Slacking time is over!

I have come to the conclusion that if I want to sell something, I better get it out there so someone can see it. lol! I am so glad Christmas is over, it was fun and now it's gone! I don't think I will make any New Year whatever you want to call them. I always break them or just don't start. I would like to sit down and make a business plan this year and follow thru with it. But for right now, I've got to get myself back in the grove of posting here and adding to my store on Etsy. Got to work on better photos and communication.

I'm sure there is more but I am going to put some pretty pics of my new OOAK stocking caps on. Hope you like them.

Recap of craft show

Well, to say the least, I was a little disappointed in the weekends craft show. I had such high hopes but they put me across from a couple who were selling commercialized ornaments and wall signs. They had such a crowd that the whole aisle was block with people looking and people trying to check out. They had their cash register up front and I know I counted 12 in line to check out for at least a half hr. It was just a steady run for them all weekend. Their customers had the aisle so blocked people were turning around and going a different way. No one looked my way passing by unless they were looking for me. They would even stand back to look over there and block the front of my displays!

Around Saturday afternoon, another vendor came by and asked how I was doing. She was two stalls down from me and said all of us around were doing badly because of our couple. She said a lot of people had already complained about him and that I should too. I am not a complainer. The point had already been made and I am sure the promoters didn't need to hear it again.

I did manage to make as much as I did last year at this time. Plus I have a few orders to get finished. I guess I was just spoiled after the first year. So far I haven't had a show top it. C and I have discussed branching out a little more and doing some shows a little farther away.

C took our Santa hats to work today. I will let you know how they do there! I had a lady look at them Sunday and asked me if I did this for a living. I told her if I had to rely on this to pay the bills, I'd be out in the street! lol!

Gotta show off my hats!

I worked all morning yesterday trying to reset my settings on my digital camera. Remind me not to loan it again to granddaughter! I even had to get my book out and read. I still don't have it where I want it but I wanted to take pictures before tomorrow. I have to have some memories before all my pretty little hats go bye-bye. So I am going to try to add all these little darlings in. We are suppose to get some rain,sleet, and snow mix tonight. I just hope its not toooo bad for the morning trip to the fairgrounds. And I hope this weather does not scare off all our darling customers. This stocking cap was designed by me one cold night when I couldn't find a pattern I liked. I started out making all red with white trim and then switched to this. I like them both. Which on do you like best?

How tired am I?

I am sooooooooo tired! There are not enough hours in the day and not enough days in the week. I am running out of time but I really don't care. I think I am ahead of the game. I have created so many items I lost count. I do have to say I like my Santa Hats. We will see if they sell out. This show starts Friday and runs through Sunday. If not I am going to flood Etsy with all my left overs and see how I do. I am considering doing another show the first of February while the weather is still cold.

It has been busy for the family. Thanksgiving was bittersweet. We had a nice day at my sister-in-laws house. We all took a turn in the kitchen to cook. My daughters were jealous because I had taken my single daughter and we had spent the night before just relaxing and drinking wine. I kept saying I needed to call my cousin and kept putting it off that day. I have this connection with her and I always seem to know when something is going on at her house. About eight o'clock that night she called me. I could tell in her voice right away something was wrong. She had a hard time talking but finally managed to tell me her husband of 43 years had passed away around four that afternoon. It was a sad day and I had trouble sleeping that night. We traveled five hours Monday and stayed over for the services Tuesday. I called her yesterday and she is keeping herself busy. It's going to take time for her to adjust. She married him when she was only fifteen.

I need to take some pics and post. Maybe tomorrow. Gonna go to bed soon and get ready to start over tomorrow.

Good Night All!