Montage Pop-up Shop

As part of the City of Fremantle’s new ‘Renew Fremantle’ initiative, a group of 12 local handmade designers have joined together to create Fremantle’s latest ‘pop-up shop’ in Adelaide Street, Fremantle called “Montage”.
The initiative sees the City of Fremantle providing vacant retail spaces, rent-free, for local artists to showcase their talents with the aim of invigorating and revitalising otherwise ‘dead retail areas’ of the city.
The shop showcases handmade designs including jewellery, art, accessories, stationery and homewares.
Montage will be open from the 8th to 25th of February at 4/64 Adelaide St, Fremantle and trading 10am – 5pm seven days a week so drop in to support local handmade!


The 12 local designers of “Montage” are as follows: 

BHO by Rebecca Fogarty

cocoapod by Renee Garabedian

eeva margita by Niina Aoki

iheartcharlie by Libby Gardiner

lorgie&me by Kamma Spring

Modern Homewares by Helen Truscott

Neddynibbles by Karen La Greca

Osier by Lauren O'Brien

Osmosis by Annie Rawle

Petrafanella by Peta Galloway

riley and fynn designs by Marisa Simeone

Tall Rabbit by Nicole Moffat

For further information, visit www.montagecollective.blogspot.com 

Are you ready to wholesale?

Hi Everyone,

Some of you may be getting to the stage where you would like to wholesale your products to shops and stores. This can be very daunting if you're not a super-confident seller or are uncomfortable approaching stores. Agencies can hep with this, but sometimes they don't understand the handmade business ethos or approach. Lia has been working in our area for a while now, so we thought we'd give her a shout!

OUTSOURCE MARKETING

Outsource Marketing (OM) is a home based business, established in 2008 when owner, Lia Simmonds identified a need by “small scale” Australian craftspeople and designers to have their products marketed effectively to retailers through exclusive wholesale representation.

As a Wholesale Distributor OM sells their product ranges to over 80 retail outlets throughout Australia who are primarily homeware/gift stores, fashion boutiques, gallery shops and bookstores.

The current product range can be viewed online www.outsourcemarketing.com.au and includes stationery, greeting cards, handbags, t-shirts, cushions, tea towels, fashion accessories and art prints. We are always on the look out for new products to join us.

REPRESENTING

OM currently represents the following 6 Australian designers that can be viewed on our website:
Ali J- perth
The Near Future- sydney
Running with a Sandwich- perth
Formosa Design- canberra
Zilpah tart- canberra
Tex & Joe- perth

BENEFITS OF WHOLESALE REPRESENTATION

The main reason people choose a distributor is that selling your own products is hard work, time consuming and emotionally draining! It is often much healthier for yourself and your business to have a “middleman” or “middlewoman” in this case that deals easily with all of this for you. Some other reasons are:

• Frees up your time to create- no more running around selling to shops
• A secure & convenient online wholesale shop that promotes your products 24/7
• An agent to maintain, build and establish new retailer relationships
• Established existing network of WA retailers with expansion into the eastern states
• Centralised administration of all invoicing & delivery (no more running around chasing up
• monies from retailers)
• Fast upfront payment of orders
• Designers maintain creative control and direction over their business
• OM provides feedback from buyers to designers on their products’ saleability and success.

WHAT LIA LOOKS FOR IN NEW PRODUCTS/DESIGNERS

These are some of the main elements I am looking for when sourcing new products to represent:

• New products must complement existing products I represent
• Professional business branding & product packaging
• Products with a difference
• Designers that can offer a broad product range
• Competitive pricing
• Prefer to deal with designers who already selling their products at art/design markets

OM NEWSLETTER

I also distribute an email newsletter which is sent to my database of over 400 contacts. Advertisingspace is available for purchase within the OM newsletter for designers wanting to reach the retail buyers of stores from all over Australia.

If you feel that your business is ready to grow to the next level and you are looking for wholesale representation then please feel free to contact us!

Lia can be reached on
www.outsourcemarketing.com.au
lia@outsourcemarketing.com.au
Mobile: 0408 393 160

Artist Opportunity : Studio Space

One of their coveted large studio spaces has suddenly become available.
It space is their 2nd largest space and rents for $85 a week including all utilities.
The space has amazing natural light and a lockable door. It is 3.6m x 7.7m.

Melody (Gallery Director) can be contacted on 0410 537 200.
Gallery Director

THE OATS FACTORY
69 OATS STREET
CARLISLE WA 6101
Tel 08 9472 8043

TOMORROW CANCELLED

We here at MOTL have had the unfortunate occurance of having our first outdoor pop-up market the day of the first cyclone in Perth for 30+ years. Hence we've postponed to a later date yet to be determined.

