A fun new thing - Pottery Class!

[rosarugosa]

There are a couple that are for online gaming systems, so we were going to offer them to the kids who live across the street. There are some for McDonald's, and we were going to give them to our broke friend who loves McD's. There are some for Dunk's and we were going to give them to our friend who is also Mom's caregiver, since she love's Dunk's. There is one for a kid's adventure park, and we're going to offer it to the fair organizer who had a little boy who seems the right age for that type of thing.
So basically we won't let any of them go to waste, but some are for businesses that we just don't patronize, so we won't be using them personally. It's fun to share the bounty though.

[Tybee]

There are a couple that are for online gaming systems, so we were going to offer them to the kids who live across the street. There are some for McDonald's, and we were going to give them to our broke friend who loves McD's. There are some for Dunk's and we were going to give them to our friend who is also Mom's caregiver, since she love's Dunk's. There is one for a kid's adventure park, and we're going to offer it to the fair organizer who had a little boy who seems the right age for that type of thing.
So basically we won't let any of them go to waste, but some are for businesses that we just don't patronize, so we won't be using them personally. It's fun to share the bounty though.

what fun--you get to play Santa, too!

[happystuff]

And I'm sure the folks you share with will greatly appreciate!

[rosarugosa]

So this has been funny and unexpected. I've been getting inquiries on FB and Messenger, "Are you the woman with the orange dinosaurs? I need an orange dinosaur!" I've done an additional $150 in sales since the fair. It's also neat that people are so delighted by them, and talk about how these route 1 icons tie into fond childhood memories, so we are making people happy too!

We made more $$ at this one fair than our three prior fairs together, so I think next year we might be choosier about our fairs. We've already reserved a table for this one in 2025, but there is a Founders' Day Fair in September that gets loads of foot traffic, and I think we would do very well with our town-themed items there. I also have some ideas for additional items and variations to keep it interesting. I'm going to get started making items next month so as not to feel pressured at the end of the year, and we need to keep a balance between production items and doing projects that are just fun and creative and build our skills.

[iris lilies]

You have really hit on something creative there, tree ornaments that reference the roadside kitsch of your region?