Some challenges:
* We were in a new venue so we had to organize ourselves a bit better than usual ahead of time. I wasn't one of these organizer people so I'm very grateful to our Holiday Chairperson, Barb Stewart and her committee. One big change was that members had to commit to a table or two (or three or four) way ahead of time and stick to the commitment: no dropping out at the last minute because it would leave a big hole in the table layout.
* We were in a new venue, way across town from our usual spot, so our customers had to find us. The Weaver's have a big following so that certainly helped but our postcard to our mailing list seemed to do the trick. More advertising would certainly be a plus, but how to do it economically?
* We were in a new, much bigger, venue so we had lots of room to spread out but how to make it a bit cozy too? Thirty customers in this cavernous place made it seem like no customers were there at all. But, thirty customers at our old space made it seem like we were crazy busy.
* We were in a new venue but it is still located in Michigan: my lovely, but suffering, State with regard to most economic news. Enough said about this as I'm quite tired of hearing about it and the experts' guesses as to when it will be getting better.
Getting the idea that the new venue was a problem and an opportunity? Mostly opportunity, IMO, and I hope the groups decide to remain there for next year. My sales were about even with last year. (I haven't heard a total for the group yet.) It's not what I had hoped for but it wasn't down and I met some new wonderful people along the way. One gal from my yoga class that I didn't know beyond a smile and nod before each class, even made the effort to call me after the sale and tell me how much she and her daughter liked my work. Now that's a nice phone call to get!
This is my little corner of the world. Notice some of the work of the Potters behind my work.
This gives you a view of the work of one the Handmade Paper Guild artists as well as a look at the entire space. Big, big, big.
The soft lighting from the handmade paper lamps made by Liz Faust helped to cozy up the space a bit.
Many thanks to all that stopped by...
Lorrie
2 comments:
Looks like a really fantastic show Lorrie- great to give paperarts such a showcase!
Thanks for sharing Lorrie. Your little corner looked fabulous. I wish we had shows like this in our are. Great stuff and I would have spent some serious time looking at all the papers!
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