Winchester Handm@de

First of all some bad news.

oOak Tree ceased trading at the Boscombe Underground on Tuesday 23rd June. We sincerely apologise to everyone, particularly those we were sharing the stall with and the landlady, Ruth who was very kind to us. We hope that anyone who had orders or queries with us will stay in contact with us, emails are in the sidebar to the right.

However, we are hoping to attend some more events in the future, one of which is Winchester Handm@de on July 5th 2009. TomatoTea and Hearts and Skulls will be sharing a stall, supporting and promoting oOak Tree whilst they are there.

The Handm@de craft fairs are THE place to find awesome British handmade goodies. The first fair was held in Oxford last year in November with great success and as such they decided to make it an annual event! With a growing number of people becoming interested, 2 new avenues were created for 2009: Cambridge and Winchester.

Cambridge was first up in April and was well received, so much so that there is a new date in December! The Handm@de group is continually growing and so we hope to support our artists attending any of the Handm@de fairs!

We hope to see you at Winchester!

BU Update

Its been a fairly good first week at the Boscombe Underground, we've already noticed that we're getting slightly busier this week which is great! We've had loads of people take cards and show an interest in the Network, which is fantastic news for oOak Tree!

Heres a couple more pictures from the Underground:


I painted a sign on an old college canvas and put it up with the help of the boyfriend on Tuesday. Not sure if its really worked yet as people still seem surprised when i tell them the products are handmade by locals!


Nicole bought in a new table for us to display some more items on, as well as making these new displays too!


Theres a lot more stock now, so the stall is looking great with all the different handmade products!

Don't forget, if you're local to Bournemouth and would like to sell your items at the Underground, but don't have the time or funds to do so, we can do it for you! Just get in contact with either myself or Nicole and we'll give you some more information!

Boscombe Underground Pictures

The Mayor of Bournemouth Offically opened the Boscombe Underground on Saturday 6th June 2009!



Here are a few pics of the Ooak Tree stall. This will gradually be changing each week as stock is sold, so there will always be something unique for you to see!

Boscombe Underground

Today was our first trading day at the Boscombe Underground alternative market! It opened at 9.30 and we had a slow but steady stream of customers all day, most coming in after the Mayor officially opened the Underground.

We were surprised at the interest in our stall and were very pleased to receive sales! A lot of people picked up cards and complimented our items so we are really pleased to be a part of the BU!

If there are any artists out there who hand make their own products and would like the opportunity to have their items on show at the Underground, please do get in touch. We only charge a commission of 20% on a sale and return basis, which is a lot less than most shops would charge and we are more likely to take on your stock! If this sounds like a good opportunity, please contact either myself (Katrina) or Nicole, our emails are found on the sidebar to the right.

We hope to post some pictures of the stall and market up soon, so please stay tuned!

-Katrina