Hopefully now I can breathe and work on some things I really want to work on . . . but I do have a few small things I must hook. Hook in door prize mats, a thank you gift, thinking of you gift. Always something, and it's about five weeks until I am vending at a hook in. I need to inventory to see what I need to make, but I'm thinking it's not too much (fingers crossed!).
The show was good. I did not do as well as I did at the fall show, but I didn't expect to. I had many fewer antique items to offer. I am not a dealer and not purchasing items to resell, nor do I plan to. Just trying to get rid of the excess stuff I have that I never use/display.
Here are a few pictures from the booth (though you may have already seen some of them on Sue's blog).
Things that I thought would sell did not . . . and other items that sold surprised me. About half my profits came from hooked items so I'm happy I took the time to make them. Of course, I don't command the high dollar that more well known hookers make. But no complaints from me. Now I have some "fun money" to buy more antiques and wool 😁. I did buy just a few things at the show (and one great gift that I can't share at this time).
I have a "thing" about little wooden totes and this one divided in to four sections had to come home with me. I waited until the show was minutes from being over . . . trying to talk myself out of it. The old quilt hearts were from Sue.
There were a few other items I considered buying but by the time I decided I really wanted them, they had already sold. They weren't meant to be!
Thanks so much for stopping by.
Pug hugs 😊
Lauren
6 comments:
Your hooking is always beautiful. Out of curiosity, what are those discs with the yellow ribbon? And what are those round balls made of? Sorry you didn't make what you'd hoped for. Ya just don't know what people want.
I'm sorry your sales were less than last fall but I'm glad that you did sell enough to pay for your buying habits.
Maybe there's too much uncertainty in the air and people are holding back from buying extra things that they can do without, who knows. Myself, I have stopped buying things I don't need and have been decluttering slowly but surely. I still have a long way to go. Some things I want to hold on to.
Hugs,
Julia
I am on the laptop and lightbox won't allow me to enlarge photos!! From what I can see, lots of goodies.
It looks like you had a lot of great items and I too, need to do a yard sale with finished crafts too, add a zillion patterns and stuff and I could open a store. I have seen a lot of those wooden totes in our thrifts and antique stores, are they expensive there?
Well congrats on yet another successful sale. (No doubt your hooked items did well...duh!) I helped Cathy with a few sales many years ago and decided (well, my back and I) decided that I could never ever do that on a sustained basis. And that was just the packing, setting up, doing the sale, and breaking down...not even making/preparing the items. Glad you will have a few minutes to reset.
Was hoping sales would be good for both you and Sue. It is always a crap shoot with shows. Sometimes we did good, others not so good. I think I liked shopping more than selling. LOL Glad you were able to sell enough for more wool and tote. Janice
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