Craft Fair

I hauled my stuff over to the craft fair yesterday morning...bright and early just like I mentioned before. Got there a little after 7:00 a.m., but it didn't take me too long at all to set up. By the time I sat down it was still only 8:00 a.m., and I had another hour to go until everything opened up. I know now for next time to bring a good book along with me!

I didn't sell very much, I mostly think that the audience wasn't the right one for me...the craft fair took place on the lawn of a church, but the fair itself was advertised as a joint craft fair/yard sale thing. So most people that ventured there had come solely for bargaining and heckling. Oh well.

On a more positive note, I met two very nice ladies there- one a jewelry vendor and another an imprinting company. Both gave me great advice and pointers/tips. The jewelry vendor, Barbara, is actually going to order a custom print from me (so that's a future sale which I am psyched about and excited to create), and Patty, the imprinter (is there such a title?) just may have better pricing than cafe press, so I will have to look into all of that.

All in all it was a good experience and I am glad to have made two contacts whom I hope to stay in touch with. I finally finished my reshoot of some of my newest prints...they are now at home on Etsy.

For other news not art-related...

This morning, my neighbor found one of our cats outside of our window on the ledge- mind you, we live on the second story. Thank God that she was there to rescue her. I have no earthly idea on how she escaped...I am guessing it may be that she got out from one of the livingroom windows which has a huge hole and needs to be patched (ah, the joys of renting...the hole was there when we moved in) and jumped to the adjacent ledge to the window that is attached to the hallway. Maybe she saw a bird? Who knows... Needless to say, the window is now shut and we are going to buy a patch kit- or most likely a whole new screen.

I don't know what I would have done if we had lost our cat...we recently literally just lost our dog to old age. I don't think I could have went through another loss so quickly. Maybe Pokey was looking out for us, after all?

I hope you had a nice weekend; it's been one heckuva week for me!

Craft Fair tomorrow

Well, I have been busy updating my stock because tomorrow I will be trying to sell my wares at a local craftshow. I just created another card design last night while I was making duplicates of other cards I already have.

When I see something that I like, be it in a magazine, catalog, etc., I will usually clip out the image and then keep it in an envelope. Or I will just sketch something down. Well I found a picture of a simple ladybug kicking around in that envelope and it reminded me that I had not created a card design with one yet.

I also made a bunch of prints this past week, and have to upload them to Etsy, but not sure if that will happen before tomorrow morning. I plan on setting up bright and early at 7:00 a.m. Wish me luck!