Instagram workshop for Les joailliers du dimanche

 

If you kind of have been following this blog for a while, you may have noticed that I'm a huge supporter of the idea of joining creative communities. Being an active participant in the Etsy and Montreal community has helped me get to places that otherwise would have been a struggle to get to on my own or without advice and support of like-minded people I admire and respect. Plus the journey wouldn't have been half as fun as it has been! 

Some of you also know that as part of my involvement with my local peers, I'm part of the Joailliers du dimanche collective. Les joailliers du dimanche is a network of local jewellers that support each other through advice, counsel, events and online promotion. Being part of the collective for a number of years now is one of the most rewarding things I've got to experience since I started working independently as a jewellery designer/maker. 

As part of our support projects, I decided to give a couple of workshops regarding social media, specifically, Instagram. Is no secret that I freaking love Instagram and that is by far the social media channel I enjoy the most. Taking photos is part of my everyday life: I love to document the little things that inspire me and how I see the world around me. Thanks to this, it wasn't hard for me to pick up IG and love it from the start plus develop a certain understanding on how the thing works. 

So, for the workshop I prepared a lot of info to share with Les joailliers du dimanche about my experience and advice on IG and I was so motivated by the response and feedback I got from the workshop that I don't want to stop there: I would love to share it with you, too! 

If you want to read about my take on IG or need to learn a thing or two, from how to take great photos with your phone to how to reach a bigger audience and run a successful IG account, don't miss out the series of blog posts I'm preparing! I'll be posting them here and also in Les joailliers du dimanche website, weekly. First one goes live tomorrow so stay tuned!

Thanks so much to Les joaillers du dimanche for your interest and attending this workshops in great numbers! As always, I feel immensely satisfied of being part of such a great group of awesome creatives!

xx
Iveth 

One of the two groups of joailliers attending the workshop, it was great fun!

Etsy Fait au Quebec recap!

So, this year's EtsyFAQ has come and gone, it went in a bit of a blur, a happy blur. A weekend full of hard work but also lots, and lots of smiles and wonderful memories.

This experience left me so energized and well happy that I feel like running, like laughing, but specially I feel like thanking everyone who made it possible: vendors, visitors, customers, Etsy, the volunteers, family, awesome co-organizer Michelle Beausejour and our wonderful, wonderful organizing team from Les joailliers du dimanche and the Montreal Etsy team.

I could say a thousand things of how amazing it all went this past weekend, but I better post a few photos I took at the market to show you how Etsy Fait au Quebec was!

The Joaillier du dimanche collective, part of the organizing bunch, just missing Maxime here! Such resourceful, intelligent, hard working, enthusiastic women. I'm so proud to be part of them.

The whole organizing team! comprising Les joailliers du dimanche and the Montreal Etsy team! Etsy teams rock!

For more photos check out this FB album and to see all participant's work, check out the Shop the Market page!

Etsy: Fait au Québec Montreal edition line up!

Once again, I'm part of the organizing team for Etsy: fait au Québec  market in Montreal and look: I'm in the poster! hahaha!

Etsy: fait au Québec is an Etsy Canada initiative to promote and celebrate local makers. On September 26th all across Canada, craft shows, markets and pop-up shops will host many of their local etsy sellers and open their doors to collectors and lovers of all things handmade. The Montreal market will be open for two days: September 26th and 27th at the Technopôle Angus in the Rosemont neighbourhood.

Last year the event was a huge success and this year we are planning more amazing things: We'll host more than 60 local makers, designers and artists + free workshops and live music for all our visitors to enjoy.

As part of Les joailliers du dimanche team on etsy, we were invited to take part of the organization of this event since last year and alongside the Montreal Etsy team, we have been working super hard to make this possible. Etsy teams are truly a wonderful thing and I've always loved being part of them. Working alongside other etsy team has allowed me and my team to get to know other like-minded people and put our ideas together to make something big. It has been an exciting journey and I hope you can come to our Montreal show and get to see all the things we have prepared for you!

Choosing the vendors is one of the hardest parts of all: We received more than 300 applications and we could only fit about 60 of them. We came up with a team of jurors that went through hours of studying amazing applications. We just hope we had a place for everyone of the makers that applied! At the end, we are very proud of our line up and we think you'll love it. Now, the stars of the show: our amazing makers, artists and designers!

