Hello friends!
Lets get caught up...OK?
Lately my life has been a series of events, changes, holidays,
family, work and gardening...all of which,
has left me with very little time to devote to blogging
But I'm still here and would love to get re-aquanted with you
and share a few fun new decorating projects
and my usual musings and antics
in the garden and kitchen
lets get going...
This is my scary old garage/guest room (kidding) just before we loaded up for the
in beautiful San Luis Obispo in November
I was pretty organized and the packing was not all that bad....yes we made the trip in a u-haul
I know right?....what a way to travel!
My husband kept saying to me....
"Don't ever tell me I don't take you any place nice"
however,
during the unpacking at the venue I fell into
a complete insane panic.....
I only had about 5 hours to unpack everything and completely merchandise my booth
before the opening day on Saturday
It all came together...in the end...
at least I think it did
Flowers from my garden made the trip
as did lots of signs, pillows, folk art and garden goodies,
including some fresh limes from the orchard...just in case we wanted a margarita maybe?!!
The tractor sign sold almost immediately...remember it from
Country Living?
When the gates open to this event,
it is a crazy surge of shoppers.
But, most people seemed to know exactly what they were looking for.
My booth was pretty packed and super busy,
but it was fun...yes it really was a ton of fun!
I managed to meet a few friends...Trino
was just around the corner.
His booth was amazing and he and his partners are so nice.
Talk about pros...they know exactly
what goes where
and not a single item looks out of place!
I purchased a really great basket from him and probably should have bought a few other items
but now I will have to visit him at another show....right?
Clearly, I am seriously cracking myself up about something?
By the way...yes those are overalls...a fashion statement
chosen just for this type of thing.
Notice the extra pockets for:
phone
pens
sales tickets
business cards
wine opener
Carhart work pants, size mens XS...perfect
luckily I had a leather strap on my glasses too or I would have really been in deep trouble
On a side note...I wore a great vintage beaded sweater early in the morning
and set it down in my booth later....could have sold it 10 times!
On Sunday is was a bit damp and chilly
It was great to have a few hours before the gates opened to rearrange and tidy up
I sold quite a few items for the holidays and baskets went quickly,
probably for Thanksgiving tablescape's
quilts and linens sold too
My husband was such a trooper.
I really can't believe he did this event with me.
He had a couple of cups of coffee and acted like he'd done this a million times
SOLD
SOLD
all of the small purchases
found their way into a Polished Pebble Goods gift bag
this was a great item..a vintage 1950's brushed steel lawyers cabinet
I marked it way, way WAY down on Sunday
and sold it to a really wonderful young college student...she was seriously happy!
Just before we ended the event my husband took my picture
shirt untucked
totally pooped
frizzy hair
lost glasses
but still smiling
and yes I might do this again...just in case you were wondering
Thank you
to all of the friends who so graciously stopped by
to say hello!
I so appreciate you and your support
and to my blog family
thank you so much too for hang'in in there with me
cheers and love
kelley
