....for my 2nd weekend at Christmas in the Woods. This is hard! I'm working on pure adrenaline right now, but even that is running low! Some of these exhibitors at this time of the year do this week after week. I don't know how they do it. Aside from keeping up with your inventory, you only have 4 days to regroup, and then you're off again--it's tough!
So most of my furniture is gone now--that's a good thing, but I needed to make at least one new piece to take with me--so I did a table that I found this summer at the Highway 127 sale.
This table isn't really that old. Whoever had it before had painted it this aqua-green color and sanded it down to give it that shabby look, which I really like. Half of the work was done for me, and all I had to do was my favorite part--painting the design on, and it really didn't take that long.
I really like how this vase of flowers turned out, so I'm planning to use this in a piece of artwork before I go.
And the one piece that didn't sell was this one--
which I didn't think would, and I'm really glad it didn't, because I have no idea how I would have filled up the big empty space it would have left. It's always good to have your booth pretty full especially at the start of the show. Now this weekend, if it sells, I'll be glad. I did have a lot of lookers, but no takers--so we'll see.....
But now, I have something that I can set on top of it--
This was one of the pieces that I was demonstrating with last week there. They're pretty strict about this aspect. For the most part of the show, you have to be demonstrating your art--they even go around to check that you are. And that's regardless of the weather. Last weekend was fine, and so far this weekend doesn't look too bad either but definitely cooler, and in the morning--cold!! But this year, I'll be a little more prepared. I purchased these-
from
Theresa's (Faerie Moon Creations)
Etsy shop--these very soft and warm fingerless gloves. I needed them in black so I contacted her and within 2 days, they were finished! And I LOVE them! If you have a chance, check out her
store--along with being a very talented jewelry artist, she also has mixed media pieces ( a fellow Suzi Blu classmate of mine)
So after you visit Theresa's store, you can go over to
Cathy's blog
Artsy Butterfly for her very first giveaway. On of her many artistic talents is photography and she's giving away two 5 x 7 photos matted on an 8 x 10 glossy photo paper of these very cool photos that were taken at night. You'll just have to go over to her
blog to see what I mean.
So I'll be leaving tomorrow morning again, and I'm hoping for another great weekend--keep your fingers crossed! And hey, if any of you bloggers out there want to visit me again, you'll know where to find me!