This past weekend was a crafty doozy! TWO shows in a row -- Foundations School Community Harvest Festival on Saturday, and Felt Club on Sunday. I survived! And sold a lot of stuff too.
At FSC, it was nice to see some of my old students and to see customers from previous years still carrying around their kokoleos.
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and even purchasing some more. . .
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I couldn't resist snapping a picture of this cute mom and daughter duo displaying their new kokoleo purchases in the courtyard.
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It was a relatively relaxing show, especially compared to Sunday's . . .
(Photo by Jenny Ryan)Felt Club! Holy Moley it was packed! I heard the line to get in wrapped around the Shrine and some people wanting to get a swag bag waited for hours. Here's my booth soon after I set it up:
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And here's how it was the majority of the time:
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I made a new batch of Obama buttons last week and they sold out in the first 2 hours. Other popular items were my necktie headbands and eyeglass jewelry. I also sold some gigantic bags and pillows, which made the load to take home much lighter, and my wallet heavier (quadruple digits!) I got some great feedback and loved hearing "This reminds me of. . ." and "I had this fabric when I was a kid!" from people who stopped in my booth. I saw customers from past Felt Clubs and other shows who told me they still love the thing they bought back then. Some were even wearing those things! Like this lady:
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Who bought that headband and Raggedy Anne necklace from me at the Patchwork show last week.
And my former student Lillye. . .
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who's rocking a kokoleo skirt that she bought the day before at FSC.
Even my former camper from West Virginia, Rachel, who I recently reconnected with on Facebook stopped by.
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We hadn't seen each other in over 15 years!
I had a great conversation with this lady, who bought one of my eyeglass lens necklaces:
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I had lots of great conversations actually, one after the other, non-stop talk without a break to eat or pee. It wasn't until the very end that the crowd thinned a little and I snuck away to say hi to some people. Here's Jenny, the founding mother of Felt Club:
Poketo was across the aisle from me. They got to watch me frantically build my booth and finish just as the doors opened to the public. They also lent me a pen, which I lost. Sorry! I owe them a pen.
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These people were to the side of me. Their company is
Cherished Petit. They also lent me a pen. I have a hard time holding on to pens.
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Here's
Stacy McQueen, who hosted last year's Craftmas Bizarre, surrounded by her Grumpstallation:
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I always love seeing
Christine Haynes, she's sweet. Her book "Chic and Simple Sewing" is coming out in April. Awesome!
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I first met Jek, of
Jek in the Box, 4 years ago at the Bazaar Bizarre (also at the Shrine) when we traded crafty Christmas ornaments. I wish I would have traded her something for one of those cool vegetable bags she makes out of vintage fabric and doilies. I didn't do a single trade with anyone this time. I was too busy to browse!
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I finally met my blog/Flickr/Facebook friend Carrie Sommer from
Sommer Designs. Her stuff is gorgeous and so classy, like her.
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I also stopped to quickly chat with her vendor neighbors Jennifer Ramos of
Textile Fetish and
Shari Bonnin. Thanks Jennifer, for watching my booth for a minute before my bladder exploded all over the merchandise!
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Shawn an Aldo are another duo I've done many a show with, most recently the Swap-O-Rama-Rama in the spring. Their company
Social Studies is super cool.
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There are lots more fellow vendor folk I waved to across the crowd or exchanged
This is craziness! glances in passing. Suffice it to say, it was a blast. I thought
this girl's necklace summed up the Felt Club experience quite nicely:
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Colorful, creative, crowded, and completely crazy.