So my days started at 4:45am - I left home each morning to drive to Davenport around 5:45am. I was dreading the drive but the beautiful sunrises changed my mind about that! The morning sky on Saturday was pretty nice...
I got there on Saturday with plenty of time to get ready and was finished with my booth set-up (all by myself, thank you very much!) by 8 minutes past nine (the show started at 10am). Quite pleased with myself for having nearly an hour to spare, I moseyed across the way to talk with another vendor and noticed that my booth looked awful! The way I had set it up made the booth actually appear empty from just across the aisle. I had set everything up along one side wall and if someone was just strolling by, they might not even see my artwork. What luck that I had decided to be sociable that morning!
Anyway, I had time to re-arrange everything and was so happy with the result. I moved the lace backdrop curtains across the back of the booth and set the tables in a shallow "V" so that there was roughly 2 feet of room between the tables and the back wall. I was able to interact with guests from behind my work and hide stuff completely out-of-sight, if needed. Duh. I can't believe I wasn't doing it that way all along! So, here are some shots of the booth AFTER I changed the set-up:
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The day went really well - I sold lots, well.... not lots, exactly, but enough to make it a great day in my book! Here's one happy customer wearing her new cuff bracelet - "Brocade".
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Sunday started out pretty much the same except the morning sky was even better...
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| All I can say about this shot is: "Wow! I need to get up early more often!" |
Sunday was slower - the second day typically is, IMO - but, again, I made some nice sales and was extremely pleased with the show. I hope they invite me back next year!
*All photos by Cindy Caraway
You must do well on your sales as you called the visitors "guests." What a great way to make the day happy.
ReplyDeleteThat goes back to my days working on cruise ships. We didn't have "customers" or "passengers", we had "guests". In fact, many times it worked both ways: We were there to make sure they had a memorable vacation experience but they were also guests in our "home" since the members of the crew lived on the ship for 6-10 months per contract. When cruise guests realized that, it was really a great experience for everyone.
ReplyDeleteI worked on ships for most of 10 years - I guess old habits die hard :)