Re: This weekend's show results for me

[Guest guest]

Wow, Alice, your excitement about your show really shows through on your

post. Way to go!

Dian in Illinois

[Guest guest]

WOW Alice, sounds great!!! I have a couple questions if you don't mind?

What kind of show was it?

How big of a booth did you have?

How did you make the incense that sold so well? was it the typical take a

blank, soak in FO and package? how were they packaged? How much did you sell

them for?

I ask all this as I have my first show coming up and I am scared to death

LOL

thanks!

Shan

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This weekend's show results for me

> My BEST seller was INCENSE!!!!!!!!!! Man alive, that went SO

> fast!!!!!!!!!!! Had people going " OMG, she has incense! " !!! > I made

> just under 500.00 for the weekend. I made more yesterday than I did ALL

> WEEKEND last year at the show. Bills, here come your payments!!!!

> LOL!

> What sold well? Incense, lip balms, bath teas, yo yo water balloons,

> soap savers, lotion bars (these didn't sell worth a darn last year), and

> SOLID

> PERFUMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >

> Alice in SD

> www.dakotadreamz.com (under construction)

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[Guest guest]

Congratulations on your great show!

What is a yo-yo balloon? Also, how much did you sell your incense for

and how many sticks were in a package?

Dianne

[Guest guest]

Does it really show????? LOL! I literally was bouncy at work today,

too!!!!!! LOL!!!!! My co-workers were all

coming up and speaking to me and telling me that I seemed awfully chipper! LOL!

Then again, I had a bunch of

them come up to me giving me grief about seeing me in a skirt!!!!!! THAT is

taboo, you do NOT see me in skirts

very often at all!!!!! LOL! SO, they really gave it to me about that today,

lmao!

Thanks! I was SO happy! I know it will change from year to year, some

being good some being not so good

but, with how behind I was and how nuts it made me, it felt good to be able to

do well!

Thanks again!

Alice in SD

Re: This weekend's show results for me

Wow, Alice, your excitement about your show really shows through on your

post. Way to go!

Dian in Illinois

[Guest guest]

Yo Yo balloons are balloons that have a little bit of water in them, then

are blown up about the size of a large orange,

then tied with a rubber band string. They are special balloons for these, as

the ones we had tried making ourselves broke

VERY quickly, lol! There are kits to make these, and you can get those kits

from oriental trading company. Once made, you

tie a finger loop in the 1 end. You slip your finger thru there, and bounce the

balloon up and down like a yo yo (you can catch it,

and kids are even at the point of doing tricks with them, lol)!!!!!! These

balloons are cute and FUN!!!!!!!! LOL! Hubby wanted to

see if he could blow one up by mouth........needless to say he bout popped his

eyes outta his head and it didn't even budge

the balloon, lmao! The kit comes with the balloons, the rubber band strings,

directions, a template for balloon size, and the pump

you need!!!!!!! And, it costs 19.95 for 100 balloons.

I sold my incense in packages of 12 for 2.00. Online and thru brochure they

will be 2.50 or 2.75 (gotta check things out again

and refigure things).

HTH!

Alice in SD

Re: This weekend's show results for me

Congratulations on your great show!

What is a yo-yo balloon? Also, how much did you sell your incense for

and how many sticks were in a package?

Dianne

[Guest guest]

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> All in all, this weekend turned out great!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations!!! Always good to here. Can't wait to see the photos.

>My BEST seller was INCENSE!!!!!!!!!!

How do you make incense???

Donna

[Guest guest]

Alice, sounds wonderful!! How much did you sell the yo yo balloons for?

Shan

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Re: This weekend's show results for me

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> Congratulations on your great show!

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> What is a yo-yo balloon? Also, how much did you sell your incense for

> and how many sticks were in a package?

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> Dianne

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[Guest guest]

Thanks. As soon as hubby downloads the derned pics, I will get them posted

to the photos section.

He didn't get the batteries today cause he was more worried about getting things

unloaded. SO, it will

be tomorrow when I get home from work that I will get to mess with putting them

up. Will let you know.

