The Holiday Marketplace

Last Thursday night was the craft fair I had been preparing for these past several weeks. The night before, Charlie helped me arrange all the softies and the cards and the aprons in such a nice, clever presentation (he has a serious knack for displaying stuff like this). Then, on the day of the fair, he came home early from work and picked up the sitter. Then he helped me pack up the car, transport everything over to the Wellesley College Club and set everything up.

There were two big rooms and my table was in the smaller one. After we got everything arranged I went to look at all the other vendors. There were more than I had expected and I was really excited to see that I was the only one selling soft toys! Because we were in the smaller room, it took a little while for people to trickle in, but once they started coming we had a really fun evening.

Several people I know stopped by my table to say hi and I ended up selling quite a bit of stuff. It was really fun to get live feedback on my work from people, something I had never had before. Interestingly, the elephants were a big hit (something I haven’t made in so long!) and so was Chad, my sock monkey from MOS.

I was so tired at the end of the evening (9:30 is a late bedtime for me right now!), but it was fun and pretty successful. I have a bunch of things to post on my Etsy shop now, so look out for new bears and owlets there. Thanks to everyone for the encouragement while I was getting ready for the fair!