It's been quite a week! I've been at the fair for two days now, and it's been fun! I wish I took the time to take more pictures.. I'll have to do that tomorrow when I'm there. Now that the fair has started I'm a bit relieved. I don't have the pre-fair anxiety, and I'm kind of just taking it as it goes. It's only my second fair, and it's a biggie! But it's been fun and I've met cool people. Wednesday morning was so awful in the weather department, raining like crazy, and it was my day to set up! But it turned out to be fine and as soon as the weather let up, the fair was opening in the early afternoon. That was such a long day, getting up early after sleeping really late, setting up, manning a booth for 9 hours, meeting a lot of people, going out for drinks, and then falling asleep at the neighborhood diner...
Today was better, since I got to roll in about 11:30, have my coffee, quickly set up the booth and just wait for people to show up. It's always amazing to meet people who's work you've seen and admired. A few friends and family have stopped by, and it's been so great to see them and so sweet of them to support. And everyone who stops by the table seems to be happy with what they're seeing, wether they make a purchase or not. It's so great to see people come and smile and laugh at some of the things I've made like the dead spider pins. It makes me really excited! This one lady came by today and I thought she was going to throw up because she loved the tooth for the toothfairy pillow so much! It was awesome!
Here are a few random pictures of the set up and a couple items. I'm slowly going to start posting some of them on Etsy... even while I'm working, because there's some down time, especially during the day.
counting elephant stuffed animals. gotta keep track of that inventory!
booth set up
window display! You can probably see me if you are walking down 4th Street!!
his and hers - dead spider pins with mustaches (we had a bit of time to kill before selling on wednesday)
blackboard display: holiday cards, flower pins and fabric necklaces. click to enlarge
this morning the sun was perfectly shining on this vase of fabric flowers!!!
and in between sales, there is a bit of time to kill, so if I can, I like to sew little things. Here I'm stitching up some mustache wands for the magic mustache kit.
If you're in the neighborhood, I hope you can stop by! I'll be there everyday until Sunday, from noon-7. CLICK HERE to see what's available, and CLICK HERE to see a list of other vendors.
goodnight, xo
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