Saturday was the first day of the festival, and this is what we saw out our front window! I started to realize the magnitude of craziness that was to come
Then it was time to set-up. Had to be there and have the truck back home by 8:30am. So 8-9am was set-up time, 9-10am was wait-til-people-show-up time.
Here is my booth set-up for day 1. All nice and good to go. Morning started out fine. Got my first sale, some notecards, and all was good
Until about 12:30, why the sky went black and out came a whole bunch of wet stuff.
The rain cleared up by 2pm, but the crowds never came back. I got lots of visits from neighbors who stuck it out, and lots from one super helpful lady, Bonny, who leant her golf cart to helping me move my prints in the morning and evening. But the damage was done. Packed everything up and looked forward to a better showing on Sunday.
Sunday morning, I changed the layout of my booth so everything was out. I think this set-up was a big improvement, and having photos outside my booth, led people into it
At the end of the day, I had made back my expenses, and a little on top. I received lots of positive feedback, gallery proposals and other suggestions. A big thank you to everyone who came, everyone who helped and everyone who bought stuff. Now its time to relax a little, and look forward to next time!
