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Bazaar bust
Well, can't say that the bazaar was a huge sucess today. I should have known better than to sign up for a bazaar in my town instead of down the road in Fairbanks. There might have been 100 people who wandered through there. My spot was in front of an empty store and down a side aisle near a doorway. Good and bad things about it .. when people go to the craft shop they go in this door but if people come out of the grocery store they don't turn down the aisle I was in. I did sell a couple of things but it really wasn't worth my while.
On the upside - my troll was a big hit - everyone got a bick kick out of him. Lots of people didn't realize that my necklaces were dominos and when I told them they would say 'That's clever". No wonder the craft show on HGTV is called that! I thought that was funny.
What I learned today:
Check your table cover before you set up. Then you don't have to run back home for a bigger tablecloth.
Little girls like to take lids off of boxes to see if there is anything in them.
Having a bright yellow table at a Xmas bazaar is bizarre.
Here is my table, doesn't look crowded but I had 66 items for sale:
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Well, I think your table is very attractive! And I KNOW your pendants & boxes are wonderful! So it was just that there were not enough people to properly appreciate your work. The more people, the bigger percentage of actual buyers, I'd think. At any rate, I would think your yellow table would have attracted MORE attention because it wasn't Christmas colors! You'll sell ALL your items, individually, I bet! And a Christmas pox to all who viewed without purchasing! LOL!
Posted by: kai at December 11, 2005 11:35 AMJudi,
you live and learn. Anyway there is nothing wrong with yellow in Christmas bazar. The only thing I would have thought that was missing is something obviously connected with Christmas. Perhaps if you had displayed a Santa or two it might have attracted a bit more people. Funny how things like that can make people look twice at things. But it may simply be that there were people there who were not into that sort of arts and crafts. I am sure you will have more luck with ebay where there is a wider audience.
Your table looks very pretty. I would have snooped around if I had been there. But then I snoop around all unlikely places looking for dolly things and I am sure many dollmakers are like that too.
hugs
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