For the Home:

OmmaSae - www.ommasae.etsy.com

Vuela Vuela - www.etsy.com/shop/VuelaVuela

Melena Studio - www.etsy.com/shop/MelenaStudio

Kroon Designs - www.etsy.com/shop/KroonDesigns

Atelier-D - www.etsy.com/ca/shop/AtelierDmontreal

Cadeauté - www.etsy.com/shop/CADEAUTE

Marie-Claude Girard, Céramiste - www.etsy.com/shop/MCGirardceramiste

Alice In Montreal - www.etsy.com/shop/AliceinMontreal

FMC Design - www.etsy.com/shop/fmcdesign

Tablewear by Katy Lemay - www.etsy.com/shop/Tablewearbykatylemay

The hat with no feather - www.etsy.com/shop/thehatwithnofeather

Fabrique Deco - www.etsy.com/shop/fabriquedeco

Bath and Body:

BUTR - www.etsy.com/shop/BUTR

Evy Jo & Co. - www.etsy.com/shop/EvyJoAndCo

Wülfhed - www.etsy.com/shop/wulfhed

Ysabel LaRousse - www.etsy.com/shop/YsabelLarousse

Clothing:

Noemiah - www.etsy.com/shop/noemiah

Zoé g kocsis - www.etsy.com/shop/zoegkocsis

Rue du léopard - www.etsy.com/shop/RueduLeopard

Meemoza - www.etsy.com/ca/shop/Meemoza

Gredin - www.etsy.com/people/Gredin

Accessories:

Cliché - www.etsy.com/shop/collectioncliche

Twill & Print - www.etsy.com/shop/TwillandPrint

Nanoukiko & Triko - www.etsy.com/shop/nanoutriko

Julien & Emily Design - www.etsy.com/shop/JulienEmilyDesign

Paco + Lupe - www.etsy.com/shop/PacoandLupe

April Gold Bags - www.etsy.com/shop/AprilGoldBags

Jewellery:

The Angry Weather - www.etsy.com/shop/TheAngryWeather

The Birch Trail - www.etsy.com/shop/TheBirchTrail

Marilie Jacob - www.etsy.com/shop/mariliejacob

Louise Koo - www.etsy.com/shop/louisekoo

Sabine Pouquet - www.etsy.com/shop/SabinePouquet

Maksym  -  www.etsy.com/shop/Maksym

MG Design - www.etsy.com/shop/MarianaGalan

Lilipop - www.etsy.com/shop/CreationsLilipop

Le Cubicule - www.etsy.com/shop/LeCubicule

Chez Laurette - www.etsy.com/shop/ChezLaurette

JDD collective - http://lesjoailliersdudimanche.com

Baby and children:

Matelele - www.etsy.com/shop/Matelele

Ginko Organic - www.etsy.com/shop/GinkoOrganicBabywear

Des Enfantillages - www.etsy.com/shop/desEnfantillages

Jules mon poisson bulle - www.etsy.com/shop/Julesmonpoissonbulle

A hippie with a minivan - www.etsy.com/shop/ahippiewithaminivan

Rousskine - www.etsy.com/shop/rousskine

Veille Sur Toi - www.etsy.com/shop/VeilleSurToi

Couleur-moi - www.etsy.com/shop/couleurmoi

BlackSnaps - www.etsy.com/shop/BlackSnaps

Velvet Moustache - www.etsy.com/shop/velvetmoustache

Notsewstrange - www.etsy.com/shop/NotSewStrange

M.E. image - www.etsy.com/shop/MEimage

Orange and Coco - www.etsy.com/shop/orangeandcoco

Photography, Illustration and Art:


Veni Etiam Photography - www.etsy.com/shop/VeniEtiamPhotography

Jackie Bassett Art - www.etsy.com/shop/JackieBassettArt

Cara Carmina - www.etsy.com/shop/Caracarmina

UNIK Printshop - www.etsy.com/shop/unikprintshop

Olive Branch and Co - www.etsy.com/shop/OliveBranchandCo

Marie-Claude Marquis - www.etsy.com/shop/MarieClaudeMarquis

Baltic Club - www.etsy.com/shop/BalticClub

Amélie Legault - www.etsy.com/shop/AmelieLegault

Darveelicious - www.etsy.com/shop/Darveelicious

Kristy Boisvert Illustration - www.etsy.com/shop/KristyBoisvert

Le bocal de mag - www.etsy.com/shop/lebocaldemag



Vintage:

Fripe Fabrique - www.etsy.com/shop/FripeFabrique

Gastronomy:

POPSArt - www.etsy.com/shop/POPSARTltee

Les Beurres Becsucré - www.etsy.com/shop/LesBeurresBecsucre

NUTOPIA Namasté Tea - www.etsy.com/shop/NutopiaNamaste
La pincée - http://www.lapincee.ca/ (Etsy shop - à venir, coming soon!) 

On Septermber 26th and 27th, come support the work of all this wonderful local makers! RSVP to our FB event here. See you soon!

Iveth

Etsy: made in Canada Montreal

In this photo: Our main entrance at the Technopole Angus! Des Enfantillages, Anakiel, Lili Pop, Productions DCS.

I know it's two weeks later but better late than never to show you some of the photos I took at Etsy: Made in Canada last month! 

I'll start by saying this: WOW, it was such an amazing experience. Never in my life I imagined to be involved in something like this, I mean, as a seller yes, of course! I am a maker and craft shows are the cherry on top my Sundae! I love craft shows, I love to talk with my customers and be one on one with the people that support my work. But to be behind scenes, at the core of the organization at a big show, never thought of that until I received an email from Etsy Canada back at the beginning of the year asking if I'd like to apply to be part of the organization of this project they were planning for later on the year. I applied because the collective I'm part of loooove to make a good pop-up shop and I though they would be excited to collaborate with Etsy in case I got to be selected. It turned out I was selected and well, we got to do this and it was pretty amazing and rewarding! 

