First Craft show, 2012

My first craft show in a very long while was a success!  I was a vendor in the Handmade Harvest  craft show in the lovely town of Almonte.  It was in the Old Town Hall, it's a gorgeous building, a great venue for a craft show.  

This was my booth, the aisles weren't very wide, so it's kind of a close up shot.  

I brought some of my new soaps that you saw in previous blog posts, I got creative with the names on some.  I would say the top seller was Soap crayons, I will have to make more for the next show on Nov 17, Glisten.  

The show was great!  Usually, in my experience shows start off slow, then get busier, then slow down again by the end.  This show was very well advertised, and the draw for customers were the swag bags to the first 50 customers.  There were customers lined up, starting 1 1/2 hours before the show opened!  Then they just kept coming, they were lined up all around the block.  It was very cool!  These swag bags were great though, all the vendors were asked to donate items, I donated 4 pieces of soap, but others donated earrings, full size products!  I would have loved to get a bag!  

The other thing that was different about this show was they had different vendors on the Saturday than the Sunday.  So people came both days an saw different things.  The vendors were all unique, a nice variation on hand made items.  And food!  We had a smore's whoopie pie that was delicious!  

I have to get making things for the next show.  I want to make all the things!