Hello Folks!

We will be at the Halifax Brewery Market as a vendor, again, Saturday, October 30, 2021.  See you there!

November dates are:

Nov. 13th and 27th  

December dates are:

Dec. 11th and 18th

Thanks,

Bonnie and Blake of Socks Made On 88

We will be at the Halifax Brewery Market again on Saturday, October 16, 2021.  See you then! 

Next 2 Market Attendances:

We will be at the Halifax Brewery Market:

August 28, 2021 and 

September 11, 2021.

Hope to see you there!   :-)

 Hello and Good Morning to All here reading this!

It has been a very long time since I have made a blog post.  I would like to update you that we have returned to the Halifax Brewery Market, two weeks ago :-)  We plan to have our presence there as a vendor again with at least 2 times a month.  We will be there, this coming Saturday, August 14, 2021, and then again on Aug. 28,2021. 

 We are opting not to make commitment dates for September yet, as we have company arriving and do not know their arrival and stay times.  We do hope to be at the market, twice in Oct, Nov and Dec for your shopping needs, pending the covid regulations do not change and go backwards again.  Our attendance schedule can be found at our wix.com website primarily, and I post our intentions also on our FB page, Socks Made On 88.  Any updates or change of information is always posted at the FB page.  

Many thanks to our base of returning customers!  It was great to see a few of you on August 7th.  You made our return that much more special :-)

We look forward in welcoming returning customers and new customers too, as you purchase our product of socks or hats.

"Our Socks are Hugs for Your Feet"

Enjoy the rest of your summer,

Bonnie and Blake

No Market attendances for now...

Hello to all!  We cancelled our last market attendance.  It is unfortunate that we will not be able to attend for a while.  When we know more... we will definitely update you as to our return. In the meantime, please notify us at our Facebook page, or via our email address  sockson88@gmail.com.  We will be happy to supply you sock pairs by our alternative method.

My Back to the Market....RANT!

 We returned back to our local market on Saturday, September 5th.  We were excited to be back but also being proactive and cautious of making some changes for safety with some sanitizing issues.  It is very unfortunate that not many potential customers did not like the fact, that I suggested that they use hand sanitizer before touching OUR sock pairs.  This really annoyed me and also made me angry.  I did not enjoy our stint at the market to say the least.  Once we returned home and discussed this issue, I decided to revamp our whole display!  Our display will not be so interactive in being touchy-feely!  We also made a large sign to post on the rack and 4 small signs on each corner of the rack saying" Don't touch Please, Sanitize"  We will see how this goes over with our next market stint later in the month.  

I was very disappointed on the attitude of the general public that gave to me when I asked them to sanitize!  They were disrespectful, not willing to comply, simply snubbed me and walked away!  We are living in a different world now that started here in mid March.  I really thought people would have more of an acceptable attitude when dealing with a small hobbyist business at a local market.  Now it was a long weekend and there were customers from other provinces within our Atlantic bubble.  Did they think they could come into our province and not follow rules?  They are allowed to come here and not isolate, so they have already been given a pass.  Do they think that the pass also includes not having to sanitize your hands and not having to wear a mask?  I saw several people not wearing a mask, and several also wearing their masks with their nose not covered!  OK so I am a vendor doing all I can do to keep myself safe, and thought that the general public would do the same to keep themselves and others also safe.  What I saw, was not the case!  We are going to be at the market again on Sat. Sept 25, 2020.  I really hope we see a different type of market clientele.  One that is using more common sense!  I am going to try and not to be so disappointed and have a bit more of an open mind also. I admit that part of  my initial reaction was partly because of fear.  I want to feel safe at the market we have been a vendor at for almost 9 years going into our 10th year!  I want our customers to be safe!  And I want our socks not to carry covid to us or anyone else!  Is this too much to ask?  

A little rant from me, MsB, Bonnie... I needed to get this out there.  I do not know how many of our customers follow my blog, but this is the place where I felt comfortable getting this message out there :-)   I am really hoping that I can come back here again after September 26th with a much improved attitude and expanded message with a positive tone.  Thank you for listening!  Take care all, and be safe.  Our Socks are Hugs for your feet!  Hey, at least you can get hugs for your feet if you can not get other Hugs these days.  :-)

The plan is...

 to be returning to the Halifax Brewery Market on September 5, 2020!!   ( 7am - 1pm )

Just a reminder to check us out if you are in the need of some sock pairs for yourself or as a gift.  Hope to see you there :-)   We will be located at the previous spot that we have vendored from for many years.  There will be a few changes, but all very much doable.