Planning for Autumn + Studio Opening

by Veronica on February 22, 2019

in Life

We’re in the process of preparing to open the studio for Studio Door Sales.

This is both wonderful and a little bit terrifying. My to-do list is ever-growing, and my computer was out of commission for over a week after a catastrophic hard drive failure, which made things a bit tricky. We replaced its hard drive, but it’s meant I spent the last 24 hours updating all of the soapmaking software which didn’t properly save to Dropbox (thank god for paper records) and reinstalling everything on my computer.

I’m thankful I had backed everything up onto my external hard drive recently, so I lost very little data. But still. Headache.

Custom made wedding favour soaps.

My health has been progressively deteriorating, which is to be expected with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, but it’s also frustrating. I enjoy markets, but they are so exhausting and leave me in bed recovering for a week. So we’ve made the decision to drop nearly all of our markets. We will still be attending Hobart Handmade Market regularly, and I’m booked in at the Derwent Valley Autumn Festival in April, but after that, I’m playing it by ear.

Which brings me to Opening The Studio. I enjoy customers, and I love selling my soap. It stands to reason that both of these things would be more fun if I could also make regular cups of tea and sit down comfortably between sales.

We’re hoping to be open very soon. The goal is to open Sundays between 10am – 2pm, and possibly also Mondays, but please let me know if you have a preference. I still have to sort out a few things, like some privacy screens (so you don’t have to see my children laying on the shed couches watching netflix), and how exactly to keep my dogs who ADORE PEOPLE OMG MUM IT’S PEOPLE away from customers who probably do not want to leave my space covered in Heidi’s perpetually shedding fur.

Avocado Mint Goat Milk Soap

So. That’s what we’re up to. I will be at Hobart Handmade Market on the 9th of March (Lindisfarne North Primary School, 271 East Derwent Highway, Geilston Bay – the old Geilston Bay High) between 10am-2pm.

After that, things are up in the air a little bit. We will see how everything goes.

As always, the online shop is available for all your soapy purchases.

kelley @ magnetoboldtoo March 11, 2019 at 12:11 pm

sad to hear that you had to drop most of the markets. Wish there was a way to sit and sell, but oh how I understand the exhaustion… but my heart hurts for you 🙁

Got everything crossed that opening the studio will bring lots of sales and wonderful people.

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