Monday, June 12, 2023

How'd The Craft Show Go? (Also, Health Update at the end of this blog)

 Hey Y'all!

Y'all....

Prep went pretty well, and I really didn't have enough to make a blog out of. What I did prep I shared on my TikTok. I still had all the inventory from the store, so I just added a few new things, and called that good.

It was more than enough.









Here was my set up, following the rules in place for the venue:





Friday I wasn't expecting much- with it just being open 2 hours. I just looked at it as time to set up & explore the venue. (Which was beautiful, but hard to find. Hubby took some pics of the farm I will share if anyone is interested.)

Expected attendance projections were around 1,200. Fine by me, I like the smaller shows. 

If I say attendance outside of vendors, non profits, and food trucks was 100 I think I'm being generous.


I made four sales all weekend.

 My neighbors, got 0, 2, 3, and 0. Not a great weekend sales wise. I did meet a lot of cool artists, and enjoy the scenery.

Issues?

I think the signage directions were too small and infrequent (until you were there, and the way was obvious, then there were more than enough signs). I think the advertising could have been better, other than Facebook ads, I saw 1 sign in town, and one at my local post office. 

I also know of other things that were happening locally that I'm sure affected our attendance. As my sister and I discussed, if something I was thinking about doing is too hard to find/too far out, there are plenty of other things to go do instead.

As a vendor, the communication with the event organizers was sparse. We didn't find out that we'd be in the barns & that electric and fans were included (and to bring a lock for the stall door) until Thursday. We didn't know where our spots were until morning of...

This was a first time event, and we all learned a lot from it, but I doubt I'll attend next year- unless they spell out the improvements\changes they're going to make.


 HEALTH UPDATE:

Y'all know, radiation was rough for me. Today was the post radiation PET scan. It was very much a Monday- The check in desk was busy, that alone took 10min, then another 20min wait for registration. I finally get called back and they couldn't find a vein, and I got pin cushioned a few times before they agreed to send for port access. Then upstairs for that, back down for the injection, back up for access removal. After that the 60+ min wait, at 12:40 ( over 2hrs later) I was finally ready to begin the scan. Fun times!

I did get the call from my doctor this afternoon around 4pm. He said, "Radiation worked, go celebrate!". Yay!! Just in time for my birthday (the 19th).


Have a great day,

Craftin' Wife

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