Incense was actually easier than I thought it would be. You make up a

solution of DPG and FO, then soak

the incense sticks in that solution. Then, take them out and allow them to dry.

Package and wala. Lots

of scent thru the house while they are soaking, lol! My house smelled like a

FOHO-house when I was doing the

incense up!!!!! WONDERFUL to smell! LOL!

HTH! Thanks again.

Alice in SD

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> All in all, this weekend turned out great!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations!!! Always good to here. Can't wait to see the photos.

>My BEST seller was INCENSE!!!!!!!!!!

How do you make incense???

Donna

[Guest guest]

Hi Donna,

You can make hand rolled incense or you can purchase the blank incense

sticks and then scent them.

This option is very easy and there are probably many recipes on the net. We

use to carry incense but

It became an impractical item for mail order.. For instance, a person would

order a bar of soap and a pack of incense ,

This would require a long box and much packing to insure they arrived in one

piece., so a $2.00 item would require

$2.00 worth of packing.

Lucinda

America's Favorite Herb Shop!

Glenbrook Farms Herbs and Such

Bulk Herbs, Spices, Teas, Essential oils

www.glenbrookfarm.com/herbs

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Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 8:49 PM

Subject: Re: This weekend's show results for me

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> All in all, this weekend turned out great!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations!!! Always good to here. Can't wait to see the photos.

>My BEST seller was INCENSE!!!!!!!!!!

How do you make incense???

Donna

[Guest guest]

I don't mind at all.

The show was an Art's and Crafts show. ANY craft as long as you make it

yourself! It is juried,

which means you have to send in slides and pictures (pics showing you in the

process of making

the stuff) and they decide yes or no.

My booth was 10 x 10, that is the size of the spot you get. You can get

double spaces for

double the rental fee, or electric spots for 10.00 more.

I made the incense just as you stated, take a blank, soak in FO/DPG mix,

allow to dry (use a fan),

then packaged. I packaged mine 12 to a baggie. The bags were the incense bags

which are 2 x 12.

Then, I made up a bag topper using my PSP program, put the name and info on

there, then folded

over the top of the incense baggie, then stapled the topper to the baggie.

Punched a hole in the top middle

of the topper, hung from a peg on a pegboard. I sold them in packs of 12 for

2.00.

Good luck with your show! You will do fine. I was scared to death my first

show (last year) and again

this year!!!!!!!!!! Jitters don't go away I think!!!!! LOL!

Any more questions, just gimme a shout!

Alice in SD

This weekend's show results for me

> My BEST seller was INCENSE!!!!!!!!!! Man alive, that went SO

> fast!!!!!!!!!!! Had people going " OMG, she has incense! " !!! > I made

> just under 500.00 for the weekend. I made more yesterday than I did ALL

> WEEKEND last year at the show. Bills, here come your payments!!!!

> LOL!

> What sold well? Incense, lip balms, bath teas, yo yo water balloons,

> soap savers, lotion bars (these didn't sell worth a darn last year), and

> SOLID

> PERFUMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >

> Alice in SD

> www.dakotadreamz.com (under construction)

>

>

[Guest guest]

Sold the yo yo balloons for 1.00, which is what everyone charges for them.

My kids went nuts over

those things in past years, so I knew they would sell, lol.

Alice in SD

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> Congratulations on your great show!

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> What is a yo-yo balloon? Also, how much did you sell your incense for

> and how many sticks were in a package?

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> Dianne

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[Guest guest]

Alice, congrats on your sales made!!!

It sounds like you did really well. How long have you been in the

bath and body business?

Again, Cngratulations!!!

Anita B.

[Guest guest]

Thank you!

I actually started looking into making soaps back in August of 2004. Made

my first soap late that month, and was hooked, lol! Got my website in Dec. 2004

(and it still isn't built, lol) and did a craft show last year (just one, same

one I did this year). Otherwise, I sell mostly to family and friends.

Alice in SD

Re: This weekend's show results for me

Alice, congrats on your sales made!!!

It sounds like you did really well. How long have you been in the

bath and body business?

Again, Cngratulations!!!

Anita B.