The first, and most important for blogging sake, was the East Texas Fiber Festival that I attended as a vendor last weekend.
A small festival in Lindale, TX, in it's third year, I enjoyed myself. The venue was semi-outdoors, which wasn't ideal, but wasn't awful. I went with the mindset that this was my first outting and that I really just wanted to feel the waters.
As you can see, taking photos without some sort of glare was a challenge, but I was able to snap a few good ones. My setup was pretty basic, with yarn and paintings in the back, art prints on one side and shoe samples on another.
The highlight was supposed to be the shoes, but sadly I didn't take any orders as planned. Several people seemed interested, so maybe this week?
My top seller was actually art prints! Maybe because it was unique among all the yarn vendors, or maybe because people want art for their craft rooms. I just know that at my next show I will be highlighting those a bit more.
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Somehow I managed to walk away with only a couple purchases. A project bag as a gift (not shown), a skein of yarn, and some beads to match my own yarn.
I made lots of new fiber friends as well! The yarn above is from Kimarie's Knit Knacks and the beads are from Gilding Lillies (who specializes in matching beads to yarn). Other new friends included The Ewe Hues (a co-op of several friends who all dye), Four Hens Fibers, McKnittey and DJ's Alpacas. All gave me great feedback and advice for my future in the industry.
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And in other, life important news, and likely to affect my art/knitting time, I wanted to share that I recently got offered a promotion at my school. Previously I was only teaching the secondary classes for art on a part time gig. Well the elementary teacher decided to leave and they offered me her job as well. Starting next week I am officially the ONLY art teacher for the entire school of St. Joseph's and I could not be more thrilled! All my hard work is finally paying off!
And that, my friends, is an excuse to party hard and eat harder on Thanksgiving. I hope you all have a wonderful one (for those who celebrate).
~Lisa
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