Day: December 10, 2008

  • craft show round-up

    Here is my display from last Saturday's "Christmas in the Barn" in a nearby suburb(Avon). It's an 8 foot table & I tried using every inch, even scattering pine cones around to make it more woodsy. I had the same spot as last year, but my table was arranged better this time.   
            There was 56 crafters in the show, more than ever, but the crowd was not as big as last year, nor were sales as good, though most of us got our table fee back. A couple people did really well; the lady to one side of me selling sewn towels & sweatshirts face and the one across from me selling doll clothes. I think they were for the American Girl dolls, since they were much larger than Barbies. Her stuff was priced at $10-$20 per outfit & she must've sold a couple hundred dollars worth. I keep reading that people are only buying the essentials, but doll costumes certainly don't fall into that category.      The last hour of the show was dead, because a big snowstorm was moving in & driving home in it was a challenge. There was no traction at all. My sister had arrived to help take down and pack my car & was supposed to come back with me to carry stuff up to my apartment, but she began sliding & so went straight  home.  
       Though I barely made more than my table cost, the people who run the show are nice & it's a festive atmosphere.