No Saviors at Saint James!

Okay, so we won an award on Fourth Street for Best Booth Display- lights, check..rug, check..draperies, check....sales....no check! For 18 years and a 4 hour set up..including lights at every show(thanks to my husband, Bob, of course) we were finally acknowledged for all the hard work and we appreciate it...and thank you..BUT, did the great , bright display, more inviting than a Mothers arms help our sales? No siree...I won't repeat all of the fine points made already regarding the reasons for a bad show this year...we sold a large piece first thing Friday morning and thought that this was a great start...well, it was the only large piece in three days.

We love our street, Fourth Street, for alot of reasons...we are situated in front of the nicest couples home...they would win "Best of Show" for nice.The wife bakes for three days, allows us to us their bathroom and plug in to electric....we are in love ....with them!

We will be back- I think this year was an oddity..it was our third year on this block..the least amount of money earned.We think the World Equestrian games which drew 50,000 wealthy horse lovers to Lexington(an hr. away), cut into the well healed crowds not being there..don't know what we would do differently to pull in more money next time...but we have a year to think about it....

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  • I agree ,Connie..when I think that we can't go back, I remind myself that if we want to work,this weekend offers very little..a one day show in Cincy,a one day show in Va.,or Cottonwood, which is a two day drive..we made a little money and next year will be better,right, Connie?
  • That kind of echoes my experience at St. James -- if you don't make it on Friday, don't expect the next two days to be fabulous...especially not Sunday. After many years there we mostly used the weekend to catch up with nearby family, have fun with fellow artists (still miss you Jack, Munch and Dave), trade stories with loyal patrons and enjoy the beautiful neighborhood. Because of the on street jurying we pretty much knew we'd always be there, steady average sales to lower in the most recent years.
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