Gallery girls!

Being hyped up on coffee at the end of a weekend hanging with crafty friends and teaching means time to update tardy posts!

The Fabulous Fabrications show was a great experience last weekend. Candace and I had a 6 foot table we were splitting, and even though we'd talked about it, there was a lot to learn as we went. From thinking about the pieces that define our style, narrowing down the pieces for a coherent display, and finding out what things to pack - had a stapler, but never got around to packing table risers! Other than that, glue dots for crafting were unexpectedly our best friend for holding chains of heavier pendants onto our display busts and securing light weight displays.

It was nice meeting and being in a room with other artists who hadn't shown at the show before too. At the end of the show, both Candace and I were asked to submit pieces for their gallery. So we're gallery girls now, yay!

Me and Ms. Candace

First jewelry show *check*

What a weekend! I admit I've read about doing jewelry shows, but never attempted one before. It has always seemed SO daunting. Well, a week to prepare is pretty good motivation to get things done! The seller's permit wasn't as difficult as expected to obtain as expected, make some more pieces, update business cards & hang tags. In the end, not so scary & definitely do-able.

The Pretty Little Pageant turn out was fairly small, but I got lots of feedback, made new friends & got to hang out with old ones. It was a fun learning experience :)

Table set up - Left: Merveilles by Estelle. Center: My ACS cork collection, A different Vintage Right: Swarovski & fun wire wrapped jewelry.

I was around the corner from most of the other vendors, who were grouped around the entrance, but people heading to the registers would stop to check things out in my corner.

Some new friends include:
Mary of Bear Chick Her jewelry is quite fun & tasty looking!
Yolanda of Yolanda's clay & jewelry creations She had a bunch of fun pendants on watercolor ribobons!
Kaori of DK Delights She has really cute button jewelry, & wonderfully colorful displays!