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We’ll be at Milford High School for a one-day show tomorrow.  This is supposed to be a decent show, but with the way shows have been running for most folks all year I’m really not expecting too much.  Add to the economy a lack of inventory and some just-lousy weather, my expectations are low.
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Today at the Kettering show I found out how nice it is to have wheels on the tables.  I started with a 10×10 space.  For lack of any better inspiration I set up as a “U”: 2 tables on the left, 2 on the right.  Unfortunately, the way the dog crates have the puzzles angled.you [...]

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This day falls into the “can’t complain” category.  Would have liked to have sold more (you always do), but we did decent I think. Traffic was steady, if light; we had a sale right as things opened up for the day, and one while we were battening everything down for the night.
Other folks I talked [...]

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I’ve repacked the trailer, except for the plastic crates. By moving some stuff around, such as the spare tires, shelves and other things, I’ve opened up the trailer quite a bit.  Pumping up the tires on the tables also makes them much easier to move.  After packing the rest of the animal puzzles in the [...]

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After we got Jenny’s term paper sent off (2 hours to spare!), we left early this morning to get her to work on time.  Needless to say, when I finally got to the house I pretty much crashed and burned.  I did get a couple puzzles cut, some bookmarks blanked-up and cut, and the bases [...]

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I had someone ask about my ideas about doing a first show as a business. I’m not an expert in this, but have done a few shows over the last few years—and dealt with the paperwork afterwards. Here are some thoughts off the top of my head. Disclaimer (with apologies to Dr [...]

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Here are a few booth pictures from todays show.
Here is an overall show of the space.  We were supposed to have a 10′ x 20′ space–there was a mix-up in the layout (18 spaces on our side of the street, but only 17 were marked off.  Oops), but we were able to get a decent [...]

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This was a small, one-day show in a (for Ohio) small city. The local economy here is not great, but not as bad as Wilmington (the pottery/art show a few weeks ago). Despite the way craft shows have been going, we didn’t do too bad.  A little less than last year, but not significantly.
What sold [...]

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It’s tomorrow. Unfortunately, 40% chance of rain starting the same time as the festival is also tomorrow. Not supposed to be much, but that will still dampen the crowd.
Right now I’m re-printing the catalog with the updated puzzles.  I need to add sections on the butterflies and other things, but probably not tonight.
We’ll see what [...]

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I’ve been updating the web sites today.  Something that doesn’t take too much energy while recovering from a bug, and it needs to take place before too many people start hitting it from a business card (I’m thinking a lot about the St Louis dog show this upcoming weekend).  I updated the prices, and added [...]

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