Well, this past weekend was my (our) first craft show. I would not call it a complete success, however it was a great learning experience and proved to myself I can do it! In that sense, I would say we were successful. First off, the show was only about 30 vendors in this Ukrainian Catholic Church. Most of the people that came (all 150 or so) were quite older, and just didn’t seem to be interested in purchasing anything! Not from me, not from any of the vendors. It was beyond slow, but like I said before, the experience was a good one. I am now prepared to take on another show, to put myself out there again and again.
 

Dustin was incredibly supportive through the whole process, telling me how proud he was of me over and over… especially during the two days we sat behind our completely dead booth listening to what sounded like Ukrainian Ska music on one side of the room and Carribean Steel drums on the other… yes, it was interesting to say the least. So, again, we’ll chalk this one up on the side of experience. 

Here are some photos from the weekend. And oh, did I mention? My cousin got me into a show this Friday at an Art Gallery, hopefully more of our crowd. We will see how that one goes! Enjoy! 

My “wibits” and a tshirt pillow. We sold one of the plaid guys.
Made from an old pair of Dustin’s pants. The others are made from
thrifted or donated old fleece blankets.
 

Close up of the Wibits.
My little sister wants this one. 

My $5 Display rack from local thrift shop.
Gave it a quick coat of white, looks good as new.
I think it was originally used to house sewing patterns. 
 

Detail shot on the display rack and cards. 
 

Extra Gocco cards for sale. Picked up the blue metal container
for .69 cents at my local thrift store. I have another matching
SUGAR one that is quite larger for .99 cents. I love the color.
 

One of my new designs I created for a Gocco Swap.
I love this one so much. I think I’ll make it into a tshirt!
 

Make these from glass chips and magazine/junk mail clippings and a little felt.  

Detail of one of the shirt designs.
 

 Tiered Dessert Tray I made from thrifted and donated vintage items.
 

This is what I first saw when I walked into the church. LOTS of sausages.
 

LUNCH! Those potato ravioli type things were SO YUMMY! Pyrohys? 
 

Dustin thoroughly enjoyed every bit of his food. 
Isn’t his hat great?  
 

I’m excited for the next show. I hope things pick up. I did get a lot of great feedback from other wonderful vendors at this show, so that was very encouraging. Oh, did I mention, we definitely spent more at the show than we made! But that’s ok. We found some great vintage items. I’ll share those next week. Until then… HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! 

Just taking a quick break from my making for this weekend’s craft show to share some finds from my thrift store outing Saturday. This is my first show, as I’ve mentioned before, so I’m not sure exactly what I was looking for, BUT I think we snagged some great finds! (Thanks to my cousin, Amanda and my husband, Dustin) We’ll see how they work out for the actual show. By the way, all this cost just $14!! (It should have been more like $17 or $18 but the the cashier gave us a discount!)

*My apologies for the horrid photos, I’m swamped right now. 

Green Suitcase = $5.00  *will be open on the table housing my stuffed creatures.

Black metal shelves = $2.00  *displaying smaller items. 

Picture Frame = $1.00  * used for pricing or a small piece of my art.

Small brown plastic basket = .50 cents *holding some of my individually sold note cards.

Green and Yellow String = .25 cents each   * used for attached price tags to items.

Small metal magnetic board with magnets = $1.00  * maybe for pricing? 

Glass milk jug = .50 cents  * not for show, I couldn’t resist it!!

Small wooden shelf = $1.00  * Maybe used for some cards, not sure.  

Corn on the cob plastic yellow holders = $1.00  *these are so fun, and I love the yellow. Used for business cards I think.  
 

Revolving Display rack = $5.00  * Found this right before checking out. After a coat of white paint, this will be good as new to house all of my notecard packs. 

Along with the above rack, the wooden shelf, black metal shelves and picture frame will all be painted white. And EVERYTHING will be getting a good cleaning before using! I’ll be sure to share “after” photos and of course photos from the show!

Back to making, but did I mention it SNOWED today? Only flurries, but it was still wonderful. My first snow in about 3 years. Hope everyone is having a lovely week so far.