Craft Show #1

So no one said "Ewww". Lots of nice people stopped to look through a few things, and a few of them even bought my stuff.
There was even a tour bus. Actually it was my dad's RV for his garage band, The Trophy Husbands. So doesn't count.

It was surprisingly a lot of work just to put together the display. Ryan helped me out by making a photo album of my work and Dad printed out some business cards for me.


I managed to sell my cup cake oven mitts and a copy of my tote bag pattern. I was pretty excited to make enough for my gas plus a bit more.

One customer was totally taken with the quilt top I borrowed from my piecer-but-non-quilter mom. She wanted to buy it but Mom gets a bit attached to her "babies"! She needed time to get used to the idea.

All in all, it was a positive experience. Learned lots, and I have too many ideas for the next time around. I'll never get rich at it, but it was tons of fun!

Show Time!

I've been busy this week getting ready for my first craft show.

While I've been selling to strangers on the internet for a while, it's going to be a bit, well, different, selling face to face.
I mean, when I sell online I don't have to think about all the people who clicked on my stuff and said "Ewwww!", with only their screens (or maybe their cats) as an audience. Out of sight, out of mind.
At the show, I'll be there in person as people go through my stuff and make a decision whether or not to shell out their cash to a schmo like me.

I'm a little nervous. Can you tell?

Maybe this is the start of a new career on the craft show circuit. If I get a tour bus and groupies, count me in. But when I make it big, I'll stay away from the marmalade and jam pushers - they get you hooked with free samples, then it's all downhill from there. Next thing you know, your life is a whirlwind of all-night jelly parties, waking up smeared in a sticky mess, teeth aching, and the whole night a black hole in your memory.

Ok, I'm starting to hallucinate. Sorry about that.

But in my more lucid moments this summer, I wrote my first pattern for a little tote bag. I'll have it on sale at the show along with a few kits I put together from my stash. Hopefully I'll have the PDF version up on Etsy as soon as I figure out how to do that.




In other news, it's been a great summer camping and travelling. Isn't this gorgeous?

That's my dad, standing waaaaay too close to the edge of a 300-foot drop. Brave guy. Hope I inherited enough courage from him to survive the show this weekend. Wish me luck.

If, on the off chance you find your self near Bonnechere Provincial Park on Sunday afternoon, come say hi!