It’s official! At the time that you’ll be reading this, we have our first market of the year TOMORROW. Ahhhhh!

I’ll be honest with you – my 3-month-break from markets was a very nice time (hello weekends where I can veg out and do nothing). But I’ve also really missed them, and I’m excited to get back into the swing of things. There’s just something so special about seeing customers shop your products face-to-face, plus it’s a nice change of pace from how repetitive our days have been lately. 😅

Since this is our first market of the year, the day-before is going to be really prep-heavy for us with double-checking inventory, making sure any new items are loaded into our selling channel, and loading boxes & boxes of supplies/inventory. Once we get past this weekend, it’ll be smooth sailing! We pretty much never “unload” from a market, instead choosing to leave things boxed up unless we absolutely need it – this way the before & after of a market is pretty smooth sailing. As long as we had everything we needed at the last market, we’ll have everything we need at the next one!

That said, I did make a checklist for us to have for this show and every show moving forward, and I thought this would be the perfect chance to share it! This list includes all the to-dos we might need to do in the week leading up to a show as well as our usual packing list.

I’ve also paired this freebie with a video about my “mary poppins box,” which is our “every-case-scenario” box of things that we take to every show even if we might not need it. It’s down below for you. Enjoy, and good luck with your markets!