Good News from Buffalo!

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On January 31st, Steve and I drove to Buffalo for jury day for the Jr League of Buffalo's boutique in association with their Decorators' Show House. I was told I'd be notified by email if they were interested in my goods. Instead this week I received snail mail from them which said I was accepted. It said see attached for which items they'd like to sell and how many.

100 Sticky Notes
24 Greeting Cards
24 Tins

Wow! I didn't know it worked like this. Even from my limited experience with the Jr League of Rochester show, I should have known they would be totally organized. I thought it was going to be a situation where I sent them a dozen of each, then when they ran low, they'd email me to send more, all very seat of our pants.

This boutique is consignment, but even making 60% of above would be the equivalent of the sales from a decent craft show. (I did raise my prices slightly for this event.) And with this many items being ordered, I think Steve and I will drive the order to Buffalo. I had planned to ship it, which would still be cheaper than gas & time, but driving the order there feels like the right thing to do. I'll have to scout out some other things to do while we're there to make it a fun day trip. (Plus I think I'll take a few of my small acrylic racks to see if they want to use them for the Sticky Notes. I imagine they have a very professional set-up already, but never hurts to ask.)

In a way I was surprised they wanted my cards because I did see a couple of other card vendors there. And they didn't want my paper jewelry pins, which is fine. I have a feeling this is all pretty upscale and they'd rather have real jewelry.

I really should have continued reading to see when they need these things. The boutique runs April 25 - May 17. Good thing I'm in hyper productive mode these days. Yowza.

A note about those tins. I ordered some reed diffuser liquid from a company but they mixed my order up with someone else's and sent me 48 of those tins instead. They are about 3" in diameter. I'm a nut for little containers. When I called the company, I said I'd be willing :::twist my arm::: to keep them for a reduced price. Voila! I'm really happy with how they turned out. I don't really know what anyone would use these for but I think they are cute as can be. (The tins are sold to candle and soap makers.) Gee, I wonder what else they have that I need . . .

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