Flea Market - Weekend 11th and 12th June 2011

We'll be busy, busy at the following FLEA MARKETS:

TOMORROW!!!
SATURDAY MORNING (11 June 2011):
One World International School
696 Upper Changi Road East Singapore 486826
Official opening hours are 10am to about 1.30pm

SATURDAY EVENING (11 June 2011)
Usual spot at Changi V
5pm -11pm (Hard Court area)

SUNDAY MORNING (12 June 2011)
Elias Commmunity Centre - look for MacDonalds near Elias Mall (Pasir Ris)
From 10am till ??? (it's supposed to be till 6pm but if business isn't that good, we'll pack up before that)

What are we selling?
Well, apart from our usual Cartoon Lagoon Hand Painted shoes, we've also been selling our hand painted signs (quite popular!!!) and country house decor. Our booth looks quite pretty even if I do say so myself!

Mike and I just love sourcing for new items to sell. Seriously speaking, our profit margin is just well.....marginal. After all the trouble we take to source, import or make, we don't make very much from the items. If you've seen similar items being sold at other shops, you'd know, that our mark-up is so, so low compared to theirs. Of course, we understand that they may be housed in shops with high rentals / employee salaries / overheads etc. Likewise, we also have our overheads to cover, albeit not as high as theirs and we do not pay ourselves high salaries. It's pathetic. Much of what we make, we plough back into buying new stock or supplies. Sheesh.

Running a flea market stall week after week can be very tiring but I like that I get to spend time with my husband, first sourcing for the items, then getting them ready to be sold. It's cool that our kids are older and this allows us more time to ourselves as a couple. It's also quite fun to meet different people every week, be it customers or fellow stall holders. There's always something new to learn from new people we meet. Like tomorrow's participation at OWIS, it  was recommended to us by our customer. Sunday's do at Elias was recommended by a fellow Flea Market stall holder. Then there's the MegaFlea do which we'll be taking part in from 24 - 26 June 2011 at the Expo Hall. It was recommended to us by a fellow flea market stall holder too. Such wonderful people! Such fun! See you around!

All this is made possible only by God, taking care and watching over us, blessing us, day after day! Thank you, Lord!