A Great Start!
I took yesterday off to set up the Brighton show in the morning and work my shift in the afternoon. I usually just take the morning off and then work an after-work shift but I decided to kill 2 birds in one day. It worked out much better I think. Plus I had a few hours in the middle of the day in my studio too.
When I went back to work my afternoon shift, they asked me if I had more Sticky Notes because I'd sold a lot. I hadn't told anyone under which table I'd stashed my extras because I knew I'd be returning in a few hours. I walked over to my rack and saw at least 2 full rows missing, which is 18 Sticky Notes. Plus I sold my latest framed piece! {Crap. I just looked for a jpg of it to post here - maybe I never scanned it. Darn - I loved that piece. Can always make another. :-) }
I replenished my Sticky Notes rack, leaving only a dozen or so extras. The thing is, just before I left for the show, the owner of Artizanns in Naples called to order 30 Sticky Notes. She said a customer had just wiped her out. She said they were having an Open House on Saturday so if I was able to ship the order Friday, she'd probably have them in time for that.
So after the show last night at 7:00, I came home, ate dinner quickly with Steve and got busy in my studio. I had a big box of Sticky Notes ready to be embellished so I finished up 30 and packed them up to mail on my way to work today.
If you're local, I recommend stopping by this show - it's really good. It's called Not Your Usual Craft Show because instead of each artist having their own booth, our stuff is all mixed in together, attractively displayed. There's Christmas music playing - it's a very nice experience.
There's another paper artist there, Lori Kibler, whose work I really like - very clean and neat. We worked for a short while together yesterday - we bonded. :-)
There are some gorgeous mittens, some beautiful fabric bags - purses and tote bags by Kat's Kustom Karry-Alls. Lisa Cupery is a new artist I'd not met before - she makes pop-art pillows and garlands. Kristin Curley is there with her outstanding mosaic pieces. Ellie Shulman has her beautiful jewelry, including some chain maille pieces, which I love.
So yeah, the season is in full swing! I'm going to get busy again so I can drop off more Sticky Notes at the show first thing tomorrow morning.
When I went back to work my afternoon shift, they asked me if I had more Sticky Notes because I'd sold a lot. I hadn't told anyone under which table I'd stashed my extras because I knew I'd be returning in a few hours. I walked over to my rack and saw at least 2 full rows missing, which is 18 Sticky Notes. Plus I sold my latest framed piece! {Crap. I just looked for a jpg of it to post here - maybe I never scanned it. Darn - I loved that piece. Can always make another. :-) }
I replenished my Sticky Notes rack, leaving only a dozen or so extras. The thing is, just before I left for the show, the owner of Artizanns in Naples called to order 30 Sticky Notes. She said a customer had just wiped her out. She said they were having an Open House on Saturday so if I was able to ship the order Friday, she'd probably have them in time for that.
So after the show last night at 7:00, I came home, ate dinner quickly with Steve and got busy in my studio. I had a big box of Sticky Notes ready to be embellished so I finished up 30 and packed them up to mail on my way to work today.
If you're local, I recommend stopping by this show - it's really good. It's called Not Your Usual Craft Show because instead of each artist having their own booth, our stuff is all mixed in together, attractively displayed. There's Christmas music playing - it's a very nice experience.
There's another paper artist there, Lori Kibler, whose work I really like - very clean and neat. We worked for a short while together yesterday - we bonded. :-)
There are some gorgeous mittens, some beautiful fabric bags - purses and tote bags by Kat's Kustom Karry-Alls. Lisa Cupery is a new artist I'd not met before - she makes pop-art pillows and garlands. Kristin Curley is there with her outstanding mosaic pieces. Ellie Shulman has her beautiful jewelry, including some chain maille pieces, which I love.
So yeah, the season is in full swing! I'm going to get busy again so I can drop off more Sticky Notes at the show first thing tomorrow morning.
Thursday, November 12, 1:00-7:00
Friday, November 13, 10:00-7:00
Saturday, November 14, 10:00-4:00
Not Your Usual Craft Sale
Brighton Town Park, Carmen Clark Lodge
777 Westfall Road, Rochester, NY 14620
Labels: Craft Shows, Paper Art
posted by Stefani at 5:23 AM
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2 Comments:
Congrats on having a good show! Love the tree card!
Gotta love those sticky notes! :)
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