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Got the castors on table #3 today. I assembled this table inside, so I can work on some supports for the puzzle crates and display backboard. Unfortunately Harbor Freight forgot to put the 8th castor in the box, so I’m one short for table #4. I’ll have to call them tomorrow about that.
Here is table [...]

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Got the castors ordered for the last pair of tables today.  I’m using the 8″ pnuematic castors from Harbor Freight.  There’s a 10″ set as well, but more $$’s. They work well; the question is how well will they keep air.
I’ve also going to make an attempt at shrink-wrapping the puzzles.  This would make it [...]

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I finished up mobile table #2.  This one went faster, as I could get all the  measurements from the first table. Since I’m planning on making a total of 4 tables, I decided to go ahead and start on #3 and #4.  I went to the blue “Big Box Store” and grabbed the 2×4’s, 2×8 [...]

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We had our first taste of “frozen globil warmin’” last night. Not much, but enough that they were playing bumper cars on the interstates this morning (including the police–they lost two cruisers in single-car accidents; that’s got to be a little embarrassing for them! )  The first snow in this area is always pretty [...]

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Well, mostly puppies .

I got the puppy order finished, and they all took their bath in the BLO.  They should be ready to ship out early next week.
Got packed up for the first shot at Second Street Market tomorrow.  Have to get up early so I can be ready to start at 0800.  I [...]

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As promised (finally), here are some pictures from the Potato Festival.
The first is the booth set-up. This is actually day #2, so the puzzles are a little depleted:
Next is the “high-end table”. These drew in the stares, and I actually sold 3 of the beaded trays. I need to put together another hummingbird [...]

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I’ve been doing the show analysis today.  The big thing that stands out is animal puzzles,  at almost exactly half of the revenue.  #2 and #3 are the Butterfly Magnets and Bookmarks, together making up another 31%.
Some thoughts:
- The Butterfly Barrettes did well as an experiment: I sold 4 of the 6 I had. This [...]

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We dumped the stuff off at Spring Valley tonight.  I went and got another 6′ table from Sams, so tomorrow morning I’ll set things up.  Everything right now is just stashed in the tent, as I didn’t want to tempt anything to grow legs and walk off during the night.  I’ll have to get there [...]

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I went back this morning and set up the booth.  The animal puzzles and butterflies are out, but I won’t put the plates and trays out until it starts.  We got lucky, as it didn’t rain while I was toting and setting. I took a few pictures, but haven’t downloaded them yet.
We did get some [...]

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Today it was getting last minute items together for the Xenia Old Fashioned Days this weekend.  I don’t have much to show, just the raised tent.  It’s expected to rain all day tomorrow through Sunday, so all we did was put the tent up and place the fixtures inside.  The inventory is still in the [...]

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