setting up; sitting down for wholesale

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the booth -- better picture to come tomorrow. Doesn't my new sign look great?

Well, the booth was set up over the course of Monday and Tuesday.  I spent Monday  night making a "pole condom"  (thanks to the artist who told me this name; it's forever stuck in my mind for better or worse).  It's a covering for the corner pole required to ensure the new configuration of a corner booth didn't fall down.  And, because I had to do a full square of  header so I could put up my lights, I made pretty little valances to hid the metal poles running across the top of the booth.  I thank my 8th grade home economics teachers for teaching me how to stitch straight and my grandmother for the vision to find ways to use minimal tools to create beauty.

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Now, Wednesday and Thursday (today and tomorrow) are wholesale days.  Buyers, generally unused to bead art jewelry, don't seem entirely sure what to make of my jewelry.  As in the past, a little demonstration helps.  [It also helps keep me awake! The traffic is slow in the extreme, but I was warned it might be!]  I'm not expecting much by way of wholesale, but the contacts, particularly for my Judaica work, should well be invaluable!  

Sana, my "buddy" (a long-time exhibitor paired with me to act as a mentor and advisor) has been fabulous -- as has her husband.  They've provided me with invaluable advice and sent folks in my direction who might have an interest in the quirky work that I do.  In fact, most of the folks in my environs have been wonderfully helpful to this newbie!
Gotta go put my tootsies up -- perhaps a nice warm bath will be a good thing.  Just thinking about it makes me feel warm and cosy!
Later, y'all.