Avoid the car parks and crowds during the silly season shopping rush. Instead, cool down with a cocktail at The Edwards before browsing through the 20+ quality local handpicked pop-up shops at The Impossible Market on Sunday 13 December.
A regular market stallholder herself, The Impossible’s founder Rebecca Stern knows only too well how much independent retailers rely on community support in peak trading periods such as these. “Shopping small is all about supporting people in your local community make a living doing what they love. It’s also a feel-good reward on top of buying an awesome present for the special people in your life,” she said.
Rebecca’s best tip for smart Christmas Shopping is to start a list in your smart phone, or better yet download a gift-list app, such as the free Santa’s Bag, which also tracks budgets. Keeping your ideas in one place will be the simplest way to manage the sometimes overwhelming task of playing Santa. The next tip she offers is to categorise types of gifts to help streamline the hunting process, such as identifying whether the recipient would best enjoy a practical or indulgent gift, and then refining from there.
To get the ideas flowing, The Impossible’s Christmas Market vendors include Salty Shadows, who create retro inspired beach umbrellas the whole family can enjoy. Yoga-lovers will appreciate the inspiring pep-talk tees from Tee Rex does Yoga while the whimsical will be swept away with the Christmas collection from popular blogger In all Things Beautiful.
Bro Co will have modern gentlemen sorted with a Swiss Army style tool, while we recommend introducing friends big on sustainability to Golden Grounds – a locally made coffee scrub using coffee grounds from the maker’s day job!
Dazed but Amazed bring you natural screen printed bed linen you will dream about and Islington’s Fibre and Yarn will hook you in with their quirky range of textile art, supplies and creations.
For the hard-to-buy for, you can’t get much closer to the heart than the unique collectible photobooks of Newcastle suburbs compiled by 2hrsnorth. And it’s a safe bet that grandparents will treasure a strip of smiles printed from the vintage Photo Booth.
The Parry Street precinct will also be abuzz with a mini-market across the road at Hunter Design School, where the talented students will be showing off their creative pursuits.
Bring the kids from 4pm or drop in later during the evening when they’re tucked up in bed. Not only will you fill your Christmas stockings with one-of-a-kind gifts, you’ll have a great night out too! For more information visit www.theimpossiblemarket.com.
