Well... I can officially put my first craft fair on the books. It went well, and it was good to be able to spend that time with my daughter, Patricia. We arrived at Belton High School at a little before 7:30, and after some initial confusion as to where, exactly, we were supposed to be, we parked our cars and got started with the load-in. My wife Pam was a great help carrying things in, running out to buy me a large table cloth, and getting a supply of ones and fives for change (even though she didn't have to). What would I do without her... The event was well organized, and seemed to run very smoothly (a testament to the people in charge). We were surprised to find that we each got our own 8 ft table. Because we were sharing a booth, we just assumed that we would also be sharing a single table. So we got to spread out a bit, which was a good thing... it would have been pretty cramped, otherwise. Festival hours were from 9:00am to 4:00pm. Traffic was pretty slow most of the day, with only two periods of about an hour each where I would describe it as busy. Out of what you see on the table above, I ended up selling 12 pieces, which I was thrilled about. I went with the hope that I might sell one piece, just so I could say that I had sold something, but the final talley, though not a barn-burner (ha), was nice. I got up Saturday morning feeling a little under the weather, and unfortunately it went down-hill from there. By the time we were packing our stuff up to leave, I was in the mean grip of a bad cough and head cold... Yuck. And we still had to drive back to Springfield. But all-in-all it was a good day. Next time, I'll be an old hand at it (HA!)
