Setting up was pretty easy (this is usually stressful for me, and sometimes I get just a little snippy with my husband if things aren't going smoothly). People started coming through shortly before 10:00 and I had my first sale pretty quickly (sometimes it seems to take forever to get that "ice-breaker" sale). Things were very steady but manageable all day. The average sale was much lower than in Lake Geneva a couple weeks ago, but it was still adding up nicely. In fact, at the days end, I think it was my best single sales day ever. Yay!
Sunday (as usual) started off a little slower, but I was so thrilled with Saturday's ending total that I wasn't worried. I also had lower expectations for Sunday because I felt like most of my best items sold Saturday. Before you knew it though, sales were flowing, and I had one family spend almost $200. That was a nice boost. As the day went on, I started dreading the work that I have in front of me to prepare for my next show in three weeks. The necklaces with rosettes were all selling. I had seven of my "Colette" style necklaces. Gone. I had 4 of the "Willow" style. Gone. I can only imagine what my ending sales total would have been if I had an endless supply of these styles. I have a lot of rosettes to make!
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| Colette |
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| Willow |
I will be working my fingers to the bone these next couple of weeks. I have to. Usually, when I set up for shows, I fill the my display with items, but then I also have a tote bag full of other ones that I put out as room opens up. By the end of Sunday, I only had a few necklaces left in that bag. Scary! On a good note though, there are certain ones that I would never put out because they weren't really my favorite. Selling so much forced me to put them out, and low and behold, they sold! My husband would just laugh because he would grab one out of the bag to display, I would make a face like, "ew, I don't like that one," and then 5 minutes later someone would come and buy it.
Physically, the weekend was a little tough for me. It started off with me losing my grip while carrying my large display shelf, causing the corner of it to hit right above me knee. Ouch! It's not really heavy, but it must have hit it just right, because I immediately had a bump, and it turned black and blue pretty quickly. Today, it is a lovely mixture of purple, yellow, and green (Mardi Gras!)
I am 6 months pregnant now, and being on my feet so much gets a little tough. My feet and ankles are still super swollen (and quite unattractive). Also, we were in a little bit of a tough spot from a sun standpoint. The sun poured into my booth and was very very hot. And of course, I forgot sunscreen, so I am now sporting a nice famer's tan on my left arm. If I would have been a couple of booths down, I would have been in the shade almost all day with the temperature about 10 degrees cooler. Instead, we didn't get shade until about 5:00. I have never done well with sun/ heat, so there was one point Saturday when I had to grab my chair and find a shady spot to sit in for about a half hour or so. That was a lifesaver. I didn't want to keel over in front of customers ...might scare them away.
When all was said and done, I was only a few dollars away from this being my best show ever. Wow. Thank you Green Bay!! And in these last couple days, I have already gotten a few follow up emails from customers requesting custom orders. Now I only hope I can get into the show next year again. Cross your fingers for me!
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| My booth on Saturday morning |
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