Stowe Street Arts Festival

Today I am breathing a big sigh of relief.
For the past several months, I’ve been working as a consultant for the Stowe Street Arts Festival in Waterbury, Vermont. This was the first time that I’d worked on an art show where I didn’t exhibit. For weeks, I’ve worried about the fact that our weather has [...]

Artrider Holiday Crafts Park Avenue Show show wrap up

I know it’s been a month since I did the Artrider Holiday Crafts Park Avenue Show, but I still felt it was worthy of a wrap-up.
Load-in starts at 6:00 a.m. at the Lexington Avenue Armory. We usually drive overnight to get to Manhattan at the start of load-in. That night was spectacularly crappy as we [...]

Vermont Hand Crafters show wrap up

It’s been a week since the end of the Vermont Hand Crafters Fine Craft & Art Show and I’m finally getting around to doing a recap. With the economy the way it is, I expected to have fewer sales than in previous years. I did, however, hit my anticipated income so there weren’t any surprises. [...]

Last minute crazies

This evening I packed up my van for the Vermont Hand Crafters Fine Craft & Art Show. I have a packing list that I’ve developed over the years and it has proven invaluable. Right now my van seems to have a lot of extra room leftover. And I have more stuff now than I did [...]

Countdown to Vermont Hand Crafters…

As I mentioned in my post earlier today, I’ve been working like a mad woman, trying to get ready for my first craft show of the season (this weekend) – Vermont Hand Crafters.
I just tallied up my recent work and here’s what it looks like:

23 photo albums of various sizes
18 journals
37 accordion books
1 custom order [...]