![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Spring Garden Festival
Mar. 26th, 2012 09:23 amFriday Afternoon:
About 14:30, we loaded the truck with the Booth gear. Included easy-erect First Up ® pavilion, inclement weather walls (Easy-Up ® so different company from the roof & frame which occasionally makes me wonder), two folding tables, two folding chairs, the tote crate with the art walls, PVC support tubes for the art walls, four weight bags and straps, four dog screw tie-downs, and two banners one for Studio 318 and one for Kuma's Playpen Ranch. Also one blue cube cooler. Set-up took about two hours including travel time to and from. We put the pavilion up and applied the tie-down straps using the dog screws, it being an outdoor show. Then the art walls which required fussing a bit with the tie-down straps, and lastly the inclement weather walls.
These are designed to zip together at the corners of the pavilion, only we couldn't do that because of the tie-down straps and the way we applied them, to the outside. I think I shall want to play with these a bit, see if there is a way to set them up so that they can zip down. However, I'm not majorly worried about that just now. Overall, this worked, even in the face of inclement weather that included rain and wind. The specific location assigned us at Kanapaha Botanical Gardens is fairly sheltered from the wind, so that helped. And while it did rain, not so much to hazard the roof. More on that as the story progresses.
Last bit of setup before we left involved hanging the Kuma's Playpen banner outside of the west wall. Must be honest with myself, don't recall if we hung the Studio 318 banner or I waited to do that next morning. The two tables we set in a T shape, with a walking space between them, the theory being people could walk in and around the front table, looking at the artwork hanging or the jewelry set out, and then at the matted pieces. Or vice-versa. We briefly discussed dropping the pavilion roof to half-height (rain in the forecast) and opted not to do so, based on the site description above.
( Saturday Morning And Now It Gets Long... )
( Saturday, Gates Open )
( Sunday )
The Business Side:
Frankly, a bust. We didn't sell a single item.
We did, however, gain the experience and the knowledge that our plans for inclement weather work, the packing works, the setup works to support the weight, and the display looks good to start. We will want to start studying the tune-up for individual shows, something else that comes with experience. Additionally, today at Tioga we are supposed to deliver a print to someone who's been looking at this specific print, as a matted purchase, and might of bought it yesterday except... I'd put the only currently in inventory copy into one of the frames.
Mind you, it looks Really Good in that frame. I'll put it out today and put it back into a sleeve, as we promised to do that.
Also, I've a potential portrait session out of the weekend. The potential is fairly strong, as one of the two parties already tagged me via electronic communication.
If it were not a local show, meaning minimal petrol expense, no housing expenses since we slept at home, then I'd be disappointed. As is, I consider the booth fee to be 'tuition' of a sort for the process of learning, verifying setup, planning, appearance, and such. Yet it remains, we didn't sell a single item, and so we are down the booth fee for the weekend.
Excerpts from Texts:
(Saturday)
Me: Here early enough is a line of vehicles out onto Archer Rd!
Herself: Oh my!! Everyone wanting to get in early to make sure things are okay after the evening storms
Me: Yup or just to finish setup.
Herself: So you have a 15-20 minute wait
Me: Looks like. Am in line. Thinking oh I did ask myself brink something to read? Line started moving 06:50 am now off Archer Rd in line
Me: Thx Pavilion in good shape. 2 carry in trips. Walls up now ready to set up.
Herself: How wet is the spot?
Me: Not. Damp. Setup takes longer hanging 14 frames. Finished 20 min after Open
Herself: At least you can leave the hooks in for tomorrows set up
Me: Yes
Herself: Were there many people in the gate? Or were you all set up before you say the first of the lookers?
Me: Set up before lookers, some walking by not a lot. Crowd much bigger now
Herself: Last call! Getting ready to leave
Me: Can't think of anything
Herself: Make the calendar April 14-15, Santa Fe Art Show and the Santa Fe Zoo open house
Me OK.
(Sunday)
Me: Booth OK walls & roof wet. Some water accumulation front. Front walls at least set up clean off & dry tomorrow. All walls shook off. Sides & back still down to dry. Setup mostly done. Fine tuning only.
Herself: Glad to here the little pavilion held up! I looked at that yesterday that we may have some water/wet in or in front of booth looking at the ground
Me: A bit, yes. Still can see the wet-dry demarcation line.
Herself: Main gate open Squirl felt it was an open invite for a face to face with the dogs across the street! He did come when called
Me: Good. Sorry. Left it open when I doubled back.
