country living fair ~ columbus 2011 - vendor view

well...i'm back...........

i think i am finally recovered

from the

country living fair

ohio

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and what a trip it was

there is nothing at all that i have ever

been to, that can even compare

i thought i would show you two points of view...

one as a vendor..

and one (somewhat) as a customer

as you can imagine..the show looks

 entirely different

from a vendor's point of view

if i do say so myself,

i was very pleased with how my booth turned out this year..

i went for a larger space and an outside corner...

i wanted to have nice wide aisles for my customers

(just wanted to show you these, i made up special for the show...very time consuming ! but i loved them !!)

old medals, buttons, pearls, charms...

took 6, sold them all !...yeah !

this is (part of) the early bird line.

these girls come with full pocketbooks

and arent afraid to spend

they are on the lookout for the one of a kind items

that sell out by noon on friday !

an hour and a half later.....these are the general lines

  

 they let them in from 3 different directions

look close in the background....

this line is humongous !!

they let up a whoop that you can hear all through the show,

when they let them in !



the booths fill up fast !

the crowds are insane !!!

(in a good way)

you certainly wont hear me complain !!

also, country living invites some great people to vend, talk, display, demonstrate...

i usually dont get away from my booth for long enough to actually see anything,

but i love the show Cash and Cari...

so i HAD to go meet her !!

she was wonderful...

so kind...

here's me talking her ear off !!

and then making her pose with me and

suellyn (my right arm at this show)

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i have to give a shout out to

stella shows

they are the BEST show organizers i have ever

had the pleasure to deal with !!

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to country living magazine staff

for they certainly know what they are doing !

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to my friend suellyn

without whom i could never have made it through !

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and also to the strudel guys

who made sure we didnt go hungry !

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the only downfall is the exhaustion

that comes from all the prep...

then the emotional rollercoaster...

do i have enough?

will my display work?

will they like my stuff?

do i have enough?

will the weather be nice?

will my new helper work out?

do i have enough?

then arriving and having everything turn out perfection !

meeting old friends, making new friends,

visual stimulation at every turn !

more eye candy than you can imagaine

(my next post)

and fiding out you brought enough..

and then realizing you sold everything...

and country living atlanta is less than a month away....

i better get hoppin !!!

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well...that's a vendor view...

a look from the other side tomorrow