Art at the Lake Report

The show was a great experience! And I was successful enough to want to do it again, should I be accepted. The quality of the vendors was outstanding and the venue was perfect.

I think we all wish the traffic had been a bit heavier, but it's a first-time show and these things take time.

This was the view from the banquet hall/conference center - but imagine this scene exploding with fall colors. (I lifted this photo from their website, obviously.)


I must have been shaky when I took these pictures - sorry! I'm usually very much against posting unfocused photos but these are all I have. Doofus.

There were 25 vendors so it was a small, but very "exclusive" show. A fair number brought their tent frames to either hold their walls with artwork or to hang curtains for a nice back drop. I was between 2 (very different) jewelers, who both had the curtains, which provided a nice space for me! I made a trade with the basket weaver behind me - she was nice.

I love my wire tree for my ornaments. Someone gave it to Dad a few years ago, who in turn gave it to me. I wasn't sure what I'd use it for but I was glad I took it - it's perfect for this. When I started making ornaments, I envisioned a small fake Christmas tree in my booth but I kept procrastinating getting one. I finally decided it was too traditional for me. Then my mind landed on the wire tree in the basement - perfect! Those are little gift tags with vellum envelopes in the background. I really need to get on the stick & make some holiday ones pronto.

These are pretty new for me, for selling my magnets. I used to use identical white picture frames where I replaced the glass with sheet metal. These take up much less space. I package the extra magnets in little cellophane packages so they won't get funky. Notice my big and little turkeys - brand new - very popular! I stitched more turkeys the entire show because I have two more shows before Thanksgiving.

These are my 3-tier cake stands for pins, which I love, especially that one on the right filled with Halloween and fall colored pins. You can see my tins on the right - and even better in the next photo. Rachel is filling 24 of them with 3 scents of candles that will probably be ready in the next week or two. I really need to get stitching more pieces to cover the tins anyway, so I'm not in a big hurry to get them!

Did the custom embroidery on my black overlays come out perfect or what?? (I would not have minded if the words and logo were a bit bigger but this was as big as she could "hoop" so I'm 100% fine with it.) Overall I could not be happier with them. And I'm almost positive it would not be possible for my tablecloths to be any more wrinkled. (They look worse in person, IMHO.) Each one is two tablecloths that Mom and I sewed together for a custom fit - so they are like folding contour sheets so honestly, I don't try very hard to fold them neatly. I need to try harder - or take a steamer with me! Hopefully everyone was looking at the product and not the wrinkles.

I took today, Monday, off from work to get caught up on paperwork and clean my studio. I've done neither. Guess I needed a goof-off-putz-around day instead.

It's all good!