1 post tagged “start on the street”

Seriously.. has it been over a year already????
wow.
That's not right.
You'd be surprised at the number of times I think about updating this blog. really go through what I'm gonna write about, think it all out, only to KAPOW!

Nothing.

I should change this. I should change a lot of things. Admitting the problem is the first step, right?
I want to make this a priority. This. Art.
It's like I know all the how-to's the should do's.. it's the actually action.. the forging forward. the first step that I seem to stumble on. Sometimes I feel like I need a mentor, or a life coach or something. Someone to kick my ass into gear... to remind me that I already know, and JUST DO IT ALREADY.
I'm always trying to figure out what I'm so afraid of.
I gotta let that go.
Drop the fear.
YOU MUST PRESS ON!
hahaha. (ok that's probably only funny to me and Jamie.. but there's this story involving an awesome woman, a girl scout troup camping trip, a bear, and the advice that there IS a bear, SO WE MUST PRESS ON!)
I digress.

Sunday was StART on the Street. 
It was awesome as usual. And I relearned some craft fair lessons I already knew, but seemed to disregard.

 
1. BUY A TENT ALREADY!
Ok ok I knowwwwwwwwwwwwwww. and now my sunburnt face really knows. We were probably one out of a handful of people that had no tent. This is the 4th (i believe) year I have done this show. I never had a tent. It's the only outside show I do, so I couldn't justify the expense. But really, 4 years later it would have more than payed for itself several times over. So this year, as I set up my tables and the sun scorched my sad little body (that was dumb enough to bring a hoodie thinking it would be cool out), went from 'hey I'm so hot I'm super red'.. to 'Hey! I'm so sunburnt I'm permanently red", I gave in and vowed I would indeed have a tent by next year. Also, beeswax collages + sun = bad. I couldn't display any of my little beeswax wonders because they actually started melting in the sun.

2. Change is Your Friend.
Bring enough, bring more than enough. I actually did learn this lesson. Last year when I was out of 1's by the 5th customer of the day. This year I had plenty of change, and it was a total relief.

3. Price EVERYTHING.
Tag things, make signs, both. Even then, people will still ask, How much is this???  But it helps to have every thing priced. I know when I'm shopping around, I like to look at items and see the price, I don't want to ask. I'll probably walk away before I ask. I'm shy. Having things clearly priced is also handy if you have to take a break and someone else is watching your space for you.  You don't want to miss out on a sale because you're off drinking a giant lemonade and someone wants to buy the ONE thing you forgot to price, and your dear friend watching your stuff doesn't know the prices! Try and avoid that one. Get the lemonade AND the sale. PRICE EVERYTHING!

I could go on, but then I'd never post this. It's bad enough that it's already February, and I'm just now posting this post that i started in SEPTEMBER, but I gotta start somewhere. Maybe now that this post is out the door, I can actually post current things. That's the idea anyways.

 Craft on my friends, craft on.