My F.C.F.- Part four: Day three, Neighbors, Bun Bun, etc.(4 of 4)

On Sunday I think I started to calm down and think about making a list of things to remember to do.  Such as... Maybe asking for pictures. Personalizing my bags.(Decided to do this on the second day.) Taking orders (For the first two days I had forgotten I had printed some order forms.) Changing my table layout.  

Neighbors

Julitsa in the Nilma Hunter Creations booth.

There were many vendors around me.  I mainly spoke with the ones adjacent to me.  Next time I will have to wander a bit more out of my pond.  The booth on my right was Nilma Hunter Creations,  Julitsa, Nilma and Kaleimaeole sell jewelry and paintings.  If you click on their names it will lead you to their websites/ products.  Julitsa's painting is located on Nilma's site, scroll down to the bottom of the page I linked to her name to see her paintings. 

Julitsa

Julitsa was dressed as Audrey Have-a-burn(Hepburn) I got a great picture of her. On Saturday she was wearing a white dress and a veil.  

Allen

On the other side of me was Eiselin Imports, Allen sells curtains, table runners, photo albums, etc.  The curtains are cotton in a linen weave.  I thought it was linen when I first saw it.  But the feel is definitely cotton.  The loops are velcro, but the decorative buttons make it seem like they are buttoned on to the curtain rod.

On the last day Shabri of Hawaii, Inc. gifted Kent and I with some cookies.  I opened the chocolate chip one yesterday.  It has large chunks of chocolate and macadamia nuts.  Without realizing it I had three of them.  I had to store them away or I would have ate the whole bag!

Bun Bun

There were color request for the bunny.  One in black(Soot) and the other in brown(Chocolate.)

Soot

I rather not refer to the hats by color(i.e. black, brown, etc.)  So I am going to try to name them all.  This might get confusing,  I will have to just test it and see.

Chocolate

I was going to name the brown one Coffee but it reminded me of a chocolate bunny.  Which made me think of how people like to start by breaking off the head or ear, of those chocolate bunnies at easter, to nibble on.  Maybe I should name it Nibbles.  

This is the last of my long posts about my first craft fair.  I am sure I will alway remember it. 

My F.C.F.- Part three: Day two and more(3 of 4)

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I forgot to mention that the last item I sold on day one was a Jack.

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There were so many more things that happened on the second day.  The first day was open to shoppers for four hours.  The second was ten hours of shopping time.  I did think ten hours sounded like a long time.  But until that day progressed I did not realize how long it really could be.

Kent and I

Black Cat in London

My hat will be visiting London!  I find this to be quite amazing.  A young lady came to my pond looking for something warm to wear for a London trip. She decided on a black cat with ear flaps.   If you are out there reading this, could you please send me picture of yourself in London with your Little frog hat?  Have a safe and fun trip!!

Friends and Family- Thank you for all your support and encouragement.

Me(San) on Day one

Days 1-3

Matt and Dean were in booth 221 selling their merchandise.  Matt sells DVDs, games, game accessories, etc.  Dean has cards and other collectables.

Diana came by all three days to keep me company in my booth so I would not be alone.  She brought her son Sean on day two.  He was helpful in modeling my hats for those people that were not sure about a child's hat size.  Sean is almost five but I think his head is on the larger side.

Kent was at the fair for the majority of the time.  On Friday I sent him to pick up my camera and a couple thing I had forgotten.  Saturday was the e-waste recycle at UHM campus.  Where he was able to safely dispose of a computer monitor and a few old UPSs.  I am not sure if he had an okay time or not.  I appreciate his support in my venture.  He helped keep my tables in order.  He also sold one hat on the last day, while I was walking around looking at the other booths. 

Day 2

Jon came for a short bit.

Val stopped in for a chat and she did some shopping.

Kent's parents came by and insisted on paying for a hat. (frown)  I hope Kent's niece enjoys the frog hat.

