The little town of Oviedo (north and east of Orlando) hosts a great little show put on by the Oviedo Woman's Club the second Saturday of November. This year was no exception. The customers come out early to buy everything from our arts and crafts, fair food, bean soup mix and baked goods.
This year some new artists were here and I hope they did well. My corner booth is a great place to welcome in the many customers who have bought from me over the years. They always remark that they like finding me in the same place under the same tree, year after year. I like seeing them too!
I left the house about 4:40am for the drive across town. When I tell people up there that I live on the other end of the Universe from them, I am not kidding. That early in the morning the traffic is light, but, on the other end of the day, it can be a trek. I got to the show area about 5:20 and sat in the warm van and napped for a bit. I was about the sixth vehicle in line on my side of the show.
Setup went smoothly and allowed Eve and I time to walk the show and see most everybody who was there. One of my favorite friends, Melodye of Designs by Melodye and her kilted, hubby Mike had their Celtic creations ready to sell.
My favorite candle guy, Russ, had his Clean Air Candles set up and ready. His wife Cheryl showed up later in the day to help sell--but this guy doesn't need any help doing that. He is a salesman par excellent with a superb product! http://www.cleanaircandles.com/cleanaircandle.php
And finally Kim and Missy of Wessel Originals! This Mother/Daughter pair are quite the artists. I love the country look of their designs and I never worry that you will see the same things in another booth...unless that artist copied Kim!
So the weather was beautiful, the crowds were good the whole day and sales were the best I have ever had there. Thank you all!
OH, one kinda sad/funny thing happened as we were packing up. The gal behind me came over and we chatted for a little while. I showed her my new soapmaking picture and asked her how she would tranport it to and from shows. While we were packing that up safely, she went to lean it against one of my big tote boxes and I heard a crash...it wasn't the picture we had just packed up. It was the herb window painting I had bought from one of the vendors...three of the six window panes were broken. The gal was so upset she had caused it, but, I told her to please not worry. I had completely forgotten it was there and it could have just as easily been me who did it.
Eve to the rescue--when I showed her what had happened, she said she could paint new panes for me. Love that girl! :)
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