September Class, Show, & BIG Announcement!

 Hey Y'all!

As I had said before, I didn't have any signups for my class. However, for me the show went really well! My best yet, actually.

Even with the chance of rain I stayed busy most of the day, and was surprised with the weather (and no shows) how well the event did. 

Announcement!

(The new event has been cancelled. See reason below.)

I knew the store had been slow... Extremely slow, in fact there were several days in September with no customers at all.

The closing announcement still came as a shock, especially when it's less than two weeks away. (We were told late Thursday night, via the vendors FB group, and it was announced publicly {on Facebook} on Saturday. The last day is the 13th.) She never mentioned to me the idea of needing to close, though she had mentioned moving (at the craft show), and asked if I'd stay a vendor since the location she was looking into would be even further from me. (I was leaning towards no, but needed more details if it were to come to fruition.)

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I decided to go ahead and pull my items, since in the store I'd had no sales in the whole month of September. Of course as I'm finishing packing up a group of ladies came specifically for tee shirts. Another group came in for the first time, they just happened to notice the shops while driving by. Prior to that though I had been there close to 45min with no customers, so I know I made the right decision.

I wish her and all the other vendors the best of luck in whatever ventures they choose next! I don't regret this experience at all, and I learned a ton from it that I will carry with me moving forward.

The last store set up I had:

All packed up:

It only took two boxes, and a bag for hangers, and small stuff.

I'm going to start pushing my online store options (go imagine, fb, etc.) and get the new listings up next week. This week I'm working on organization, and putting things away.

Where do you shop for handmade goods? Why? Let me know in the comments below.

Have a great day,

Craftin' Wife