Me: Going to be a better day. The Morris Dancers are here!
Herself: Cool
About 14:30, we loaded the truck with the Booth gear. Included easy-erect First Up ® pavilion, inclement weather walls (Easy-Up ® so different company from the roof & frame which occasionally makes me wonder), two folding tables, two folding chairs, the tote crate with the art walls, PVC support tubes for the art walls, four weight bags and straps, four dog screw tie-downs, and two banners one for Studio 318 and one for Kuma's Playpen Ranch. Also one blue cube cooler. Set-up took about two hours including travel time to and from. We put the pavilion up and applied the tie-down straps using the dog screws, it being an outdoor show. Then the art walls which required fussing a bit with the tie-down straps, and lastly the inclement weather walls.
These are designed to zip together at the corners of the pavilion, only we couldn't do that because of the tie-down straps and the way we applied them, to the outside. I think I shall want to play with these a bit, see if there is a way to set them up so that they can zip down. However, I'm not majorly worried about that just now. Overall, this worked, even in the face of inclement weather that included rain and wind. The specific location assigned us at Kanapaha Botanical Gardens is fairly sheltered from the wind, so that helped. And while it did rain, not so much to hazard the roof. More on that as the story progresses.
Last bit of setup before we left involved hanging the Kuma's Playpen banner outside of the west wall. Must be honest with myself, don't recall if we hung the Studio 318 banner or I waited to do that next morning. The two tables we set in a T shape, with a walking space between them, the theory being people could walk in and around the front table, looking at the artwork hanging or the jewelry set out, and then at the matted pieces. Or vice-versa. We briefly discussed dropping the pavilion roof to half-height (rain in the forecast) and opted not to do so, based on the site description above.
( Saturday Morning And Now It Gets Long... )
( Saturday, Gates Open )
( Sunday )
The Business Side:
Frankly, a bust. We didn't sell a single item.
We did, however, gain the experience and the knowledge that our plans for inclement weather work, the packing works, the setup works to support the weight, and the display looks good to start. We will want to start studying the tune-up for individual shows, something else that comes with experience. Additionally, today at Tioga we are supposed to deliver a print to someone who's been looking at this specific print, as a matted purchase, and might of bought it yesterday except... I'd put the only currently in inventory copy into one of the frames.
Mind you, it looks Really Good in that frame. I'll put it out today and put it back into a sleeve, as we promised to do that.
Also, I've a potential portrait session out of the weekend. The potential is fairly strong, as one of the two parties already tagged me via electronic communication.
If it were not a local show, meaning minimal petrol expense, no housing expenses since we slept at home, then I'd be disappointed. As is, I consider the booth fee to be 'tuition' of a sort for the process of learning, verifying setup, planning, appearance, and such. Yet it remains, we didn't sell a single item, and so we are down the booth fee for the weekend.
Excerpts from Texts:
(Saturday)
Me: Here early enough is a line of vehicles out onto Archer Rd!
Herself: Oh my!! Everyone wanting to get in early to make sure things are okay after the evening storms
Me: Yup or just to finish setup.
Herself: So you have a 15-20 minute wait
Me: Looks like. Am in line. Thinking oh I did ask myself brink something to read? Line started moving 06:50 am now off Archer Rd in line
Me: Thx Pavilion in good shape. 2 carry in trips. Walls up now ready to set up.
Herself: How wet is the spot?
Me: Not. Damp. Setup takes longer hanging 14 frames. Finished 20 min after Open
Herself: At least you can leave the hooks in for tomorrows set up
Me: Yes
Herself: Were there many people in the gate? Or were you all set up before you say the first of the lookers?
Me: Set up before lookers, some walking by not a lot. Crowd much bigger now
Herself: Last call! Getting ready to leave
Me: Can't think of anything
Herself: Make the calendar April 14-15, Santa Fe Art Show and the Santa Fe Zoo open house
Me OK.
(Sunday)
Me: Booth OK walls & roof wet. Some water accumulation front. Front walls at least set up clean off & dry tomorrow. All walls shook off. Sides & back still down to dry. Setup mostly done. Fine tuning only.
Herself: Glad to here the little pavilion held up! I looked at that yesterday that we may have some water/wet in or in front of booth looking at the ground
Me: A bit, yes. Still can see the wet-dry demarcation line.
Herself: Main gate open Squirl felt it was an open invite for a face to face with the dogs across the street! He did come when called
Me: Good. Sorry. Left it open when I doubled back.
Me: Going to be a better day. The Morris Dancers are here!
Herself: Cool
