Self-employed artisans know how to sell their wares

Creative space: Williams posing with the display for her shop of carefully curated items, Black Hound, at The Savvy Marketplace. Her collection comes from her travels to Spain, Portugal and Marrakech as well as American destinations like Oklahoma and Brooklyn in New York City. Photos: TNS

Need a place to sell your quirky, handmade products? Make your own marketplace.

WHEN Terra Link and Jacob Rideout arrived in Seattle from California in October last year, they looked for a crafts festival to sell their handmade wares for the Savvy Heart, their “lifestyle brand” of jewellery, furniture, and scented oils. But they couldn’t find anything that seemed quite right.