Did you ever have a person enter your booth , grab a card, and say "My friends would buy this piece in a minute if they were here" So , of course, I added "Where do they live? the show is over at 5p.m. and I am from out-of town" He said "they live close to here and I am going to call them" I'm thinking, sure you are, ugh huh...and he did, and they came, and they bought HUGE!!!! Don't ever under estimate the power of close friends....or the expertise of the Michigan Guild in planning an art show. They have it down to a science- load in-load out and everything in between.
Rain the first day ruined it for most...all day! I took a nice nap in our car for two hours while Bob watched the rain. A nice looking well heeled crowd, but we just couldn't get them to buy our work...love it they did...buy it they didn't...
Dinner at Biaggi's with Nels Johnson- boy did we miss him! Haven't had dinner and lots of drinks with him since Boston Mills....and I needed my Nel's fix...he always has the greatest stories...pick a subject,he has one! As he sipped his Jack Daniels, we had our "Patti-thing", named for me, Belvedere chilled up, float of cointreau..yumm.
Sunday was the day that had to count...and it did....don't judge a book by its cover, this is a conservative area...but they love this show! We sold a very large piece, two middle size and lots of $100 items..it added up to a very successful show for us...and two hours from home.It doesn't get much better than that! Next year, same time, same place...
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