T.E.S.T.'s own Nici of gift of my hands says:
I'm very happy to say that Gifts Of My Hands is doing more shows! 4 actually!
If you didn't get a chance to participate/attend the last show it was a great success with a great turnout!
I'm really excited because these 4 shows will be happening on the last monday of may, june, july and august during the sorauren park farmers market. If you have never been before you're in for a treat. It's a really fabulous organic market which not only has yummy local food, but live music and lots of good vibes.
the dates are May 27, June 24, July 29, and August 26
set up from 2-3 show from 3-7 wrap up from 7-8
Whats great about doing the show alongside the market is that the market is already very well attended, so unless theres a crazy storm there will be a great turnout. ALSO. On mondays starting in mid May- early August There is soccer in the park which also brings in hundreds of people.
This show is going to be smaller than the last one. 15 vendors instead of 25. We will only be using the top floor.
I will go the same route with advertising the same way that I did last time, but I likely wont put up flyers as they just get covered and torn down.
Because of the small number of tables availble and for the sake of bringing in a lot of differents artists I'm only allowing vendors to participate in 2 of the 4 shows. the table cost is $40 but if you sign up for 2 shows its $70 for both.
If you are interested in participating please let me know which date(s) you would like to attend and I will send you along the contract.
Please email
giftsofmyhands@gmail.com
Vendor call: Market 707 Pop-ups
Market 707 Pop-ups
INTRODUCING: Market 707 Pop-ups! Pop-up retail is gaining momentum in Toronto and it’s next stop? Market 707! In April 2013, Market 707 will be opening 5 new container stalls available to vendors for short periods of time (typically a month). This limited-time opportunity might be the opportunity you have been looking for to get your idea off the ground! What better space to launch your business, test our product, showcase your art or build your customer base than in this urban container market?
What is a pop-up shop? At Scadding Court, Pop-up Shops are temporary stores that take over, transform and launch their product, business or art out of Market 707 – a market made of salvaged shipping containers located at the corner of Dundas and Bathurst Streets. The goal? Pop-up retail allows you to create a unique environment that engages your customers, in a relevant and interactive way. Think you have a good idea and just looking for a way to gain momentum? This might just be the perfect opportunity for you.
What are the spaces like? We’ve redesigned these new container stalls to be better suited for retail, art and services.
Market 707 Pop-up includes five stalls, four of which are 10’ x 8’ and the fifth is 20’ x 8’. The spaces are provided to you as a shell with walls, insulation, windows and electrical capacity.
How can entrepreneurs or artists get involved? Pop-up spaces will be available for rent from April to May 2013. Applications to rent a space are open now! What do vendors need?:
- Existing or capacity to establish online presence
- A plan to ensure their business will draw foot traffic
- Any relevant fixtures, furniture and signage to display or present your product, art or service
About the local neighbourhood:Located in the up and coming Dundas Street West neighbourhood, Market 707 is positioned between Kensington Market, Queen Street West and Chinatown. The placement of the pop-up containers will be ideally located between the existing Market 707, near the high-traffic Alexandra Park and outdoor swimming pool. Vendors will also benefit from the multitude of summer events planned at SCCC’s Market 707.
Note (from comments): The first round of applications (for the first few months) is due April 5th! Check out our website for the most up to date information: http://scaddingcourt.org/market_707_pop_ups/
Vendor Call Wychwood Barns Art Market
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Barns Art Market
Weekend Exhibition Opportunities at Artscape Wychwood Barns
Weekend Exhibition Opportunities at Artscape Wychwood Barns
Applications due April 1, 2013
Participation Fee: $73.45 ($65+HST) per market
Now in its third year, the Barns Art Market is a fine art and craft show at Artscape Wychwood Barns,
an award-winning arts and community hub in midtown Toronto. The market
takes place one Saturday a month from May to October. Each show features
25+ exhibitors selling jewellery, paintings, prints, ceramics, clothing
and more. Participants in the Barns Art Market will be selected by a
professional jury, with consideration to diversity of medium and quality
of work being sold. Artists are welcome to participate in a maximum of
three market dates in 2013.Participation Fee: $73.45 ($65+HST) per market
The Barns Art Market coincides with The Stop’s popular Farmers’ Market, which attracts hundreds of people to the area every Saturday. The market is also a great opportunity to visit the many vibrant artist studios located in Artscape Wychwood Barns.
For further information about the market’s location, audience, marketing, exhibitor load-in and amenities, please read the Exhibitor FAQ.
