Success!

I have to call the Salt Fork River Art Festival a success. I made my booth in the first 2 sales, and did fairly well for myself, especially for the first time out. I met some people who were quite enthusiastic about my art, and took a special/custom order. It was exhilarating and terrifying to present things that I'd made to strangers, face to face.

I learned that people are very easily distracted, focusing on the flags I made to draw people over, and missing the art altogether. (That was frustrating!) My displays need work, but considering how much time I had to get that together and the money I had to spend, I think I did OK.

Almost a Commercial Venture

Well, I suppose it's a commercial venture already, because I have sold a few cards already. Now, however, I have the right size bags, and the nicer cards, and the matted prints. I will work on the pendants tomorrow and get them done. I have a website, I have inventory, and I have a primo opportunity this weekend in the form of a good friend who has offered to set up that inventory when she vends at a good-sized event this weekend, up in Wisconsin - the Northern Lights Bellydance Festival (wish I was going...).

So I'm getting Shattered Photos off the ground, and will soon have the things I ordered for the Etsy for Autism and get those listed. The response from friends has been enthusiastically positive. I'm guardedly optimistic. We will see. If things go well this weekend, I'll have a much better idea of the commercial viability of this whole thing.