Gold Bling

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A woman at work requested a card yesterday for a 50th anniversary party she's going to this weekend. She wanted it a gold fancy-schmancy card with lots of bling. I think it looks more gold in person - that's gold metallic paper that I used for the stitched layer.

I received my check from last weekend's show, along with the tags from every product. Naturally I prepared a color coded spreadsheet to tally the results. :-) For shows where I collect my own money, I started out removing the price tags so I could clearly see what I'd sold at the end of the day but it became too big of a hassle so I stopped.

But at these shows where we have one cashier, I like getting the tags back because I don't always have a clear idea of what sold. And yes, being an accounting type of gal, I did at one time use inventory software. I liked it but it "broke" and I couldn't get any support for it so I got rid of it. I could track inventory on spreadsheets but ultimately it's one more thing to do, time that takes away from my product producing time so I don't. My mentor, MJ, just eyeballs it too - so if it's good enough for her, it's good enough for me.

I admit I typically set my expectations rather low, dollar-wise, prior to each show - and I'm always pleasantly surprised. Except I now know I'm pleasantly surprised, so that probably counter-acts my low expectations, if you know what I mean. I made about the same amount of money I make at most 1 day shows - and this was a two day show (but just about 3 hours longer than a 1 day show). I'm still very pleased. All these dinky $3-$6 items I sell really add up. I sold 4 framed pieces, like I said and a few gift sets and 2 notepad sets - but everything else was the small stuff.

I took some orders, made a bunch of contacts - and had a lot of fun. I'd definitely do it again.

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