Porch Sittin'

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Here's my set-up for yesterday's event. It was warm & sticky but not totally unbearable. There was a very slight breeze every once in a while. Heather was the manager on duty yesterday, a very nice woman I enjoyed talking to. Suzanne stopped by with her husband. She took pictures of me stitching away in my set-up and seemed pleased. She was also happy to accept one of my acrylic racks on which to display the Sticky Notes - yay! I went to high school with her husband's brother so we chatted about him for a bit.

My good friend Linda stopped by for a bit - she lives in town. She's one of the women I go to Geva Theatre with 6 times/year.

My dear friend Nancy stopped by and stayed close to an hour maybe - so now we're totally caught up. There weren't that many customers so we had plenty of time to talk. That was lots of fun. I love my friends.

My massage therapist stopped by with her husband and has promised to hook me up with the owner of a coffee shop in her town that displays art. That's the type of venue I meant to look into at one time but it had escaped my memory so I was very glad she brought it up.

I sold a few things. Like I've been saying, this was to be a good PR gig for me, more than anything. Suzanne has a multi-page brochure she passes out. And she's involved with the local tourist bureau which is big because of The Finger Lakes. School isn't out around here until the end of June so that's when the summer season kicks in, in earnest, and the lake cottage traffic picks up. Fall is a big season in that area too - with all the area wineries and beautiful scenery.

You can see my free drawing in the front there - that I posted about yesterday. I took it down about 30 minutes into the event because I realized this was the wrong place for it. Meaning, the value of the art being given away ($15) far exceeds the value of any names I'd be able to add to my mailing list. It's good for craft shows, the bigger the better, but not something this small. I'm just glad I came to my senses before anyone entered the drawing!

I took my black shutters that I'd had at Enchanted Rose Garden, instead of my larger double black screen. And after a bit I moved my Pine Tree Designs sign from the back of the table (middle picture) to this red bench - much better visibility.

I actually didn't get that much stitching done, with all the socializing I got to do. After I packed up the car to come home, I treated myself to a small dish of Triple Chocolate ice cream at Huntone's Cones on the edge of town. Love an ice cream stand with a drive-thru window! Along with an ice cold bottle of water, I felt very refreshed. (I took water with me but it had gotten warm over the course the afternoon.)

So that's over.

I'm carpooling with Steve this week and going to put mega hours into my day job, to get as much done as I can before we leave for vacation next Saturday.

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