1 month to go until the Etsy Made Local: Dorset Team Christmas Fair 2018! - Wimborne

Our Etsy Made Local: Dorset Team Christmas Fair is now just 1 month away!

It is going to be a brilliant weekend with over 60 stallholder each day at the fair selling a range of handmade, vintage and craft supply products.

After the success last year of a two day event, this year we are returning for the entire weekend and will be across two rooms in the Allendale Centre, Wimborne.

Here is a sneak preview of some of the products which will be heading to the Christmas Fair 

Meet the Seller - Dorset Team Christmas Fair - Do a Little Dance

Name: Sojung Kim McCarthy

Shop Name: Do a little dance

Shop Link: https://doalittledance.etsy.com

Located in: Bournemouth

Sells: Embroidery hoop art, coin purses & other embroidered accessories

Maker's Story: Sojung Kim McCarthy is a Korean-born designer/ illustrator/ maker based in Bournemouth, Dorset. Madly obsessed about tea, coffee, furry animals and all things girly, Sojung makes crafts that reflect her passions. DoALittleDance is Sojung's bespoke brand of handmade gifts all designed and crafted by herself. It started as a way of using up the growing pile of fabrics she had accumulated, but she ended up hoarding even more materials along the way! Her dream is to keep creating crafts and drawings that make people happy.

Dorset Team Christmas Fair: Sojung Kim McCarthy will be selling her hoop art, coin purses and other embroidered accessories at the Dorset Team Christmas Fair on Saturday 3rd December at the Allendale Centre in Wimborne.

Please come along, meet her and our other makers and sellers.

Doors open at 10am and close at 4pm and it is free entry.

For more information please see our Facebook event page or blog post

Community News - New Easter themed team board

Behind the scenes, Frankie from FrankieAndTheButtons has been working on our new Easter board which is full of beautiful Easter themed products from adorable bunnies, to spring flowers and beautiful pastel colour palettes.

Every product featured in this collection comes from a Dorset Team member.

Please take a look at the new team board which you can find here: https://www.etsy.com/uk/pages/dorsetteam/ideas-for-easter

Here is a little sneak preview of some of the items which feature in the board

Ideas for Easter curated by DorsetTeam on Etsy

2016 trends in fashion, interiors and colours

Cactus paper cuts by Isobel Barber (Dorset Team member)

The Etsy Uk Blog has been sharing trend reports for spring / summer 2016 which is useful for planning ahead and preparing stock for next year. 

Being aware of trends and incorporating some of the trends into your work can be a great way of getting your shop noticed.

Whether you are interested in colour trends, product trends or fashion trends it is well worth a read.

Interior trends here: https://blog.etsy.com/uk/2015/11/04/interiors-trend-report-spring-summer-2016/

Fashion trends here: https://blog.etsy.com/uk/2015/10/29/fashion-trend-report-spring-summer-2016/) 

and the Pantone Spring Report can be seen here: https://www.pantone.com/pages/fcr/?season=spring&year=2016&pid=11.

Have you started planning your 2016 stock yet? Take 5 minutes out of busy Christmas preparations and orders to jot down some things you'd like to make for 2016... be ahead of the game!

#DorsetTeamTips - Admin!

This week we are talking admin! Not the most exciting of topics we admit but one that is essential to making your business run smoothly and this is particularly important in the run up to Christmas.

We would love to hear what you do to make the more boring bits of your business go smoothly?

Do you have a top tip for paperwork, tidying or organisation?

Do you have an amazing system for organising what orders go out when or maybe you have a fantastic system for sorting your jewellery supplies. We would love to hear all about them!

Please either comment below or share on any social media platform by including #DorsetTeamTips in your post.

Dorset Team Craft Party 2015 - #CraftParty

We had so much fun at last year's Dorset Team Craft Party that this year we are holding a larger craft party event.

When: Friday 5th June 5pm - 8pm
Where: Library Cafe, Poole
Entry Charge: FREE!

Please RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/856533177768637/


What is Craft Party?

Each year, all around the world, people come together on the same day in locally organised Etsy Craft Parties. The idea is that it is a fun gathering and a way to get together local creative to create together and inspire one another. It is a great time to meet other local creatives, share a creative skill and who doesn't love a party?!

The Dorset Team will be hosting a Craft Party this year in Poole. The theme is Kaleidoscope and we will be focusing on paper craft, in particular collage but please feel free to come along and do any type of craft.

The event is free.


Things to bring:

*Old Magazines to collage with

*Paper

*Glue

*Scissors etc

So you can make some beautiful collages and paper crafts and of course any other crafting materials you have laying around which you can use.


Hope to see lots of you there. Please see the link above to RSVP