A teeny bit o' braggin'

[Jediscroller]

First, I apologize for not being more active lately. I was suddenly swamped with custom orders (only 2 more to go, yay ) and was preparing for my largest craft fair of the year.
The fair was held on Sunday the 17th. Attendance was a wee-bit down, only about 30,000 people, hehehe. There were 175 crafters present, sales were brisk to put it mildly. I sold out of dragons, piano kittens, horse welcome signs, several different types of ornaments as well as selling quite a few clocks and onesies and twosies of lots of different portraits. The highlight of the day though was that in a fair this size was that my booth took second place in the crafts category. Wolves, horses and big cats continue to go over quite well around here.
Kinda made the past few sleepless weeks worthwhile.

[Forester21]

Kevin - that is fantastic!! Congratulations!

Theresa

[Rolf]

Only 30k people, what a drag.
If we get a couple of hundred at our church fair I am happy.

Glad to hear that you did well. It must be very satisfying to have your work appreciated.
How or who determines the boothe awards. I like that idea.

[Minnesota scroller]

Way to go Kevin. That has got to be incredibly satisfying, not to mention financially rewarding. I don't think 30K people come thru this town in a whole year.

By the way Kevin, where is this craft show held?

[CanadianScroller]

Way to go Kevin!

Maybe there is something to be said about this madness of scrolling after all.

[SharonW0111]

Way to Go Kevin !! Now get back to work --
Love ya
Sharon

[Marcel in Longueuil]

Way to go Kevin

Woohoo!!!

Sales and a ribon?

Hope you took some pics to show us.


WOW!
I'm really happy for you, and you are entitled to toot your horn without a doubt.


Congrats to you my friend.

What's a piano kitten?

And, Arrrrumph (clearing my throat), Horse welcome signs...
How long have you been making those?

(Just kidding)


Here's to your success

Regards,
Marcel

[sheltiecarver]

Nice going, Kevin!
Sounds like you didn't have any time to get bored!
And I'm with Marcel - what's a piano kitten?
Sandy

[bearfretworks]

EXCELLENT NEWS KEVIN!!!! Congrats on a job well done.

BTW, just think how much stuff you could have offered if you used spirals? (inside joke folks, sorry).....

[Jediscroller]

Thanks folks. Marcel, I brought my camera, but never had a chance to take any pics .
Now, as to the question....
Rolf, it's a jury of about 10 folks (the same as the folks who jury the fair I think) that vote on the booths and award the prizes. Many of the larger fairs give awards for booths and such, I've never been awarded with a prize before however.
Minnesota, the best part about this fair is that it's held less than a mile from my house in Seymour, CT.
Marcel, it seems I've been making those Horse Welcome signs for a long time, I forgot how recently I started, hehehe. These were to test the waters, I'll be designing a whole series of them now based on the reaction to them.
Barry, if I had gone to the dark side and used spirals, I would've had a lot less!!!!
Finally, I thought I had posted the piano kitty here (guess my brain's somewhat scrambled). It was another of my friend Gloria's designs.

[Marcel in Longueuil]

Those are the kinds of kittens I like

Stiff & lifeless.


But I'm sure everyone looking at it finds it adorable


Actually, to be honest, I do to.

(And there's no stinkin' litter box to clean)


Kevin, do you know if the pattern is still available in the MSN site?

Regards,
Marcel

[Jediscroller]

Kevin, do you know if the pattern is still available in the MSN site?

Regards,
Marcel

Marcel,
I checked the pattern vault, this one's not there. Gloria will often times share a pattern with the members for a day or 2 that's slated for the Wooden Teddy Bear Catalogue.
I shot he an e-mail asking if this one was in the catalogue yet (I did a brief search on WTB and didn't find it).