So here we are, on a Friday. It's a quiet morning so far, belying the excitement, stress, panicking and sweat that will define the rest of the day.
Tomorrow hubby and I head to Faires & Berries, the Penumbra Fantasy Faire prelude. This will be my first time as a vendor, and yet I'll be around the faire performing for most of the day while my business partner Crystal (crystalsidyll.etsy.com) sells both her own wares and mine in or double shopping space.
Panicked? Yes. Excited? Oh, heck yeah.
In the process of getting ready for this faire, I visited several garage sales and antique stores, looking for display objects -- something to drape jewelry over and around so that they're not just lying lifeless on a flat table. In one antique shop, they had a rather large pile of gallon freezer bags of jewelry for only $10 each. I was running out of the cash that I had set aside for the endeavor, but his was too good to pass up.
Wow.
Several days later, I finally emptied the bag on the floor to see what I had found. It's funny the way old jewelry always smells the same -- just as recognizable as a used book store -- sort of dank and yet metallic. What did I find but a treasure of potential take-it-apart-and-make-something-new-and-cool ideas, as well as do-I-have-to-take-it-apart pieces. There were even several sterling silver pieces which were individually worth more than $10! Well, I wasn't able to get through all the ideas from that antique bag, but it was certainly a creative boost.
What's more, a couple of the "brass" goblets I picked up from a garage sale for 25 cents each also turned out to be silver!
I've also managed to steal a little bit of riding time in on both mares at the new barn. The outdoor arena is lovely and soft, and Dancer loves to GO-GO-GO in that footing (which makes it harder to rein her in for collection and bending), but Tempest was convinced the other day that there was a ghost behind one set of trees, so we just rode in the indoor arena after a good longe.
Will report back after the show with pics of the booth, etc.!
