Harvest Home Trunk Show

I just got back from dropping a bunch of jewelry off at a store called Harvest Home in Pewaukee. This is one of my favorite shops to go into. Brenda, the store owner, and her sister, Sam, do a great job with the buying. Home decor is their main gig (picture bird cages, leaded glass windows, oversized rustic clocks, paper mache figurines, yummy candles), but they've also brought in a bunch of jewelry, clothing, and handbags more recently. Everything has a romantic and rustic vibe.

I've previously (and currently) consigned my paper collage work with Harvest Home. As we all know, I've gotten away from that quite a bit. When Brenda found my jewelry online, she contacted me right away. She loved it, but was concerned that the price points could be a bit high for her average customer. The solution? "Let's do a 30 day trunk show with it." This way, it is set apart from the rest of the store as something "featured" and "special."  It will also create a sense of urgency with the customers to buy it because it will only be there for a limited time. Makes sense, right? We decided to schedule it for April 15th-May 15th.

Well, today is April 15th, so I brought about 50 carefully selected items there this morning and they had a great little spot all set up for me. It is a major traffic area in the store and still very visible from the checkout area. As I was setting up, I had several customers taking interest and asking questions about my jewelry. One woman even left buying two of them! (And they were on the more expensive side.) What a great start! If that is any indication of how things are going to go, I may need to bring them more goods! The only problem with that is I have a show next weekend... and May 1st. Time to get busy! 

If you are in the area, make sure to swing by Harvest Home, located at 505 Capitol Drive in Pewaukee, right off of Hwy 16. The ladies there are a lot of fun, and the place is busting at the seams with beautiful inventory.



My finished display at Harvest Home