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Chicken lady
11-19-16, 7:06am
The annual holiday bazaar at the clay studio is this weekend. I went to set up my booth last night. I had to be late, and was feeling a little amateurish walking back through all the displays to my spot, but dd and dsil came by to help me set up, and my booth looks really good.

i started giving them instructions and then said "you both have art degrees! Just set it up!" And they laughed. I did give them placement requests about two things based on sales last year, but they just did the rest. I took photos to help me set up without them another time.

i have a goal to do two sales in 2017. But for this weekend, I'm just hoping to do a little better than last year.

my little dd is a graphic design major and designed business cards for me and big dd is going to print some and bring them by today, so I'm feeling more professional. And very supported. And kind of excited.

i'm going to try to get there early so I can walk through and admire everyone else's work before we open.

iris lilies
11-19-16, 8:59am
This sounds great, good luck!

freshstart
11-19-16, 10:41am
good for you, hope it goes well

JaneV2.0
11-19-16, 12:34pm
Break a pot! :D

nswef
11-19-16, 5:10pm
Great CL.

rosarugosa
11-19-16, 6:22pm
I would love to see some photos of your work some time, CL.

iris lilies
11-19-16, 6:53pm
I would love to see some photos of your work some time, CL.
Me too, and photos of the booth, too.

Chicken lady
11-19-16, 8:30pm
i don't really have the kind of photos I would want to post. Maybe if I do etsy - my neighbor at the bazaar is encouraging me.

today went well. I haven't done all the math, but I think I made more profit today than I did in both days last year. It's close anyway.

Dh came by and we bought a Christmas gift for my mil from another potter. I am thinking about buying a really nice baking dish for me, but we'll see how my sales go tomorrow, and if the dish is sold....

i did did not break any pots. ;)

i am am definitely more relaxed this year.

Chicken lady
11-22-16, 10:24am
The bazaar was great! I'm actually having to do some new work this week to keep my promise to the little store I sell from. I thought I would have plenty of work left over.

Below are a couple of pictures taken by people from the studio.

The brown leaf dish behind the horse hair pots is not mine.

Chicken lady
11-22-16, 10:28am
Trying again.

iris lilies
11-22-16, 10:43am
Yay! Thanks for the photos! Beautiful!

JaneV2.0
11-22-16, 12:12pm
I especially like the colors of those plates (what I can see). That green glaze is stunning!

freshstart
11-22-16, 12:31pm
gorgeous, glad the sale went well