Bazar was really bazar……

Well the bazar came and went as fast a time would go. It was nice that we were in greenhouses with heaters, but it was still cold at times. Starting time was 10 am and was scheduled to proceed until 7 pm on December 14-15. The first day was much like a ghost town, where we played the role of the ghosts haunting the greenhouses. Saturday I didn’t consider much of an improvement. So, how did I do? Depends on which kind of news your in the mood for. To quote from the movie Robin Hood: Men in tights “…maybe if you put the bad news in a good way it won’t seem so bad.” Fortunately I can put both in one convenient package.
I have lots of stock as of this weekend.
If you didn’t catch on to that, the bazar went horrible. Thank goodness I didn’t have to pay space rent (whew!). I think I sold two items to outside customers, a hanger cover made by my mother and a crocheted hat made by my wife (kudos to them). I think the vendors created more business than the public did. A lot of inter-vendor selling,bartering and charity seemed to take place. I personally made out on the plus side of this scheme. One of the vendors gifted my son a set of sleeper pants and pillow case. Another gave me about a dozen or so Lindt Chocolate truffles and yet another handed out a cheese ball to all the vendors in the respective greenhouse. Two vendors purchased two paracord items.
Needless to say I think everyone walked away disappointed. The only nice part about it was the comradery that  was developed over the two days. There was a lot of standing around with not much to do (unless you worked on making more product). So, I whiled the time away by making some more bracelets. There are some lovely and generous people out there and it is awesome to be a part of a community of such great people.
All in all I don’t think I will be selling at that event again. The summary that I heard about last year was that it was pretty much the same way. There were a number of factors that seemed to be against catching the publics eye, from newspaper screw ups to holding it too late in the season and maybe little bit of inclimate weather. So any business that I get from now until the Farmer’s Market starts up again will be through webspace and word of mouth. I just started a Facebook page so click the link and check it out. Pass the word on to your friends and click the like button. I would much appreciate it.