has just been great, even more so this last week.
Kindof....
2 weeks ago, my beloved horsebeast had night visitors in his stable and they stole his saddle in the process. Then, this Friday night that just passed...they visited again, only to steal both his blankets right off of poor Sonny's back.
So, I've made the very costly decision to finally move him to a friend's stable, where not only will he be safer, but so will his very costly equipment and clothing...

so besides THAT... yes, June has been FANTASTICAL to Wonder Struck Inc.

Thank you to the amazing jewellery arteest on Etsy, SteelGreyArt, who featured Wonder Struck Inc. on her blog!
I am truly flattered and amazed that she never got comments about my dreadful grammar in the bio (eeeek), but I am so thankful for the opportunity!
Please check out this talented lady's Etsy store for all your piercing jewellery needs! Especially if you're a lover of nature and being more connected with Mother Earth!

Then.... *squee* I had a special arrival in the post office last week....

Keg O Boom by The Given

He will be joining my still small collection of vinyl toys ....and many more that I intend on adding FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE!

Here are my other 3 gorgeous toys, that I have thanks to my new addiction because of Vinyl Destination

Vinyl addiction! ...it begins

Also, I have been very very lucky to also come to "know" a fantastically talented vinyl guy, named Reddprime

I'll see what I can do about nagging these 3 for some bios for the blog ;)...

Then...onto what I *ACTUALLY* work on.............. mwahahahahahaha

I'm busy adding some extra listings onto Wonder Struck Inc's Etsy, while I'm doing this entry *cough*, don't say I don't at least TRY multitasking....

Here is just SOME of what I've been working on and what is avaible now...

New teddy bears collab ;)

8-bit inspired skulls

"Down the rabbit hole" adjustable rings

8-bit pokeball pins (GEEKERY!)

"Down the rabbit hole" rings, in antique bronze

"I crap rainbows" 8-bit inspired cloud & rainbow pin

Pacman geekery!

Also, we're 4 days away from our usual setup at Wyetti Market.

We hope you'll come past and see our snazzy new stall setup AND to grab our 30% and 50% discounts on certain items... there'll be treasure hunting going on our table!

I won't be having discounts on anything again for most of whats left of this year, so take advantage now!

Until the next post ;)

It's temporary...

our temporary Etsy store banner (while our graphic designer is on haitus)

Email isn't always all it's cracked up to be, when you send fonts and changes listed to your graphic designer and a then resend it a month after no response.
Considering how much work has already gone into the work with him, I'm not about to give up just yet...
So, in the meantime, I've loaded a banner so that my poor Etsy page doesn't look so lost and empty.

Last night was dreadful weather so...We didn't go to our usual monthly night market at Henley Arms.
I don't think my lungs and cough would have survived it.
So, I started listing more items and loading the coupon code for a 35% discount STORE WIDE!
When buying on our Etsy store, on checkout there's a box that says Coupon Code, in that box you'll use HAVE35OFF so that you can get 35% discount on all items (this doesn't extend to the shipping costs, so please take note of that).
This discount will run until 24 June 2012 *only*, so the discount won't be valid after that.
I really wouldn't mind the support during the sale, as this morning was a small run of badluck when I got to the horse's stable this morning, to find that my brand new saddle had been stolen during the course of last night.
So most of what I sell now will have to go towards a new saddle savings mission *le sigh*

The bad luck didn't last too long and I've been making so much rad cuteness and awesome with hama beads today!
Rings, brooches (which have already been listed on Etsy) and I'm about to start with a few necklaces.
So much of fun and stuff!

I've been so inspired by all the creative that I'm still up at 1am, dressed in gloves and scarves and double socks and double jerseys as I work through this very very...very cold winter evening.
Hope everyone's keeping warm.....or cool ;)