This weekends craft show

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Well, this weekend finally got here, and is now finally over. This was the

weekend of the yearly Craft Show I participate in here in town. I did

well, even though I had honestly not even wanted to do it this year (so much

happening). Against my wishes, I DID participate, and came away

happy that I did. Not only did I make enough to catch up on 2 bills, but I also

had a great time visiting with the 2 vendors on each side of me.......

truly wonderful people. Both of them, it turns out, have purchased from me in

the past. The one vendor purchased pain cream from me and

gave me raves about how it helped his back pain. He purchased more........then

close to the end of the day we traded products, lol. This vendor

and his wife make and sell cinnamon almonds (company is Perfectly Nuts)!! These

are to DIE for. SO good, and SO addicting. But, it works for us

both to trade! Then, the vendor on the other side of me is a man who I met last

year during the winter craft show (Winterfest)! He had run up to my

booth, bought a lip balm, and ran back to his booth, lol. He came by later that

day and told me I was selling them too cheap cause he loved it! It

felt great to hear. Then, this weekend was full of them complimenting not only

the products they had purchased in the past, but ones they just bought

Saturday!!! I also had customers from past years coming back to buy more items,

and giving me great feedback and compliments. SO, I went from

dreading the weekend, to being VERY proud!

The items selling great for me this year were the pain cream, the room

sprays, the wax tarts, the incense, and the body mousse. Lip balms went

great, but not as well as the other items. Wax crumbles didn't sell at all,

sold 2 detox soaks, sold about 15 bars of soap. MANY of them were

asking when my site was going to be up and running for sales. SO, hubby says we

ARE going to get it done asap! That would be nice.

Overall, it was a great weekend. I also met another soaper.........though

it could have been thru better circumstances. I did not know what had gone

on, til after it was brought to my attention. I felt horrid, and needed to

speak to the other soaper. Apparently, while I was helping my neighbor vendor

(watch his booth while he went potty), my hubby had my daughter friend go down

to the other soapers booth. He had her check out their soap (one kind

is all they sell) and ask what size, price, etc. WELLLLL, it is a husband and

wife team that run that booth, and the husband came to my booth while I was

answering a question from the other vendor neighbor. He saw my daughters

friend, asked if she was at that booth (mine), she told him yes, and he got

upset looking and asked her " then why were you at my booth asking about my soap

and my prices " ? He was upset, and rightfully so. He walked away, and

it was after he left that I was told what had happened. As I said, I was upset,

and am still angry with my husband. SO, I went down to the booth that this

man and his wife have. I asked to speak to them both, and I apologized for what

my husband had this girl do, and for the girl doing it. It was not right

and I didn't approve of it. I told them I did not know he had done that, and I

do not know WHY he did that. I felt terrible, and needed to apologize to them

myself. They were fine with it, they understood. I ended up speaking to them

for a bit, and I spoke to the wife of the soaping groups on that I am

a member of............she asked for me to send her the names of the groups

since she is not a member of any of them and would love to join. SO, I have

her card and will be sending her the information so hopefully she can join. As

I told her, I felt horrible cause fellow soapers (heck, fellow crafters), are

part

of a big " family " and support each other........they do not do what my husband

did.

But, I am now very worn out. I am sunburned horribly (mostly my upper back,

face, the part in my hair (lmao, ouchy), and my lower arms. I am going to take

a

shower, get comfy, and hopefully get some decent sleep

finally.............before I have to get up for work tomorrow morning, lol.

Hope everyone had a great weekend and great fathers day!!!!!

Alice in SD