I changed up my booth from what I used at the St Christopher art fair in October. No canopy was needed since it was an indoor event. I had three 5' folding tables configured in a "U". I used a 36" high dog pen (halved) atop two of the tables to hang my purses on. I also had a little round table, and a rolling cart for supplies and the top for display. I used two wire closet shelves upended on each side of one of the tables to hang my banner on. It all looked pretty good. And I'm proud of my innovation in using the dog pen for the display. I used empty thread spools with large paper clips in them to hold my little signs. Clever!
There are some things I will change for next time, like adding another 5' table and dog pen, to have 4 tables with wire display, and moving the cart and chair to the back to be less visible. I expect to have more inventory next time around and will display it in like categories; i.e. denim, SuitZU, hobos, like I do with the Tote-A-Tees, Tote-A-Treats and Milk Money, and have better signage.
I had some new items to sell this time. I made little Gift Card Wallets, Gift Bags, Gift Ghoul Guardians and Good ID. I'll post about them soon.
The best part about this experience, besides the sales, was meeting some really nice people -- my neighbors. The booth to my left belonged to Laneil & Jesse Vawter of Happy Stitchers, along with their daughter Karla Quigley. What nice people! They sold sewed and embroidered items. The cutest aprons, baby items, pocket scarves and more. Website coming soon.
The neighbor to my right was a direct sales rep with ThirtyOne, and turned out to be the daughter of a guy I went to high school with. We were in band. I was drum majorette. The years have been very kind to him. Men have it so easy in the aging game.
The neighbor next to Happy Stitchers was Barbara Jean Stathakos of Gems for Generations. She had some really lovely jewelry pieces; some were made by her granddaughter. What a team! I really enjoyed visiting with her. Check our her great jewelry at gemsforgenerations.com.
And my neighbor across from me was Karen of CheeseCakes by Karen out of Texas City, and her daughter. Oh, my gosh. Her pecan candy, pecan tarts and cheesecake were DIVINE. Soooooooo good. She encouraged tasting. So, I tasted. Smart lady. I got a dozen of the pecan tarts to take to the annual Christmas Tea the ladies of my church host every year. I plan on ordering a cheesecake for a party I'll be attending on the 18th. Yum!
All in all, the whole experience was a lot of hard work, but great fun. I've already reserved my space for next year. Yaaaaaaaaaaay!
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