first craft show

I have survived my first craft show. It went fairly well, we got there around 7:45am and unloaded the truck and set up the booth all in about an hour. We were give about a two hour slot to set up so that wasn’t so bad. Unfortunately, we had some issues with a canopy that I bought earlier in the week. Good thing it didn’t rain…although it was quite chilly. The weather man said 70’s but it ended up being in the 50’s and very windy and mostly cloudy. I was completely chilled. Mom brought me a sweater that helped a lot, and Darcey’s mom let us borrow some blankets.
I sold one piece to Mom but that was about it. That was pretty much what I had expected. It was a very small town in the outskirts of Chicago area, and there wasn’t a whole lot of advertising going on. I got a lot out of it though. I learned how to stake down all of my display in extremely windy conditions…it didn’t fall once! I slowly got an idea of how to arrange the display so that it will invite people into the booth. This was hard w/out walls…and in the picture was not a good flow. About half way through the show we rearranged a little and that helped. I learned that I could sit in not the best of conditions while not exactly doing well and not hate it. That’s kinda a big deal b/c it comes with the territory if this is something I want to pursue. I have a list of things I want to add or change for the next show. I’m not scheduled to be in another this year, but you never know. I received a variety of comments ranging from overflowing compliments to a low grunt.  I’m actually thinking that I’ll try this again.  I’m making a list of other shows in the area to go check out this summer to see how well flowers would fit in.  Should be fun doing the research! 
Now that this is over I’m excited about doing some experimenting. I have a few ideas up my sleeve for some experiments with some glass and metal. This is taking a step away from flowers and going into new territory…jewelry. I’m hoping I can bring some of my ideas back into the flowers but I’m going to start small first. I also have quite a few flower ideas stored up too. But experimenting is taking a priority since the B+B show is fast approaching and my ideas sort of tie into the classes we are taking.

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