We had our once a year craft show over the weekend. It did poorly. No one has the money to spend, or they just don't prefer homemade/handmade anymore. I typically sell out of the dish scrubbies. Not the case this time. Most bought the $1.00 and $2.00 items or didn't buy anything. Until our economy is in better shape I am pretty much out of business. The cost of the space was higher, my cost to buy supplies is higher and it appeared more people were more interested in the china made stuff (jewelry, scentsy and things like that).
I had more people soliciting their business to me, and I saw one woman writing notes after looking at stuff. Possibly getting ideas from my own items to sell herself? Sheesh. I was so greatly disappointed.
It didn't help that it was cold and snowing and there was football to watch at home either. I had Daughter K helping, my husband helped for a bit after he got off work, then Daughter E came out. We packed up an hour early and left. Daughter E helped pack up.
We literally had less customers, and even the person selling the raffle tickets walked right past us. I truly felt invisible. Vendors were all asked to donate a raffle item. Since the raffle ticket person didn't come to our table, I didn't have to stick around for the end either. What a joke of a show.
I came home to a mess of a house, because I focused on getting things in order, priced and extra made. Monday was literally a sweatpants type of day, with cleaning up the house, figuring out a dinner, baking a breakfast and what not.