For Etsy: made in Canada, my team (Les Joailliers du dimanche) got to collaborate and work alongside the girls from the Montreal Etsy team (the other team Etsy picked to organize the event) in which Michelle Beausejour is their team captain (team leader for those of you not familiar with Etsy team terms ;)) . What I liked most about working alongside the other team was the chance to step out of our comfort zone and try new things, to mix up what we are as a collective and our ideas with ideas from different individuals and make something new, something that made all of us proud. We learnt so much and we grow so much as well! 

When we were selecting vendors a great responsibility overcame me: These were our vendors, these people were investing their time, efforts on doing this show and they were believing in this project. At that moment the task ahead was immediately defined: we weren't allowed to disappoint them! Of course that was a task I put to myself, it was my biggest motivation throughout the planning process. I was also worried, I guess is normal, I didn't quite know what to expect the weekend of, it was a big mystery to me! until the very last moment when, after seeing all the people that came, all the happy faces, all the great response the weekend of the event, I knew we were good, I knew we had done it. 

I'm never again will see craft shows as I used to see them: my already big admiration for the people that make those shows possible has grown a 100 times! 

Now, the pictures! For more info about the shops, check out the vendor line-up HERE! And if you want to check the rest of the photos I took, find them HERE, on my FB page!

In this photo: Hazel and Hunter, Nanoutriko, Orange and Coco, Ysabel LaRousse and Tanya from Etsy Canada.

Orange and Coco, Cara Carmina, Pops Art, Fannie Gregoire and Des Enfantillages.

In this photo: Rousskine, Cutiful Baby, Double Yellow Line, Vuela Vuela and Unik Printshop.

In this photo: Les Joailliers du Dimanche! Marilie Jacob, Pilar Agueci, Louise Koo, Sabine Pouquet, The Angry Weather (my husband at my table!) and Catrie. We also had a collective table but I didn't took photos of it!

In this photo: Terrarium Obsessarium, Zoe G Kocsis, Amanda Moss, Noir & Black, Cadeaute, Twill & Print, Grotesquely Beautiful Things, N/A, Raymond Besinger, Matelele and Les Charlatans!

And these last photos are from the night prior, during the decoration session!

Thank you so much Les joailliers du Dimanche and The Montreal Etsy team for your great work. Thank you vendors for believing in this project and thank you buyers for supporting the local community of artists and artisans. Thanks to our families for all your help and support during these crazy months! Thanks Etsy, for always finding ways to encouraging us to grow. And thank you to the girls from Etsy Canada (Erin, Nada, Melissa, Tanya, Jennifer) for all your help, support and for the the amazing opportunity!
Let me know in the comments bellow if you attended this or any of the Etsy: made in Canada markets across Canada and what was your experience? :)

Thank you!

Media event for Etsy: Made in Canada Montreal

Super adorable welcome sign Cara Carmina made for us! 

Last Wednesday we invited some of our favourite bloggers/media for tea at Ma Douce Moitie cafe to let them know about the exciting things we are planning for Etsy: Made in Canada. It was a great experience and we had such a lovely time chatting away with them and just having a good time promoting the market.

I was so nervous at first because I'm super awkward when it comes to talk to may people at the same time but the ambiance was very relaxing and the attendees were so enthusiastic and kind that all nervousness fade away and I just was so happy and chatty, haha!

Talking to the media were some of the organizers of the show like Sabine Pouquet, Michelle Beausejour and I. Also, we were lucky enough to be accompanied by three of our Etsy: made in Canada Montreal vendors: Norma from Cara Carmina, Tiffany from Twill and Print and Julie from Lilipop that shared their experiences as Etsy sellers and why they look forward to the show. 

Here are some of the photos Tina Rayna took at the media event, I hope you enjoy them!! 

Mariloui Poliquin from Vagabonde.

From Les joailliers du dimanche: Lidia, Sabine and Louise. 

Julie Lauzon from Lilipop; Tiffany Kerr from twill and Print; Sabine Pouquet from Les joailliers du dimanche;  Norma Andreu from Cara Carmina; Michelle Beausejour & me, head organizers of Etsy: made in Canada Montreal!
 All images by Tina Rayna

I want to say a BIG thank you to the lovely bloggers that came to our event! it was delightful to talk to you! Also, a BIG thanks to Deborah from Ma douce Moitie cafe for letting us use their restaurant for this event and for the delicious cupcakes and cake pops she made specially for us.

Stay tuuuuuned, the market is just two weeks away and we look forward to see you!!! 

RVSP in our FB event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/526602340795240/

Follow us on twitter for the latest news: https://twitter.com/FaitAuCanadaMTL

And check out this beautiful video Etsy Canada made! https://vimeo.com/105661994

Thank you and see you soon!

Iveth