Ashfield Fall Festival
Another festival come and gone.
I was going to have a booth this year but last Wednesday Z told us he got called into work -- one person quit and another moved to another city. The sugarhouse was shorthanded as well. So I canceled my booth -- it worked out, the artists who would've been my neighbors spread out and were able to display more work.
Not a bad weekend, all things considered. Only 255 cones on Saturday -- the wet weather was definitely a factor in festival attendance. Our sales were down by about 100 from a normal festival Saturday. Sunday was sunny and people did their best to make up for that -- 395 cones, a festival record. Most importantly, we hit the max for donation to the scholarship fund, so we can feel good about that. Bodies need time to recover, of course; that's a whole lot of time on one's feet! I won't be doing much in the way of hand sewing for a day or two either, as my left thumb is sore from putting twist ties on bags.
Oh, and we decided to dress up a bit more for the part this year...Lyle always wears a white button-up shirt and red vest, so I went for a vest as well this year. We both wore our black derbies -- yes, with our vintage machinist goggles on top. Hey, you never know when they might come in handy, with all that cotton candy flying around ;)
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I might make curtains today. That should be mostly machine work. "Just" boring straight lines, but lace material...we'll see what happens.
I was going to have a booth this year but last Wednesday Z told us he got called into work -- one person quit and another moved to another city. The sugarhouse was shorthanded as well. So I canceled my booth -- it worked out, the artists who would've been my neighbors spread out and were able to display more work.
Not a bad weekend, all things considered. Only 255 cones on Saturday -- the wet weather was definitely a factor in festival attendance. Our sales were down by about 100 from a normal festival Saturday. Sunday was sunny and people did their best to make up for that -- 395 cones, a festival record. Most importantly, we hit the max for donation to the scholarship fund, so we can feel good about that. Bodies need time to recover, of course; that's a whole lot of time on one's feet! I won't be doing much in the way of hand sewing for a day or two either, as my left thumb is sore from putting twist ties on bags.
Oh, and we decided to dress up a bit more for the part this year...Lyle always wears a white button-up shirt and red vest, so I went for a vest as well this year. We both wore our black derbies -- yes, with our vintage machinist goggles on top. Hey, you never know when they might come in handy, with all that cotton candy flying around ;)
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I might make curtains today. That should be mostly machine work. "Just" boring straight lines, but lace material...we'll see what happens.