August 18, 2014

The Festival is Over and The Streets Have Been Swept






Today looks like a normal day here but over the weekend......










The streets were humming with vendor set up.  Some set up Friday evening and the rest of us got up earlier to set up Saturday morning.  This is 7 AM Saturday morning before the bulk of the vendors arrived.  What a glorious day...cool in the morning for set up but 79 degrees by noon.  Perfect!  The streets to the downtown area are all closed to traffic from Friday at 6 PM until Sunday at 6 PM for this wonderful yearly festival.  So much for everyone to do...face painting and rides for the kids, basket ball shooting for the teens with representatives from the Cleveland Cavaliers our local pro basketball team, and even a pooch parade on Saturday with the area's  dogs dressed in their finest to strut their stuff down the street.  My favorite was a little dog with a denim ball cap on with holes cut out for his ears.  There was also a "family" of shelties that grabbed everyone's attention.  The "dad" was strolling 5 shelties in a large stroller and the "mom" was strolling 2 more in another stroller.  They ranged in ages from 2 years to 11 years.  They were sitting back and enjoying the ride and all of the attention they were receiving.




Starting to get my booth in shape.  Love the banner my hubby bought me for Christmas to drape over my tablecloth!  I met so many wonderful people (including my vendor neighbors), sold a fair number of bags, took several orders for more and had a great time.  Our booths were open until 8 PM.  It was a very long day. 



The community and surrounding communities sure supported the event, especially on Saturday.  This was when the crowd was still small enough to have the time to take pictures.


It rained overnight, started out cool and drizzling on Sunday AM but by the time the festival started at 11 AM, the weather cleared and we had another great day!  That is the risk of outside shows...you just never know!  Not as many people as we had on Saturday but more as the day progressed.  The booths closed at 5 PM.  The vendors tore down and packed up.  The street cleaners came at 6 PM  and the streets reopened shortly thereafter.  It looked like nothing had ever happened, but we all know that this festival marks the end of summer in our community because school starts for all of the kids this week !!!!

Now, back to work...I have orders to fill and some fabric to search for........

7 comments:

  1. Marilyn your booth looked great! So many beautiful bags to see all at once. I bet women had a hard time deciding on a bag purchase because so many beautiful bags in so many styles. Looked like a fun fair. Did you get a chance walk around and see the other tents?
    My grandson starts 1st grade this morning, so our summer here is about over too, although the weather is still warm here.

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    1. Unfortunately, or fortunately because I was so busy, I didn't get to look at other booths except the ones right around me. I made a lot of great contacts and some great leads on shows others felt were well worth attending. I'm going to start doing more shows. That is my goal finishing up this year and into next.


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  2. Thanks a lot for sharing! Your booth looked beautiful and really packed with gorgeous bags. Must've been fun.

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    1. Thanks, Norma. It was great fun but I was tired after it was all over!

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  3. I remember doing shows.
    I'd say, "Put your feet up today", but I know you're too busy.

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    1. That sounds great but you are right, no time to rest. Found the" right" fabric and just received an order for 8 more Get Carded wallets.

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