Counting down to Showcase
Apr. 25th, 2016 09:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
offcntrLess than a week left until Ceramic Showcase, and we're counting down. Sunday being the only day Denise and I could both work on preparing, we dodged rain showers to sort and box pots, loading up the van.
We had a couple of shortcuts figured out. First, we still have a pretty accurate inventory of the van, starting with our Beginning-of-Market list, with sold items crossed out. Second, we reversed the packing order of the van when we loaded up from Market on Saturday.
Normally, I load the restock boxes in first, so the load-in booth pottery is immediately accessible. That way during set-up, Denise can start unboxing pots as soon as I remove them, while I continue stowing restock boxes under the counter in back. Keeping the two segregated also means I know where everything is bound without stopping to read the labels.
As we were packing up, however, I realized all our work on Sunday would be in the partially emptied restock boxes (plus whatever ware we added from the storage shed). Thus it made more sense to stack the load-in boxes first, so everything else was reachable one box at a time. And since they'd already been inventoried, we didn't have to unload and count everything, a huge help on a day of chilly, intermittent showers.
So all the pots are now in the van. Today I need to switch out some display hardware, figure out how to box and load my sculpture, print out my road shows checklist and start ticking off boxes, make up a folder with motel confirmation and move-in packet. Go down to the bank and get some trip cash. Call the cat-sitter.
I'm hoping tomorrow's weather prediction holds--sunny and warm--so I can repaint my shelves and load them up on the roof rack. Pack my clothes for the weekend, bake cookies. Gas up the van. Wednesday I'll pick up Denise at noon and we'll be off to Ceramic Showcase. Wish us luck...
We had a couple of shortcuts figured out. First, we still have a pretty accurate inventory of the van, starting with our Beginning-of-Market list, with sold items crossed out. Second, we reversed the packing order of the van when we loaded up from Market on Saturday.
Normally, I load the restock boxes in first, so the load-in booth pottery is immediately accessible. That way during set-up, Denise can start unboxing pots as soon as I remove them, while I continue stowing restock boxes under the counter in back. Keeping the two segregated also means I know where everything is bound without stopping to read the labels.
As we were packing up, however, I realized all our work on Sunday would be in the partially emptied restock boxes (plus whatever ware we added from the storage shed). Thus it made more sense to stack the load-in boxes first, so everything else was reachable one box at a time. And since they'd already been inventoried, we didn't have to unload and count everything, a huge help on a day of chilly, intermittent showers.
So all the pots are now in the van. Today I need to switch out some display hardware, figure out how to box and load my sculpture, print out my road shows checklist and start ticking off boxes, make up a folder with motel confirmation and move-in packet. Go down to the bank and get some trip cash. Call the cat-sitter.
I'm hoping tomorrow's weather prediction holds--sunny and warm--so I can repaint my shelves and load them up on the roof rack. Pack my clothes for the weekend, bake cookies. Gas up the van. Wednesday I'll pick up Denise at noon and we'll be off to Ceramic Showcase. Wish us luck...