Our Christmas Market is almost here!

We're only 1 week away from our Second Annual Christmas Market, and the TEST elves are hard at work making sure everything is ready for you!

This years event is a festive and intimate event taking place at the Church of St. Stephen in-the-fields church located on the corner of Bellevue Ave. and College St. Yep, that's the same spot we had our last Christmas show. It's a great opportunity to come out, meet some local makers and vintage purveyors and to support Toronto Indie businesses.

We'll be opening our doors at 11am and of coarse we'll have our notorious Swag Bags for the first 50 eager shoppers. Filled with goodies donated by our vendors, sponsors and members.

We're really excited about this years lineup of amazing vendors. We've got 30 of our members ready to meet you and show off their goods. Everything from soap, jewellery, knit and textiles, stationery, vintage clothing and jewellery and so much more. In fact, we're so excited about our vendors that we made this fancy lookbook to help showcase them. You can scroll through and do some pre-shopping, make that list of wants and gifts and it'll be up on the blog forever so if you miss out on anything or forgot one of the vendors you liked you can come back to the book and each image links directly to the vendors Etsy shops. You're welcome!

You can also follow along as the vendors get ready for the market by following the Hashtag #TESTxmas15.

And as if that hasn't gotten you super excited, we've got the one and ONLY Santa Claus coming in to hang out with us. You can come and have your photo taken with him, make any last attempts to get yourself on the Good list, or just to say Hi.

See you on the 12th!

T.E.S.T. around town! October 2015

This is the first post in what we hope will be a regular monthly series featuring our amazing Toronto Etsy Street Team members and where they are selling their handmade and vintage wares in and out of the city over the next month.

Come and check out your favourite T.E.S.T. sellers in person at these October 2015 events:

Event	Date & time	Location	TEST Shop(s)
Craft Ontario Show craftontario.com	Fri. Oct. 9 12pm-5pm Sat. Oct. 10 9am-5pm Sun. Oct. 11 11am-5pm	Wychwood Barns 601 Christie St. Toronto, ON	Heart's Haven JB+DG Lunata Felt Sprouts Press
Bazaar of the Bizarre plastikwrap.com	Sun. Oct. 11 11am-8pm	Pia Bouman School 6 Noble St. Toronto, ON	Veelightful Namaste Freund Black Currant Jewelry
Trinity Bellwoods Flea trinitybellwoodsflea.com	Sat. Oct. 17 11am-6pm	824 Dundas St. W. Toronto, ON	Handmades Rovena FlowerPot Designs
Port Credit Art Tour portcreditarttour.ca	Sat. Oct. 24 & Sun. Oct. 25	Port Credit, ON	Eyespot Designs
Etsy Marketplace evergreen.ca	Sun. Oct. 25 11am-3pm	The Pavilions Evergreen Brick Works 550 Bayview Ave. Toronto, ON	Aren't you Fancy Black Iris Design CovenSK Enfys Photography Handmades Rovena Heather Hird Design I. M. Wyred Inspired Art Prints Lynn's Lids Papermuse Designs Son of a Woodcutter Wild Whimsy Woolies

 
Our apologies to our members who were out and about selling at the Toronto Antique and Vintage Market and The Baby Show last weekend since we didn't get this up in time to include you.

Vendor Call: TEST Springtime Marketplace

The Toronto Etsy Street Team is please to announce our Fourth Annual Springtime Marketplace.This year we'll be at the lovely 918 Bathurst Centre, just north of Bloor.

Show date: Saturday June 1st, 11AM - 5:30PM
Applications due: Sunday April 21st, 2013

APPLY HERE

Vendor list will be announced by the end of the month. Chairs and tables will be provided.

There are three sizes of tables, priced accordingly.
2" x 4" = $60.00
2.5" x 6" = $80.00
2.5" x 8" = $100.00

All vendors are welcome to apply! Handmade, vintage, & food items are all equally encouraged to apply, including members who would like to run a workshop! Not sure about being a vendor, but want to be a part of the event? Let us know, we are looking for member volunteers as well!

If you want to share with a friend your friend must submit an application as well, please note who you want to share with. (You may not share with someone that hasn't applied or is not on the team, so please make sure they apply!)

If you want to bring a rolling rack instead the prices are the same depending on the length of the rack.

Vendor Call: 2013 Danforth East Art Fair

The Danforth East Community Association (DECA) invites artisans to participate in a juried outdoor arts and crafts fair in East Lynn Park, a beautiful and bustling community destination located on the Danforth between Coxwell and Woodbine. The Danforth East Arts Fair provides artists with a unique opportunity to showcase and sell their work. Our vibrant community is filled with new families, established homeowners and creative folks who are eager to support local artists. Community members and local media consistently give our event rave reviews.

The 2013 Danforth East Art Fair will be held the weekend of September 14 and 15 in East Lynn Park.

The fee is $175 for applications received by the early deadline of March 29, 2013, or $200 applications submitted thereafter up until the final deadline of May 31, 2013.

Download the exhibitor application package including form here

99 Mrkt This Weekend

This Sunday, August 7th you can find TESTy member Sea Flower Studios at the 99 Mrkt in Toronto's West End. This is a fairly new market but full of great vendors! Find more information here.

For those of you looking for future vendor opportunities they have more dates in August and September and are still looking for vendors.