Ok I know this is late in coming but I've been busy, yeah!! So I did the art league show not the chamber one. There was a lot of info in the acceptance packet, a map of the area, hotel and plenty of good places to eat. We got to the show about 2 hours before setup so went to wally world to get some supplies for the weekend. Of course when we got back to the show booths were going up early and a huge trailer was in the middle of my booth space so we had to wait till they were unloaded. My spot was on oak st not on section which is the main show street. But we still had a good amount of traffic. One of the perks of the art league show is that with our name badges we could use the restrooms in the league building. They provided coffee and a so so breakfast every morning also an awards dinner with one ticket for the booth and if you wanted another it was $12. The dinner was ok but not great, but there seemed to be plenty for everyone and also a bar with wine, beer, water & ice tea which was really good since I don't drink. I was setup on grass so I could weight my booth and stake down which came in handy, this was the weekend that the really terrible storm went through the SE. Our show didn't close but I know some did further south. The really bad weather was supposed to come through Saturday night so I did the same as I did for St. Stephen's, pulled in my displays and lowered the tent to half mast. Sales on friday were sparse and kicking on saturday, sold a lot of big pieces and had multiple sales, sunday was another matter. The winds were fierce on sunday, had to open all of my sides and take down curtians. Some people packed up sunday morning but we toughed it out till about 3pm when the wind took down my wrap desk. As we were packing two little girls came running into the booth looking to each get a hatchling. I had already packed all of them accept for one. I was so tired that I wasn't going to go hunting for another one, but my helper and one of my favorite people Maggie offered to go hunting and she found another one. Made the girls weekend and Maggie and I split the sale. The staff is very friendly and helpful I was able to park very close to my booth in fact I could see my van all during the weekend. If not for the awful weather this would've been a very good show. I know a lot people have a different perspective on what constitutes a good show, so here's mine and remember this when you read one of my reviews. I work in clay, I can get 500lbs for less then $300 so my initial out put is not very steep. My husband the love of my life has a very good job & is paying all of the household bills. So it's not imperative that I have a good show. When I do a show that's longer than a 5 hour drive for me I leave a day early and stay overnight with my son who lives about 5 hours north. Whether you have a good show or not is all relative to your situation. So would I do this show again next year yes, would I go to the awards dinner probably not. Ok that's it see you at the shows---greta
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