Market Dates:
- Saturday, May 25 – 9am to 2pm (participating venue in Doors Open)
- Saturday, June 29 – 9am to 2pm
- Saturday, July 27 – 9am to 2pm
- Saturday, August 31 – 9am to 2pm
- Saturday, September 28 – 9am to 2pm
- Saturday, October 19 – 9am to 2pm
Interested exhibitors are asked to submit by April 1, 2013: a completed Application Form, visual documentation of their recent work and the participation fee of $73.45 ($65+HST) per market. Please visit us online to view the Call for Submissions and download an application form.
Craft news: MIDNIGHT MRKT
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
MIDNIGHT MRKT
Toronto's Premier Night Market. Pairing Music, Drinks and Streetstyle Food with Top Choice Vendors is holding a series of events. This Saturday, March 16, 2013, vendors include T.E.S.T.'s own Jordan of Hexagon Inc. The event is from 8pm to 2am, with sales until 12 am, at 2nd floor events space (461 King St. West, Toronto, ON). $5 cover.
Find out more on their Facebook page
DJs, food and shopping makes for an awesome evening!
Toronto's Premier Night Market. Pairing Music, Drinks and Streetstyle Food with Top Choice Vendors is holding a series of events. This Saturday, March 16, 2013, vendors include T.E.S.T.'s own Jordan of Hexagon Inc. The event is from 8pm to 2am, with sales until 12 am, at 2nd floor events space (461 King St. West, Toronto, ON). $5 cover.
Find out more on their Facebook page
DJs, food and shopping makes for an awesome evening!
Tutorials: WonderForest on Adding a Facebook 'Like' Box
Friday, March 8, 2013
Running a successful Etsy isn't just about creating with your hands, seeking and listing great vintage finds or sought-after handmaking supplies; it's important to be found! So, many of us maintain an on-line presence through our blogs and various social media. On the side bar, you'll find the T.E.S.T. Blogroll with all our members' blogs. T.E.S.T.'s own Dana of WonderForest, has a lovely blog to match her lovely shop, where blogs she about style, design, and life and she shares her handmade projects, but also her expertise in web design. Today we're sharing one of her video tutorials to help you bring your social media together in one place. Here she explains how to add a Facebook 'Like' box on your blog or website.
Cubits Organic Seeds
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
T.E.S.T.'s own Cubits is your source for quality, organic grown seeds, rare and heirloom vegetables and herbs - right here in Toronto! Check out their interview with Foodland Ontario above, and their recent seed packing session below. It's starting to feel like spring in Toronto! Might be time to plan how you can get some yummy treats from your gardens.
Etsy + Wave = Accounting made easy!
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Etsy, along with Wave, recently held an Accounting for small business workshop here in Toronto. Kate from Nail Kandy attended and wrote up a summary for all those who couldn't make it {Thanks Kate!}
Wave accounting sofware - waveapps.com
On Wednesday I attended Wave's accounting software workshop. It was a free seminar, for free software and they had free beer!
• Wave is a 100% free accounting software for small businesses. (Typically for businesses for 0-9 employees, but mostly sole proprietors), and it is cloud based, so you can access your data anywhere you are.
• Wave has been in business for just over 2 years and has over 35,000 customers signing up every month. They are now at over 500,000 customers worldwide.
• There are 4 product categories - invoicing, accounting, payroll, and personal finance tools. All of their services are 100% free, except the payroll software, which they use to fund all of their other services with the addition of relevant ads placed tastefully throughout the site.
• Wave has integrated with Etsy, so if you have a shop on Etsy you can integrate your shop with their accounting software directly. Wave will pull together your Etsy transaction info and PayPal income and do your bookkeeping for you, and you can set up more than 1 business (or shop) under the same account & login, including your personal finances.
• You can compare income vs. expenses, payable & owing. You can import your online banking data and credit card transactions into wave though a secure connection that is read-only. Once it is set up, it will automatically update transactions (this is good if you have a separate account/ credit card for your business and you will see all your transactions). You can connect multiple accounts and credit cards.
• If you have one bank or credit account that mixes personal + business transactions together, you can separate them and move expenses into different categories in Wave. You can also split transactions into multiple categories (for example if you have one receipt with both personal and business items on it, you can split them up). You can also separate HST and file it on its own.
• Wave is intelligent and will learn to recognize your frequent categories and will sometimes sort out your transactions for you.
• Soon you will be able to scan your receipts using your smartphone and import them into Wave. It is in Beta testing right now but should be available in the next few weeks.
• For any cash transactions, you can add them manually as you receive them (say you are at a craft show and taking cash payments on the spot, you will be able to enter them into Wave). And then when you deposit the cash into your bank account, you can merge the two so that you don't have duplicates.
• You can create invoices for your customers, and they can include embedded credit card processing functions as well (for a fee).
• Wave has its own credit card processing software offered by a company called Stripe, for 2.9% + 30 cents per transaction and funds are deposited into your bank account in 7 days. (Stripe is on its way to becoming the next Square, in Wave's opinion).
