More Markets!

I figured our "season" had wound down a bit, but it's hard for me to say no to an opportunity to vend. I'm a total introvert, but I love these chances to put ourselves out there and meet the people our cuffs are going home with.  So we'll be at the Grandiversary Block Party at the St. Pete Community Café ---ohmygosh, I love St. Pete!---on the 10th from 3-9 and at Whole Foods Market in Tampa from 5-8 on the 21st for the Local Market Night. And, yes, we did add some lights to our setup, so you can see all the pretties in the dark. 

Still busy pimping the tent---we've been putting together a Bunting of Much Fabulousness, and I'm smack in the middle of a new banner.  (Regulation size for the big markets---like Seminole Heights and St. Pete Indie, if anybody's looking for hints as to where we may pop up in the next few months...) Using my old standby, the trusty drop cloth, for both projects, and I have this to offer:  New drop cloths smell like socks.  Not new socks.  Ugh.

Lots of other stuff going on---still futzing around with the blog, obviously, and working on a new line that we hope hope hope to debut (gulp) next week!

The Display Dilemma

So, I've been looking to add height and color to our display within my usual guidelines: cheap, upcycled, and DIY.  Which had me heading to the thrift shop this afternoon in search of a few odds and ends: 2 45s, 4 candlesticks, and a few small dishes to hold my cards and some sets of cuffs I'd like to highlight. I found a pair of candlesticks, which now need painting.

 Not a single piece of vinyl in the store, so I may need to rethink the 45s.  And I snagged a small, crystal-esque soap dish that will do nicely for card-holding purposes.

 My weekly Restore Raid yielded a giant cabinet door (from the free pile!) which was summarily loaded into my trunk before I got a chance to think about exactly why I needed it.  I go with my gut on these things, people.  After a bit of rumination, I spray-painted the door a cheery cranberry color, and decided to make it our pendant display.  I'm hoping the pop of color will work with the existing display. (We'll find out for sure on Saturday at the TBEC event.)

 

The next order of busy-ness is figuring out how to card and display our new bottlecap magnets.  Upcycled from security envelopes, vintage books, and comics, they're a fun little addition to the booth that probably won't make it into the Etsy shop.  I'm playing around with a bunch of different ideas, but I'm looking for something that's low-labor.

The pendant cards are a pain in the hind-end to make.  Luckily, I'm in love with them, so they'll get made in spite of the fact that they're a great, big, ginormous bother.