The Local Market...

This post is way overdue...but it has been quite the wild few months and at last I have time to breath, think and write...to you, to you whom must know about 'The Local Design and Food Market'.

If you asked me what it takes to set up a successful market, theoretically, I would tell you that you're asking the wrong person. But what i would tell you is that it can not be done without putting your heart and soul into it. I would also tell you that to the world hope, passion and purity might be naive, but it was with this exact naivity that the 'Local Design and Food Market' founders Sarah-Jane Barnhoorn and Stefni Muller, approached their dream.

The first market was held on the 7th of July 2011, during the well-attended Knysna Oyster Festival. Sarah and I had three hours to showcase our vision to the public, to lay our hearts bare and create something different, raw, authentic-we had no idea what to expect. We were blown away by the amount of feet that moved through the market space, food sold out and most of our exhibitors all sold something. Our first market!

There were many hands that helped, that we could not have done without. I would like to thank you all from the bottom of my heart. I still choke up telling people about the first 'Local Design and Food Market'. And most of all, I would like to share with Sarah my gratitude and love for partnering with me on this beautiful adventure...Sarah Dearest, you are an authentic, pure, green eyed wonder, I commend you and look forward to the next 'Local Market'.

Please visit us at http://localdesignmarket.wordpress.com
or http://www.facebook.com/pages/Local-Design-and-Food-Market/202344013140183 and don't miss the next one!!

Stefni x