Weekend finds (a bit late)

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A bit late posting these weekend finds but I've been so busy! In a few days we'll be going to Poros, a greek island, to take part in a summer bazaar there. So I thought I'd do a weekend finds with some of the other etsy sellers taking part. There is a facebook event with more info about the place, the participants and the workshops, you can see it here.
Hope to see you there :-)
xoxo
Alex

Still tired

The bazaar has ended and I've been slowly cleaning my workspace, which I left in a completely chaotic state. It's been a three day cleaning fest but I'm finally done and the space looks so pretty.
Now for the bazaar: We didn't really sell as much as I had hoped, we did cover our expenses (thankfully the participating fee was not high) and had a good profit but we sold a lot fewer things than I had anticipated. Another thing that bothered me was the reaction of a lot of people visiting the fair, they would walk by without asking any questions or even taking a business card from us or the other sellers. I don't know maybe it's the difficult economic state, I did expect that to be a negative factor. Still, I consider it a positive experience, we got to meet many other lovely artists and gained valuable experience for the next one!
I haven't started working on anything new yet, I have a lot of new jewelry to photograph and list in the shop. I started by listing a necklace and these earrings, I just love the green color combination. I was a bit surprised (and sad) that nobody bought them, I thought they are perfect for summer! Oh well, that just goes to show you can never tell what other people will like!
Have a great day!

Our booth

Getting ready for the summer bazaar and I took the advice of Kim from ViltalaKim, who suggested I do a test set up, photograph it and print it so that I know where to put everything when I set up the table at the bazaar. It really is a super idea (thank you Kim!) not only because it will save me time but also because I can see now the improvements I need to make to my set up: I'm going to paint the two newspaper covered boxes white, I know it's a lot of white but our stuff is so colorful and the white really makes color pop. The little white box where I put the bracelets has to go, it blocks the view for our name sign. And finally I REALLY have to finish the last two silk necklaces, time is running out and I've got lots more work to do!
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Lists and fishes

I've been neglecting the blog but I have a good reason for that. At the beginning of June, the first weekend actually, we'll be taking part in a bazaar. It will take place in the center of Athens, in a cafe/bar at a very popular location. So it's been a super busy time, I've been making lists of things to make, things to take with me, things I need for the set up of our table. Endless lists where I cross one thing out and then remember to add a couple more!
Still I've been updating our flickr page with some of our new stuff, just a little sample of what we've been working on. The photos above are necklaces from air drying clay, five fish necklaces I finished yesterday, each one different from the other! These two are the orange and purple fish, there are also a blue, turquoise and green fish necklace!
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