Well that was unexpected
Apr. 3rd, 2021 09:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
offcntrThe weather app was predicting overcast all day, though only 7% chance of rain. I dressed warm for the first day of Saturday Market--wool sox, flannel shirt, jacket, scarf, hat. Hiking shoes rather than Birkenstocks.
Sun came out about the time I checked in, at 7:45. I shed my jacket at 8:30; by halfway through load-in, the flannel and hat joined. Wool sox came off an lunch-time, and by load-out I was wishing I'd brought shorts. It was a lovely day at the Market.
A whole bunch of people turned out to sell, and for the first time in over 25 years, I was in the lottery with them. We're still on alternate week scheduling, and my odd-numbered reserve booth wasn't available this week, but I really didn't want to miss opening day. They started booth selection at 22 points--I have 12--but the next vendor called had 14, and it quickly came down to me. The two spaces on either side of my reserve had already been picked, but there was still one left further along the block, next to the stairs. A corner booth, but then, they all are with social distancing. Denise came down to help set-up, though couldn't do a lot--her arthritis has been flaring up. But she put out the bowl stands and put up signage while I dealt out the pots and tried to remember which items went where. It's a crowded booth, and we didn't actually finish setting everything out until 10:30 am, a half hour after Market opened.
Initially, I wondered whether it was going to be worth it. Had a few sales, people stopping in to say hello--I think half of the Book Arts group stopped in at one point or another. Then some long-time patrons stopped in. They'd broken their otter mug, did I have another? I got one out of the box for them, and they picked out four more to go with it. And then I sold a large casserole. Two banks. A couple of Dragon Incense Burners. A colander, a pitcher, more tall mugs, some bowls and stew mugs, the pitcher I put out to replace the one that sold. All told, I did just under $800 for the day. (Including ten tall mugs. Good thing I had 60 in the last firing, because I'm down over 20 between Market and the bookstore.)
And our new schedule means we closed an hour earlier, at 4 pm, so even with a slow load-out (two vendors parallel-parked in front of my booth, so I had to wait until one of them finished before backing my van up to the curb), I still got home before 6 pm.
Yeah, I guess it was worth it. Next week, I can load in early, and maybe make it down to the relocated Farmer's Market before I go to work..
Sun came out about the time I checked in, at 7:45. I shed my jacket at 8:30; by halfway through load-in, the flannel and hat joined. Wool sox came off an lunch-time, and by load-out I was wishing I'd brought shorts. It was a lovely day at the Market.
A whole bunch of people turned out to sell, and for the first time in over 25 years, I was in the lottery with them. We're still on alternate week scheduling, and my odd-numbered reserve booth wasn't available this week, but I really didn't want to miss opening day. They started booth selection at 22 points--I have 12--but the next vendor called had 14, and it quickly came down to me. The two spaces on either side of my reserve had already been picked, but there was still one left further along the block, next to the stairs. A corner booth, but then, they all are with social distancing. Denise came down to help set-up, though couldn't do a lot--her arthritis has been flaring up. But she put out the bowl stands and put up signage while I dealt out the pots and tried to remember which items went where. It's a crowded booth, and we didn't actually finish setting everything out until 10:30 am, a half hour after Market opened.
Initially, I wondered whether it was going to be worth it. Had a few sales, people stopping in to say hello--I think half of the Book Arts group stopped in at one point or another. Then some long-time patrons stopped in. They'd broken their otter mug, did I have another? I got one out of the box for them, and they picked out four more to go with it. And then I sold a large casserole. Two banks. A couple of Dragon Incense Burners. A colander, a pitcher, more tall mugs, some bowls and stew mugs, the pitcher I put out to replace the one that sold. All told, I did just under $800 for the day. (Including ten tall mugs. Good thing I had 60 in the last firing, because I'm down over 20 between Market and the bookstore.)
And our new schedule means we closed an hour earlier, at 4 pm, so even with a slow load-out (two vendors parallel-parked in front of my booth, so I had to wait until one of them finished before backing my van up to the curb), I still got home before 6 pm.
Yeah, I guess it was worth it. Next week, I can load in early, and maybe make it down to the relocated Farmer's Market before I go to work..
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