Kim Overall on mon 26 may 03
Yesterday (Sunday May 25th), I rented my first 10x10 booth space. It was
outside in a small parking lot of a neighborhood bar just within the
museums' district in Houston, Texas. I sold two large bowls for $75 each
and three mugs at $20 each. To a lot of you this isn't much, but for my
first time to gauge the public's acceptance of my work, I am thrilled.
One of the bowls and mugs is posted in Chris' Spring 2003 site.
I didn't want to invest a lot of money initially so my display consisted
of a 4x8 sheet of plywood cut in two over a pair of sawhorses, a 1x12
shelf over plastic cat food containers with a bedspread, sheets and felt
draped over the shelving. It looked pretty good, but the sun was a
scorcher. I thought I was going to get heat stroke setting up. The masses
didn't really come out until the sun went behind the tree line. In that
one hour before sunset was when they bought. Men liked my work more than
the women which I found interesting. One woman did purchase one of my
mugs.
I'll definitely go there again come fall when it's cooler and again in the
spring '04!
Jody L. Gerst on tue 27 may 03
Congrats! This weekend was my first experience vending as well. We
setup at a locally run, one weekend only "Fantasy Faire". The weather
was miserable, it was a constant drizzle with bits of real rain. We
sold a bit, but the best part was the feedback from the faire goers and
the other vendors. They were all so positive!
My setup was a lot like yours ... Some homemade risers out of scrap 3/4"
ply, covered in velveteen, on card tables.
Thanks for sharing the experience, it definitely gives me confidence.
jody
-----Original Message-----
From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of Kim Overall
Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 9:06 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: my first craft sale!
Yesterday (Sunday May 25th), I rented my first 10x10 booth space. It
was outside in a small parking lot of a neighborhood bar just within the
museums' district in Houston, Texas. I sold two large bowls for $75
each and three mugs at $20 each. To a lot of you this isn't much, but
for my first time to gauge the public's acceptance of my work, I am
thrilled. One of the bowls and mugs is posted in Chris' Spring 2003
site.
I didn't want to invest a lot of money initially so my display consisted
of a 4x8 sheet of plywood cut in two over a pair of sawhorses, a 1x12
shelf over plastic cat food containers with a bedspread, sheets and felt
draped over the shelving. It looked pretty good, but the sun was a
scorcher. I thought I was going to get heat stroke setting up. The
masses didn't really come out until the sun went behind the tree line.
In that one hour before sunset was when they bought. Men liked my work
more than the women which I found interesting. One woman did purchase
one of my mugs.
I'll definitely go there again come fall when it's cooler and again in
the spring '04!
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