We'll let you know as soon as we know.

xx MOTL

Beverley Platform Market - call for stallholders

The Beverley Platform Market is set in the beautiful gardens and on the station platform of the Beverley station gallery, Vincent street Beverley on Easter Saturday, 23rd April 2011 from 9.00am to 3.00pm

Other events in town this weekend will include the airing of the quilts, tennis tournament, Beverley Art gallery society 43rd annual art purchase exhibition

For expressions of interest please phone Marlene - 646 77 263

Australia Day on Etsy!

Australia Day Promotion

Gum Leaves Pin Cushion by spincushions

The Australian teams on etsy have joined together for an exciting cross-team Australia Day event! Teams from all around Australia are participating- the Down Under Street Team (DUST), the Sydney Etsy Team, the MadeOnTheLeft team from Perth, and the BrisStyle team from Brisbane.

Find some amazing handmade or vintage goodies, or pick up some craft supplies to make something special! Participating shops are offering a discount of between 15%-25% across their entire store between January 26th-31st (Aus time).

How to get the special Australia Day discount:

Enter the discount code ausday in the coupon code space during checkout between 26th-31st

Use the code for:

15% off these items

20% off these items

25% off these items

*Note- more items will be added from the 26th, so check back then to make sure you don't miss out!

Support for the flood disaster

From My Heart Card donated by glasfaden

As part of the Australia Day event, we'd also like to help spread the word about the efforts on etsy to raise funds for those affected by the terrible flood disaster in Queensland.

The BrisStyle team is running a Handmade Ark Flood Appeal, with some or all proceeds from items sold to be donated to the Premier's Disaster Relief Fund. Browse items from the Ark Appeal here or find out more on the BrisStyle Blog.

The DUST team has set up a dedicated shop with all proceeds (minus etsy and PayPal fees) to be donated to the premier's flood appeal. Visit the shop here.

(please note- the flood fundraising appeals are separate from the Australia Day discount offer)

Designer Speed Dating

Are you a recent graduate wanting to step into the design industry in Perth? Make the most of this rare opportunity to meet Perth's design professionals, all in the one room at the one time, and get the inside story on finding the right job for you in this town.

This two-part event at the Fremantle Arts Centre features a presentation by four designers at different stages of their career, sharing their experiences and giving valuable advice.

The second 'designer speed dating' part allows you to introduce yourself to four or so designers in ten minute, one-on-one chats. A great opportunity to show your folio and get feedback, ask all those questions you have and gain a little insight into the industry.

Presenters:

• Dan Elliot and Henry Luong from Organ Studio, 2008 Curtin Uni graduates at the beginning of their careers.
• Michelle Leslie from Studio Bomba and Mitchell & Dent, a web designer of 8 years experience who has shaped her career with additional study to gain experience in illustration, packaging and print design.
• John Emery from REB Design, owner director of one of Perth's most prominent studios, designer and employer of designers.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
When: 30th January 2011
Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm 

Where: Fremantle Arts Centre

Bookings are essential. E-mail wa@agda.com.au to register and pay at the door.
When registering, please provide information about your area/s of study or interest (eg advertising, brand design, illustration, packaging, print, publications/books, web, etc).

$15 AGDA members / $25 non members

For more information, see http://events.agda.com.au/calendar/555/designer-speed-dating


Update:
There has been an overwhelming response to the Designer Speed Dating event and most of the speed dating places are now reserved, so we've made it possible to attend just the presentation part of the day (1pm-2pm). AGDA members: $5. Non members: $15. E-mail wa@agda.com.au to book.

Market Opportunity - Vale

Click to see the tiny details.

Call for Designers and Artisans

Eco Faeries is a company that bridges diverse community through celebration to promote positive sustainable lifestyles. Below are two events coming up that you may be interested in.

Saturday 26th February is an adults faeries party with a sustainable clothing fashion parade. Organisers are inviting local designers who use sustainable materials, upcycle or recycle clothing to participate. There is no fee to designers who want to participate in this event as organisers want to promote local sustainable clothing, however you will need to organise your own models, choreos, makeup etc. This is an 'outside the box' fashion parade that will be paraded among performance artists, DJ's, live VJ's, special effects and theatre. Some designers have used dancers as models, as well as body painting designs to go with the theme of the event.

Sunday 27th March is the Eco Faerie festival including local artisans, fair trade and local growers market.

Both events are held at Cityfarm in east Perth. For more information on eco faeries head to www.ecofaeries.com or call or email Faerie Cara on 0415 174 115 and faeriecara@hotmail.com.

Favourite Things

Now that you have destashed at the MOTL market last Sunday, heads up for a wonderful Fremantle event: "These are a few of my favourite things" where local businesses and designers including Love in Tokyo, Ashe Kartique, Shedwallah and others will be selling old stock and interesting bits and pieces....There will be something for everyone! The event begins Friday 14th of January from 6-9pm and continues on Saturday and Sunday between 10am and 5pm. Situated in the old "Japon" store in North Fremantle...See the flyer attatched here for more details...