Check out some of the great stalls you’ll find at the market, come down to discover the rest!
Our Yarra Plenty Regional Library Twilight Craft Markets will be held this year at:
Watsonia Library
6.00pm to 9.00pm
Thursday 17 November
Mill Park Library
6.00pm to 9.00pm
Thursday 24 November
Registration is not required for these events, simply pop in on the evening to peruse through the many stalls of unique gifts, home goods, stationery, clothing, artwork, jewellery, toys, educational items and much more, all from our local makers.
We are delighted that ‘Annie’s Handmade’ and ‘Lumina Candles Melbourne” will be joining us at our Twilight Craft Market at Watsonia Library on Thursday 17 November from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
Meet the Maker: Angela from ‘Lumina Candles Melbourne’
After losing her father in 2016, Greensborough candlemaker Angela would honour his memory by lighting a candle near his photo every day. ‘This ritual proved to be costly,’ she says, ‘which led me to think about making candles for personal use.’ She attended a candle-making course, and soon expanded to making candles for family and friends. And so Lumina Candles Melbourne was born, with lumina meaning ‘light’ in Italian.
Angela has created a range of quality home fragrance items including soy wax candles, room sprays, and room diffusers. ‘All of our products are made to order in small batches with care and attention to detail.’
Customers can choose from 17 scents and a variety of glassware designs. ‘We often have customers who buy a candle not so much for the candle fragrance, but for the beautiful jar that it comes in!’ says Angela. The business even caters to those with allergies and sensitivities, with unscented candles available.
Lumina Candles Melbourne regularly attends local markets, school fetes and special events, and has provided candles for local businesses and further afield. ‘We are currently in the planning stage of supplying candles to a clothing shop in Shepparton,’ Angela reveals, ‘and we also have a wholesale customer in Queensland.’
You can see the full range of home fragrance items in the online shop, and visit the business on Instagram. Angela will be attending the Twilight Craft Market on Thursday 17 November from 6.00 pm to 9.00 pm at Watsonia Library, so come along and experience the light of Lumina Candles Melbourne in your home or workspace for yourself!
Meet the Maker: ‘Annie’s Handmade’
One of the many stallholders will be ‘Annie’s Handmade’, who has been selling hand-sewn products for the family for 5 years!
Annie makes and sells very popular kid’s art and cooking smocks. Loads of different colourful designs and themes are available, including cartoon and superhero character smocks. They make great gifts, or kids love to choose their own smock.
There are also unique skirts, shorts and aprons, available in a range of gorgeous colours that attract attention. Annie will happily make to order if you would like a particular combination of colours or theme.
She also makes beautiful cosy, cuddly fabric baby blankets, a perfect gift for a baby shower or for welcoming a newborn, or even baby’s first Christmas.
Come and see Annie’s beautiful products and pick up a handmade gift for Christmas, or just because!
Meet the Maker: 'Warbotanicals'
Warbotanicals are an extensive and effective range of all natural, plant based skin and hair care products containing no harmful chemicals or synthetic fragrances. Products are individually hand made using certified organic ingredients (wherever possible) and only the purest of essential oils.
The product range is extensive incorporating 70+ different items including Facial Products (moisturisers, scrubs and cleansers), Body Moisturisers and Hand Creams, a Therapeutic Healing Range, and more! Warbotanicals are proudly Choose Cruelty Free accredited. The majority of products are also Vegan with little to no animal ingredients used. Great for pet lovers! Products are hand made using predominantly Australian ingredients (from Australian suppliers) and are packaged mostly in fully recyclable materials.
Warbotanicals presence at various Markets and Events combined with efficient, reliable and friendly service (including mail order and home deliveries) allow customers to enjoy the many benefits Warbotanicals can bring.
For further information please contact David Martin (Independent Distributor) on 0431 350114.
Here are some library resources to get you started in exploring your craft as a small business!
The creative's guide to starting a business : how to turn your talent into a career by Harriet Kelsall
Do you have a passion for making beautiful objects? Are you wondering whether you can take the next step and turn your creativity into a career? This inspirational guide offers easy-to-follow advice from talented and creative industry experts. There are practical exercises that will help you sell your creations, choose the right time to start your business, and guide you through as you do so.
Business Minded: A Guide to Setting Your Mind, Body and Business Up for Success by Carly A. Riordan
(eAudio Libby).
Carly's goal for you: become a happy, healthy, successful, business-minded boss. Part self-help wisdom, part business school teaching, plus real-life advice from 18 amazing, thriving entrepreneurs: this audiobook is everything you need to know to turn your creative passion into a successful company. With clarity and approachability, this complete guide will teach you how to monetize your creativity with a sustainable operation: ideation and business plans, branding, bookkeeping, accounting, marketing, management, social media, and more.
The art of Dinosaur Designs by Louise Olsen
As young art students Louise Olsen and Stephen Ormandy began selling resin jewellery with a stall at Sydney's Paddington markets. Today they have a business that employs 85 people and nine stores around the world including New York and London. Dinosaur Designs is the name of their jewellery and homewares company, admired around the world for its bold, colourful designs and unique fusion of art and design. With this book Olsen and Ormandy open their hearts, minds and studio doors, to share their inspirations, ideas and process.
