Things make a post...
First, the stuffies, etc that will be listed this week-
Owls and Gingerbread Houses...
Dogs...
Cats...
Sharks...
Foxes...
And Pumpkins!
Second... didn't do as well as we'd hoped at the last local event for the year. No one did. People just weren't buying. They were window shopping and visiting.
I did sell 2 out of the 4 dogs, a cat, a shark, the rabbit, and several ornaments, so it wasn't a complete waste. Made booth fee back, made next year's booth fee, made enough for lunch for the two of us and to buy some utterly delicious homemade fudge that will last us 6 months or so (we literally eat wafer thin slices at a time, being very concious of being diabetic/prediabetic).
Quite a few first time vendors came around, asking if we'd done this before and if it was always this slow as far as sales. No, this year has been bad for handmade sales at local events everywhere. People just aren't buying. Other things are more important.
I stopped doing events where I sell absolutely nothing- that may be to my detriment, but if I'm not even making booth fee, what's the point?
I may try a christmas market next year. Especially since my line of handmade ornaments is up to nearly 2 dozen now.
I will say though, if I had a dollar for every person who told me my pieces were 'cute', 'adorable', 'gorgeous', well, I'd have made out like a bandit.
Ah well.
Next Crash City Con is in August 2023, so I need to find a hedgehog weaving pattern, make a prototype Llama, make more Werebunnies, a couple more Sharks, Dogs and Cats with built in pouches, Raccoons, and Bears. Also need to finish that fool Penguin. And figure out next year's ornament.
Owls and Gingerbread Houses...
Dogs...
Cats...
Sharks...
Foxes...
And Pumpkins!
Second... didn't do as well as we'd hoped at the last local event for the year. No one did. People just weren't buying. They were window shopping and visiting.
I did sell 2 out of the 4 dogs, a cat, a shark, the rabbit, and several ornaments, so it wasn't a complete waste. Made booth fee back, made next year's booth fee, made enough for lunch for the two of us and to buy some utterly delicious homemade fudge that will last us 6 months or so (we literally eat wafer thin slices at a time, being very concious of being diabetic/prediabetic).
Quite a few first time vendors came around, asking if we'd done this before and if it was always this slow as far as sales. No, this year has been bad for handmade sales at local events everywhere. People just aren't buying. Other things are more important.
I stopped doing events where I sell absolutely nothing- that may be to my detriment, but if I'm not even making booth fee, what's the point?
I may try a christmas market next year. Especially since my line of handmade ornaments is up to nearly 2 dozen now.
I will say though, if I had a dollar for every person who told me my pieces were 'cute', 'adorable', 'gorgeous', well, I'd have made out like a bandit.
Ah well.
Next Crash City Con is in August 2023, so I need to find a hedgehog weaving pattern, make a prototype Llama, make more Werebunnies, a couple more Sharks, Dogs and Cats with built in pouches, Raccoons, and Bears. Also need to finish that fool Penguin. And figure out next year's ornament.