That Art Booth Show! Saturday, April 28, 2012

Herea are some of the photos from my art booth!

Notice how I take photos with my finger showing!

My sister (on right) and my daughter (left) joined me!
My sister and her son Bowden helped me set up. :)

This is the inside of the booth. I needed signage.
If and when I have another booth, I'll need a sign, definitely.

My lovely daughter and me!

It was exciting, having a booth sale. I think the lack of signage wasn't helpful. I was situated away from other artists. That didn't help the flow of artists. I didn't sell a thing! There were a few lookers, and some expressed interest, but that was about it. I don't know that art booths are really my thing. A LOT of work goes into getting ready, loading the car, unloading the car (I still haven't managed to put everything away. I don't have outside storage for some of the items). And the heat! OH, the HEAT! It was just the end of April, but by noon, I was fading.

If I am to have sucessful art sales, at a booth sale, it might help, too, to have one not immediately following the city's two biggest art sales (Chain of Parks and Spring Fest). Also, maybe for now, I need to continue creating art that breathes my essence, allows me to explore who I am before I get wrapped up in figuring out what works to sell. I could do that, I think, but I'm not ready for that yet. Maybe I'll postpone future booth sales until mid September and work on my other loves, my daughter, my family, my genealogy, and my own art. I might work on setting up the etsy shop to see what sells there.

Maybe I'll create smaller works of collage type art and necklaces, and sew up some yoga eye rests to sell at the art booths in the fall. I love the fall anyway. That may be the time to really shine at the art booths!