Garrison Riverside Craft Fair 2015

It is the most beautiful venue that I participate in. The Hudson River is one of the most majestic rivers in the world.

My booth never looks the same from fair to fair, but this setup is by far the prettiest setup for my booth yet!

The customers were a delight, very engaging and interesting to meet and talk to. My vendor neighbors were all sweet and fun to spend time with.

The weather, although sunny with no rain, was horribly hot, humid and  miserable! Lots of ice, water, wet towels and my latest obsession; cold brewed iced coffee!!!

The Christmas Market in Chantilly, VA

 A major push to finish many projects...

 I looked like a hurricane blew through my studio!

 Everything did get packed securely.

 The beltway traffic around DC was horrible!!!

It was a lovely three days, I met some fantastic people

and I miss them already!

This Year At the Fair!

 

I have had a whirlwind of a week! Actually The past three weeks have been so busy with preparation for this years Country Living Show in Rhinebeck, NY 

After all the creating (which is the fun part) comes all the packing. Boxes and boxes

stacked and ready.

I think that my booth looked really great this year. 

My husband assembled piping for me to

hold my walls up with. Since these spaces are very generous spaces, he was able

 to adapt to the correct size.

 

We are in the barns up on what they call livestock hill. They are very open

and airy. Filled with sawdust it is a very rustic look.

I met some very lovely people from all over the United States, Canada, England and some visitors from 

Australia! 

Friday and Saturday were beautiful but the heat came in on Sunday

and we all were melting. 

I felt so good to get home and put my feet up :)

Happy Belated New Year!

I have had a super busy autumn and Christmas season...

Four craft fairs between Thanksgiving and Christmas..at this one pictured, the person next to me didn't show so I got lucky and was able to expand into that booth. We tried a new booth design that we will never use again but it was adaptable! I learned that I will only do one this year in that time frame.

Then it was Gingerbread Sunday! I was blessed with more nieces attending this year and my godson! I love this special time to spend with my family.

Decorating got done....not as much as I usually do but it was just enough to be festive. I love this hand carved and painted Santa that my son purchased for me in Moskow. And I just had to show a picture of my rosette ornament on the tree, it shows up so well against the dark green pine needles.

A Happy Belated New Year to all from Rocky and Thomas and me!

Pictures of My booth at the Country Living Fair

I am constantly tweaking my booth layout. It also needs to be very adaptable and I am trying to figure this out. This spot was a 10x10 spot that actually ended up being 10x14. Not that I am complaining about the extra room, but thankfully my lovely neighbor Julia had very nice sheer curtain/ burlap walls.

 



This corner is a better organized one, so I am trying to come up with a pipe and drape system that will (a)fit in my car, (b) look really nice, and (c) not cost too much money ;)

 

But I must say that I love, love, love my flag sign!