• You can import old bank statements into Wave and enter past transaction data. (Say for example you join today, but you want to have your accounting there from the past year, you can import it all). Just because you start now, doesn't mean you have to start from scratch.
• You can run reports using all the data you have imported. (Income statement, account transactions, income by customer, expenses, foreign currency, sales tax... etc).
• Payroll is a big feature offered by Wave and it is incredibly competitive - $5 per employee per month. This includes direct deposit, T4 and ROE forms. After 6 employees it's $2/month per employee, and so on.
• Just for reference, to compare Wave to the competition, Freshbooks is just invoicing software, not full accounting software.
• If you work with a bookkeeper or an accountant, you can invite your accountant to view your Wave reports. They would need to create their own account, and they can log in and you can allow them to either view only or have full access to the software and sort your data and create reports for you.
• Their fourth service is personal accounting. You can set up a personal budget for all of your expenses. When you flag transactions as "personal" they will transfer over. You can also track your investments with a real time feed of your invested stocks.
• Free e-mail support is offered Mon-Fri 9-5, and Wave is 100% committed to having a free product. (except for their paid services).
If you are interested in using Wave you can start right away. Signing up is quick and easy, and once you are signed up you can add your banking information.
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Written by Kate Bland from Nail Kandy.
Wave accounting sofware - waveapps.com
On Wednesday I attended Wave's accounting software workshop. It was a free seminar, for free software and they had free beer!
• Wave is a 100% free accounting software for small businesses. (Typically for businesses for 0-9 employees, but mostly sole proprietors), and it is cloud based, so you can access your data anywhere you are.
• Wave has been in business for just over 2 years and has over 35,000 customers signing up every month. They are now at over 500,000 customers worldwide.
• There are 4 product categories - invoicing, accounting, payroll, and personal finance tools. All of their services are 100% free, except the payroll software, which they use to fund all of their other services with the addition of relevant ads placed tastefully throughout the site.
• Wave has integrated with Etsy, so if you have a shop on Etsy you can integrate your shop with their accounting software directly. Wave will pull together your Etsy transaction info and PayPal income and do your bookkeeping for you, and you can set up more than 1 business (or shop) under the same account & login, including your personal finances.
• You can compare income vs. expenses, payable & owing. You can import your online banking data and credit card transactions into wave though a secure connection that is read-only. Once it is set up, it will automatically update transactions (this is good if you have a separate account/ credit card for your business and you will see all your transactions). You can connect multiple accounts and credit cards.
• If you have one bank or credit account that mixes personal + business transactions together, you can separate them and move expenses into different categories in Wave. You can also split transactions into multiple categories (for example if you have one receipt with both personal and business items on it, you can split them up). You can also separate HST and file it on its own.
• Wave is intelligent and will learn to recognize your frequent categories and will sometimes sort out your transactions for you.
• Soon you will be able to scan your receipts using your smartphone and import them into Wave. It is in Beta testing right now but should be available in the next few weeks.
• For any cash transactions, you can add them manually as you receive them (say you are at a craft show and taking cash payments on the spot, you will be able to enter them into Wave). And then when you deposit the cash into your bank account, you can merge the two so that you don't have duplicates.
• You can create invoices for your customers, and they can include embedded credit card processing functions as well (for a fee).
• Wave has its own credit card processing software offered by a company called Stripe, for 2.9% + 30 cents per transaction and funds are deposited into your bank account in 7 days. (Stripe is on its way to becoming the next Square, in Wave's opinion).
• You can import old bank statements into Wave and enter past transaction data. (Say for example you join today, but you want to have your accounting there from the past year, you can import it all). Just because you start now, doesn't mean you have to start from scratch.
• You can run reports using all the data you have imported. (Income statement, account transactions, income by customer, expenses, foreign currency, sales tax... etc).
• Payroll is a big feature offered by Wave and it is incredibly competitive - $5 per employee per month. This includes direct deposit, T4 and ROE forms. After 6 employees it's $2/month per employee, and so on.
• Just for reference, to compare Wave to the competition, Freshbooks is just invoicing software, not full accounting software.
• If you work with a bookkeeper or an accountant, you can invite your accountant to view your Wave reports. They would need to create their own account, and they can log in and you can allow them to either view only or have full access to the software and sort your data and create reports for you.
• Their fourth service is personal accounting. You can set up a personal budget for all of your expenses. When you flag transactions as "personal" they will transfer over. You can also track your investments with a real time feed of your invested stocks.
• Free e-mail support is offered Mon-Fri 9-5, and Wave is 100% committed to having a free product. (except for their paid services).
If you are interested in using Wave you can start right away. Signing up is quick and easy, and once you are signed up you can add your banking information.
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Written by Kate Bland from Nail Kandy.
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