Well all . . . last weekend was finally the
Dustbowl Arts Market at
Norman Music Fest 5! After a month of doing nothing but working and sewing I got to set up my booth and sell some stuff. Some being the operative word. . .meaning there was more looking than buying but I got some great responses, gave out a million cards, and had some good chats with people. With this being my first market I learned a few things and would rethink (or restructure) this or that when doing one of these in the future but all in all I had a great time and am anxious to apply for more shows and give this making/vending thing another shot.
So here are some pictures of my booth:
This is a full shot of the booth. Again there are a few things I would change but I think it looks pretty cute
and a lot like me! Also it was VERY overcast when the day started so my pictures are a little drab due to the low grew light.
A few of my pillows.
some bits and pieces. . .
Oh. . .a couple (three) things
1: I used, as it was recommended by friends and the Dustbowl organizers,
Square. Which allows you to run credit cards on your iphone or android. It is great, a little finicky, but so cool! You can text or email receipts and include a photo of the product on the receipt. Super handy, Super cool.
2: Last minute I decided I wanted some cheap little extras to jazz up my table so I whipped up some cute little flags with fabric scraps and skewers (see picture below). Crazy easy and so cheerful.
3: I also wanted something wearable in the mix and thought some classic friendship pins (see picture below) would do the trick. These are a tiny bit annoying to make as you have to unwind the safety pin. . . but aren't they happy. I think I may have to wear frequently now.
Little and big buntings or pendant flags or hanging flags. I am going to have to think of what I call them going forward. It seems people either know them as buntings or are completely confused by the term.
My birds. These were the big seller and got the most attention in generally.
I would like to take a second to talk about my cards and my labels which (in my opinion) turned out GREAT! I got quite a few comments on the cards and a number of question on how I did them so here it is. . .
I ordered custom cards with black text on plain brown kraft paper from
Modern Typography's Etsy shop. To give a little plug
Modern Typography was extremely helpful, got my cards to me quick as can be AND she has lots of other adorable stuff in her shop so check it out. Back to my cards. . .once I got the plain cards I ran them through my sewing machine using a decorative stitch and bright thread.
I didn't do any additional work on my fabric labels but think they turned out great so. . .I am going to show them off. I ordered them from
Inked Papers on Etsy who also has tons of great looking products (especially the labels).
. . .And that is my
Dustbowl experience.
I do need to say that Jerod was a great help on Saturday (man can he load a card when he needs to [you would have been impressed Dad]) and is always my biggest supporter and bought me curry on Sunday and put up with me not being the most fun person this last month and is encouraging me to make and do more. . .so . . . thanks to him.
And thanks to everyone else who had to listen to me talk only about this.