Last visitor on Saturday was Mom.  He snuck in to the craft fair.  The picture above of Kent and I was taken by Mom with his phone's camera. (There is no 'mom' in his name, Mom is just a nickname that I gave him.)

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Second to last hat sold for day two was a Jack!

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Day 3

We saw Mark, Erica and Allen(I think that is his name, Mark's roommate) walking around the craft fair.  They probably came to visit Matt.  Mark was wearing one of Matt's badges.  They were in their nursing scrubs so maybe they were on their way to work.

Gina(Dean's wife) came to look at my booth.  The night before at dinner she was asking me about the craft fair.  She thought I was sharing a booth with Matt and Dean.  When I told her I had my own booth she was surprised because she had walked around and had not seen me.

Roni and wife(Kim) showed up while I was taking an order so they came a back few minutes later.  Another Little frog- frog owner!  Kim ordered a frog.

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No Jack was sold on Day 3.  But I think that was okay since the Jack original owner came by.

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My F.C.F.- Part two: The Booth and First day(2 of 4)

I would like to start the day out by thanking everyone that has become a Little frog hat owner, as well as the soon to be owners.  I am working on completing those hats as soon as possible. 

The Pond

The Booth

I had no idea of how long it would take me to set up so I arrived around 3:00 pm.  Set up time started at noon, but I was still sewing and running around preparing for the show.  I think it took me less than 30 minutes to do my table set up.  So I sat there till 5:00 pm (when the show started) sewing bunny ears.

I really wanted to have a bright light green table cover,  but as life is you do not always get what you want.  The fabric store did not have enough of the light green for me to cover two tables.  So I went with a light blue.  The length was about four yards short of what I would have liked. Which made me decide to also get the dark green.   It took me about half the day to make my table covers and pads.  And in the end it all came together,  because I think I created something that I liked more.  I got a pond like effect.  My hats sit on green lily pads on a pool of blue.

First Day

The first hat to sell was a black cat.  I really should have gotten a picture.  I wished I has taken pictures of the people buying hats or asked people to send in pictures.  This is something I will do for the next fair I am at.

Another person that made an impression on me was a nurse that bought a pink cat hat.  She told me about her costume she wore last year.  She had seen a T-shirt at the San Deigo Zoo of a Zebra painting all the animals with black and white stripes.  But the Giraffe was too tall to have his neck and head painted.  So she had on her scrub as her shirt and wore a giraffe head, with a zebra striped skirt and black leggings.  I wish I could have seen it.

What I enjoyed the most is how my booth made people smile, laugh,  or chuckle.  Some people as they walked by and smiled said 'cute.'  

I think I need to make a new sign,  since many of the people seemed surprised when I said I sew all of the hats myself.  Yes, it is a bit crazy that I sew so much. 

My First Craft Fair- Part one(1 of 4)

San's Little Frog

Here I am at my first craft fair.  Kent took this picture right after I set my tables up. I am going to blog about the craft fair over the next few days because today was the last day of three, and I am sooooooo tired. I think it was more than twenty- three hours of craft fair in the last three days.

I had funny watching the people walk by and smile, point, or tap a friend.  I also met some really nice people.  Some friends also came by to see my booth.  Tomorrow I will write more about it. 

 

White

It has been all things white for a while now.   I made some white cats, which I will be calling Snow kitty.  

Snow kitty

One  with just a folded band and the other with ear flaps.  Anything without long floppy ears gets made in the two different band types.  

 Snow kitty

Also, finally decided on the final look of the ghost cap.  My sister sent me a picture of the ghost beanie she made to wear last Halloween.  I changed it a bit.  Took me a while to get the look of the hands to be smaller than the one my sister made.  I am still not happy with the way it looks.

When my sister was here, I showed her my work in progress.  All she said was "that's scary, that's not cute."  My response was, "I do not make cute."  So I changed the eyes and mouth to look more friendly, like the one she made.

  Boo

Below is the one my sister made.  Which I guess you could say is more cute.  It has a cartoonish look to it.  Fluffy... almost marshmallow like.  

Ghost beanie