It was only past midnight did I finally pack up my things and close the brief case! Surely I was tired out, but it was such a fun affair! Just last night at this same time, I would have been talking to people, introducing them to my handicraft, the lego keychain thumbdrive! Most of my time and energy for the past week have been poured into this one evening from 5pm to 12midnight. And it was SO GOOD. SO WORTH IT. It was a great learning experience for me as I talked to so many different people and hear their opinions and words of encouragement! Previously for last month, I had a mini corner, courtesy of my friend Alicia to showcase my products. Alicia was also selling her own handicrafts, Tassels&Carousal do check her out too as she sells really beautiful tassel earrings!


From the last minute setting up of a facebook page, to painstakingly focusing on carving out more keychain thumbdrives, a lot of hard work was poured into making yesterday evening happen. Up till tonight, moments before I typed this, I was working on getting the product photos up! Sometimes I do wonder how everything is going to pan out as, as much as I would love to make these thumbdrives according to the requests by customers (meaning they order them), it is so much more convenient for people to buy them down on the spot at the fair. This beats them having to pay up front and wait for the thumbdrive to arrive. So, I had a stall yesterday! First time having that briefcase to myself! My first impression was that the briefcase was too big, but later on proved to be just right after i put in all my props.

The funny thing was that at the beginning, everyone was more drawn in by my camera and the Y-wing than my products and I was like "WHY DOESNT ANYONE SEE IT". Met a couple of film photographers too! But I guess that also meant that my layout works too? Because people are still drawn in! and then that's when I start talking about my products. Having to stand and almost constantly talk all the way for 7 hours was really tiring and I found it difficult to edit photos and post them on Instagram, in a bid to raise awareness. Really so glad and thankful that students like us are encouraged to showcase our products at Red Dot Design Museum!


Got a chance to talk to so many LEGO enthusiasts too and share some knowledge with one another! Participating in this fair taught me also when to give out namecards, as in not who to give it out to, but rather at which point of the conversation, or how do you transition to that. And the general consensus is that a lot of people loved my namecard! Which was exactly what I was going for when I decided to pay more for a namecard. Although even that itself, I felt I could have done better by including a little bit more information on it. Next time! when this stack of namecards runs out heh.

There were so many cool performances inside, people drawing, other like-minded creative people selling their crafts, from plushies to plastic turning, resin casting. So many things going on! Now I am making it sound like it is my first time there. And it wasn't just the ambience there, the event there that made my friday night so fun, the most important part was the company!! Thank you to my parents for being so supportive, coming down with starbucks coffee, Brian, for rooting for me and trying to help me in any way possible, not to mention staying until the last train. And Alicia for doing this event together, making it so much more fun! Doing this fair together with someone else really helps to lift my spirits so much and gives me confidence too! because when you are comfortable in that environment, you also start to talk more fluently and naturally to customers and crafts enthusiasts! These are the only photos that I managed to take as I spent most of the time being busy, all the way past midnight! Which was really amazing because previously, we packed up our stuff by around 11pm but this time round, we stayed until 12 and it didnt even feel like 12 at all?! In fact, it felt like 10 to me only! So I am really really glad and thankful for all the wondrous support from the people who walked by and my friends for making it such a fun time! Maad June 2016 was a good - I would probably proclaim - perfect experience.