Join us in Terrarium’s stunning plant shop for a Sunday morning, all-levels (variations for everyone, including chair options), yoga class. After our practice, treat yourself to one complimentary beverage while perusing their plant shop and terrarium offerings and connecting with our mov(e)volve community. Join us and experience the tranquility of mind and body connection in a gorgeous space. Cost includes the 60-minute class, a complimentary beverage from their array of options, and tip for their lovely staff. Bring a yoga mat and water bottle. If you have accessories (i.e., blocks, strap) that you like to use then please feel free to bring them as this class is for you and anything you need to make it *yours* is encouraged!
Join Asia DeRosby, graphic designer, digital artist and resident artist at Botanically Curious as she leads guests through painting plants! Participants will get 1 herb pot and seed packet from a local farm. We will sip mocktails as we decorate our herb pots! Be the first to try herbal elixirs Botanically Curious will be presenting at the May first Friday Art walk All materials included.
Learn how to set up an enticing market booth that showcases your products, engages customers, and increases your sales. We will also cover sales tactics that don’t feel sleazy and invite people to look at your products in a way that feels authentic to yourself and your work. You will leave this class with a structured setup for your booth and take home resources to help you improve your setup.
Here are some of what we will cover:
- Table Layouts
- Note on Pricing
- Knowing your audience
- Creating “moments of pause” and keeping people at your booth
- Relating to your customer
- Pitch your work
Resources: Better Your Booth Workbook, Digital Download List of All Maine Markets, Links to recommended products, Deals and Combo List download and more.
Gaby is a small business owner and multi-disciplinary artist. Her business Bug-Eyed Co. doubled its booth sales at art markets from 2022-2023 and consistently makes over $1000 at each event she attends. Her work is illustration forward and ranges from crafting kits and stationery to hand-built ceramics and art prints. Gaby is also the owner of Fete and is deeply passionate about teaching artistic processes and helping artists maximize their business potential.
This ticket is non-refundable but can be transferred to another person, if you do transfer your ticket, please contact fetemarketme@gmail.com so we can get the name and contact info of the new attendee.
Enjoy an hour of movement and release! Sara helps people beat obstacles and reach peaks on the hike of life with a sense of adventure. As a speaker, wellness coach, and survivalist best known for her appearances on Discovery Channels ‘Naked and Afraid’, she uses mind-body practices and the wisdom of nature to help you connect with your authentic self and be joyfully resilient. BYOM See her retreats and content at sarakunz.com
Herbalist Paula Kersch will teach you how to support your neurological and emotional health to live more comfortably in your own skin, and help you keep more calm in times of stress through herbal applications. Special guest therapist and Self-care coach Louise Lynch will give parents tools be feel less stressed! In this course, Parents will learn how to: -Assess emotional health issues so that you can choose the right herbs for the situation at hand -Build strong nervous system function through the 4 pillars of Health -Safe Herbal application for kids – Provide herbal support for issues like anxiety and ADHD Enjoy tea blends and healthy snacks during workshop as we talk about nutrition!
Mel Andrel (they/them) is a mixed-media artist and freelance graphic designer based in Portland, Maine. They started their business in 2018, and began wholesaling their work in 2022, but really kicked things into gear last summer, growing their stockists from 3 to 45+ cute, curated shops.
Mel is excited to offer a workshop that will empower other makers to quickly grow their business to its full potential!
This class will cover:
- Wholesale basics & best practices
- Brand checklist
- Order minimums
- Costs & Profit Margins
- Approaching stockists
- Online marketplaces vs trade shows vs D2C. & more!
Attendees will leave having
- More confidence and a better understanding of wholesale
- A linesheet template to use for their own business.
- A handwritten and stamped post-card en route to one potential stockist!
This ticket is non-refundable but can be transferred to another person, if you do transfer your ticket, please contact fetemarketme@gmail.com so we can get the name and contact info of the new attendee.
Mother’s Day Fresh Flower Workshop
$125 for 1st ticket
$115 for each additional ticket
Sunday, May 12th 2024
1 pm – 3 pm
Après
148 Anderson St.
Portland, Maine
Join Plant Office owner & lead florist, John Sundling, for some Mother’s Day floral fun at Après’ beautiful East Bayside tasting room. We provide all the blossoms, vases, tools, and knowledge you need to create a beautiful take-home vase arrangement. Instead of offering a pre-designed look, we provide a variety of flowers, textures, & foliage so each person creates something reflecting their style. The color palette will likely be warm spring flowers, featuring the first local flowers of the season, balanced with materials from away. Think tulips, daffodils, ranunculus, anemones, and more.
In the spirit of Mother’s Day, we’re offering a discount of $10/ticket for each additional spot you book. Buy a ticket for Mom and save a few bucks on your own! Each order needs to include one full-price ticket.
$5 of each ticket sold will be donated to Nibezun, a Maine-based non-profit creating space where, according to their vision statement, “present and future generations nurture the sacred unbroken relationship with Mother Earth and each other, living in balance on the ancestral lands and waterways of the Wabanaki.”
Ready to sell even when the market isn’t open? Did you know that getting your product in shopping guides (in Maine or beyond) or sharing your maker story on the news is FREE? Finally, did you know that the press won’t just find you; you have to go after it?
Good news! You can start learning how to do all of that with Fete.
Sabina Hitchen, the renowned “PR Fairy Godmother,” will share her wealth of knowledge and expertise to equip small business owners with the tools and strategies needed to master the art of press and publicity. With over 17 years of experience in the industry, Sabina has dedicated her career to spotlighting small businesses and entrepreneurs, earning her a reputation as a media strategist extraordinaire.
Get ready to find out how to (without stress or tons of extra work), YOU can use FREE publicity to sell even when markets are closed (even when you’re sleeping), share your business in shopping guides, and even share your founder story locally and beyond!
You will leave this session understanding how pres works and feeling hyped enough to get it for yourself!
Sabina has been featured in various media outlets, including Good Morning America, Forbes, NBC News, ABC News, Entrepreneur, USA Today, the NY Post, and many more.
This ticket is non-refundable but can be transferred to another person, if you do transfer your ticket, please contact fetemarketme@gmail.com so we can get the name and contact info of the new attendee.