Y-shop

Yshop n.
1. also youth shop A small retail store run by young adults.
2. A place for the sale of original arts and crafts.
3. A business establishment; or a center of activity for young entrepreneurs age 12 – 25 years.

The annual Y-shop is open every Saturday morning from 9.30 am – 11.30 am, December through to January.

Vendors are young adults from across the region who 'set up shop' in libraries to gain retail experience, market test their merchandise and ultimately create their own business.

Each year vendors have the opportunity to apply for a Scholarshop to trade at Eumundi Markets, for free, and learn from some of the best and most experienced marketeers on the Sunshine Coast.

Applications for the next Y-shop will be open in October 2013.

Present and past Y-shop vendors include:

Enchanted fairy houses - craft book recently published

Lucy-Mae artist - art

andthelittleonesaid - fabric hair bows

Cute as creations - polymer clay jewellery, hair accessories and lots more!