Another Sunday comes along, as does another Charity Boutique with the hopes of selling my creations, and helping a wonderful charity raise some funds. It all sounds good . . . riiiight.
It starts out like this. There is no more space inside, so you are given a spot on the "patio", which doubles as a wind tunnel. This is why I try to avoid outdoor shows. My dresses turn into kites, and I spend the whole time stressing and trying to keep everything under control. Moments after this photo was taken, the spiral rack, pictured on the left, blows over! All of my table cloth dresses get filthy. The "good new" is there were no customers, so no one came to buy a dirty one-of-a-kind dress anyway!
That's right. The ball was dropped by someone. The venue was great (except for the patio), and all of the venders were lovely. Problem was, NOBODY came to shop! I do lots of charity sales, and the way to make them a success it to bring in the supporters of the charity to shop, and SUPPORT THE CHARITY! Evidently this is easier said than done.
Knowing the possibility of down time at these events, I naturally brought my crocheting. At least I accomplished something. Sadly, some vendors sold nothing, I was at least able to cover my booth fee, and pay my helper, Paloma, but that is one day I'll never get back. Oh yeah, I missed my son's baseball game too. He went 4 for 4.
Here, have a button. . . take 2, they're small.
