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| Support Small Business Day - Saturday 4 October 2014 |
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| The Crafty Squirrel HQ - with yarn bombed pole. |
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| The Crafty Squirrel at the Melbourne Craft & Quilt Fair - June 2014 |
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| We are finalists in the CGU Commerce Ballarat Business Excellence Awards! |
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| We won! Pictured here with Mr Squirrel - my number one fan and supporter! |
It’s been a massive year so far at the Crafty Squirrel HQ – with lots of really amazing things happening! I recently turned the BIG 40 and I feel as though this milestone has brought with it many opportunities to celebrate the hard work that has gone in to building my small business over the last 10 years.
For the first time in June I had a stall at the Melbourne Craft & Quilt Fair at the Convention & Exhibition Centre and was delighted to meet so many of you! This was such a great success I have booked in again for next year – mark the 23 to 26 July 2015 in your diaries! Subsequent day trips up to visit the store have been many and I have loved having the opportunity to share my work and the treasures in store with you all.
In recent times I was named a finalist in the CGU Commerce Ballarat – Business Excellence Awards in the inaugural Creative Industries category. I went on to win this category and was totally blown away by the whole experience! Amazing and such an honour!
I was also asked recently by the Small Business Victoria team to be part of their publicity campaign for Support Small Business Day coming up this Saturday – 4 October. We had such a fabulous time in store last year with this fantastic initiative and we are gearing up again for it to be a fun day with lots of giveaways and special offers.
The outpouring of kind words and support across Instagram & Facebook when I was asked to remove my yarn bombing on the pole outside the store was impressive! Whilst it has still not been resolved – I anticipate that it will get to stay…fingers crossed everybody!
Behind the scenes I have been designing and working on a number of new products that will be launched at The Big Design Market on the 5, 6 & 7 December at the Royal Exhibition Buildings, Carlton. This is a must visit event for Christmas shopping!
Whether it’s in store or at an event – I really love meeting you all, make sure to say hello!
Until next time – happy crafting!
Morgan xx
2 comments:
Many congratulations on your success! your artwork has been wonderful and you really deserve to be awarded with an award. I hope to see more of your lovely work.
I congratulate on the success of your crafty shop. You really have an impressive collection of beautiful craft pieces and you deserve to be a winner.
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