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Family Forum / Parenting / Mothers / September 2007another weekend, another craft show
Well, set up the tent at the craft show site in Manchester VT this afternoon. The next three days are full of hopes, so your good vibes and prayers are appreciated, including those related to weather as there is a front working its way through tonight and into tomorrow, apparently with rain to stop by noon. One hopes the rain will stop by 8 [when we will get there to start actually set up our wares] and that there are no problems from the storms tonight! Lee, if you are in the area, it's near Hildene [Todd Lincoln's home] on Sunderland Hill Rd., Manchester, Vt. Drop on by if you have the time! I'm just inside the gate. -Aula > Lee, if you are in the area, it's near Hildene [Todd > Lincoln's home] on Sunderland Hill Rd., Manchester, Vt. > Drop on by if you have the time! I'm just inside the gate. i'll see what i can do, but it's Deerfield Fair weekend *and* Liam's back from Hawai'i for the week, so i don't know if i can get Boo away from him ;) lee  SignatureQuestion with boldness even the existence of god; because if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear. - Thomas Jefferson >> Lee, if you are in the area, it's near Hildene [Todd >> Lincoln's home] on Sunderland Hill Rd., Manchester, Vt. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > can get Boo away from him ;) > lee I hear you, especially on the Liam front! If I had found out about the Deerfield fair sooner I would be there instead of Manchester. From what I'm told it might be a better venue for me. Ah well, one learns as one goes. Enjoy Liam. Drop in if you can! -Aula > I hear you, especially on the Liam front! If I had found > out about the Deerfield fair sooner I would be there > instead of Manchester. From what I'm told it might be a > better venue for me. Ah well, one learns as one goes. i'm not sure about that... it has some good vendors, but it tends to a lot of typical cheap crap of the flashy, brightly colored, fall-apart-before-you-get-home type stuff that attracts children & causes lots of screaming fits if mom & dad refuse to buy it <g>. ever since Boo was twoish, we've carefully looked at whatever cheap bit of crap that has caught his eye & pointed out *why* it's not really a good toy. while i have bought a couple stupid things for him, they've all predictably fallen apart, as i warned him, so we don't have much of a problem with that. he's really attracted to the guy that sells minerals & fossils (who talks to a 7 year old without talking down!) & the woman who sells wooden toys (he bought a popgun). we'll be going back Sunday & i think he might get an ammonite or a trilobite from the fossil guy. another fun thing is he's not only tall enough to go on the "scary" rides, he's big enough to go on most of them by himself. i love rides, but i'm limited by my fluid in the ears thing to rides that don't spin (so it's pretty limited :p ). unfortunately, i had to tell him Liam won't be able to go on some of Boo's favorites, because he's not tall enough yet (he's 5). > Enjoy Liam. Drop in if you can! oh, i do. he's a very sweet little boy. :) lee > i'm not sure about that... it has some good vendors, but it > tends to a lot of typical cheap crap of the flashy, brightly > colored, fall-apart-before-you-get-home type stuff that > attracts children & causes lots of screaming fits if mom & dad > refuse to buy it <g>. I did not realize that. Maybe I'm better placed where I am, at least this year. Next year, who knows, although if today is anything on which to base next year, I'll be back. > ever since Boo was twoish, we've > carefully looked at whatever cheap bit of crap that has caught > his eye & pointed out *why* it's not really a good toy. while > i have bought a couple stupid things for him, they've all > predictably fallen apart, as i warned him, so we don't have > much of a problem with that. We instituted the same course with DS and he tends to by-pass the cheap stuff now, too. > he's really attracted to the guy > that sells minerals & fossils (who talks to a 7 year old [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > some of Boo's favorites, because he's not tall enough yet > (he's 5). ;-) DS hasn't been to a fair with rides since we left Florida. He pestered about going to Rutland State Fair in August, but the timing was very poor so we didn't go. That would have been a Ride Opportunity, iykwim. Since he's nearly my height now [ack!] he could ride nearly anything, which would be somewhat of a relief to me because I don't like rides that drop out from under you like roller coasters and husband doesn't do rides. Aula >Well, set up the tent at the craft show site in Manchester VT this >afternoon. The next three days are full of hopes, so your good vibes and [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >there to start actually set up our wares] and that there are no problems >from the storms tonight! Good luck with your show. I hope you sell a lot :-) Nan > Well, set up the tent at the craft show site in Manchester VT this > afternoon. The next three days are full of hopes, so your good vibes and [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > -Aula :) I hope it goes really well!! Good luck Aula! Sarah > Well, set up the tent at the craft show site in Manchester VT this > afternoon. The next three days are full of hopes, so your good vibes and [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > -Aula Good luck w/ the show! people keep telling me that I should start doing shows .. but I'm afraid. I don't know how you do it! >> Good luck w/ the show! > people keep telling me that I should start doing shows .. but I'm afraid. > I don't know how you do it! I'm learning show by show but I can tell you that there are several [loads actually] books out there written about how to do craft shows successfully. I've got one that has been helpful in focusing my attention on booth design and interacting more successfully with customers in order to lure them into my 'shop'. The initial outlay is a bit much, but there is one sort of tent that many use that costs around $300, iirc [E-Z Up]. If you want to talk about details let me know or write. There is serious money to be made at craft shows [says the woman who watched loads of people leave the show today laden with multiple packages]. Aula >Well, set up the tent at the craft show site in Manchester VT this >afternoon. Good luck with the show. I hope the weather holds up well. -- Dorothy There is no sound, no cry in all the world that can be heard unless someone listens .. The Outer Limits |
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