Back from the Shows

I have indeed learned a lot about shows and myself. The first show I had to run out and buy lights - lots of lights. It was so dark you would not have known we were there. Plus it is much better if people can handle items, and be close to see how I am doing the work so they can interact with me. There were other things we learned but it will have to wait until another time to do.

Getting feedback and letting people know what I did was the most important goal I had and I could not have been more pleased on how much the people loved the look of the art. It really did make all my efforts worthwhile. I do understand that I have a small clientele as it is time intensive, but that is okay because its not like I could mass produce it anyway so having demand equal availability is a good thing.

I also learned that custom work is the direction I want to go. Doing people's animals, wedding glasses, company logos, etc. is my biggest goal and I will market this in the future.

I discovered I am not a fan of large shows as there is just too much for people to try and cover that it looses it personal affect, and the days are too long. It was good experience and I loved visiting with other crafters/artists - such wonderful people. But in the future my husband and I will produce lower end crafts to do small shows for the fun, and I will demonstrate my art at these with emphasis on custom work.

Overall, I would say it was successful because what I learned could not be more valuable to me.

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