And what else is new. I have great plans, and of course they tend to fall by the wayside. So right now I am getting ready for the first of my fall craft shows coming up August 31st. Dreading the heat, but looking forward to getting a idea of what people are looking for this season.
Trend reports can be helpful, but lets face it, trends vary depending upon where you live, the median income of the people in the area you live in, and even the time of the year. Right now I expect I will be selling a lot of stuff in school colors, since school has just started and kids will want to show their school spirit. But there will no doubt be a lot of people asking for things I either don't have, or don't make. But this is one of my cheaper shows, and always a good indication of what I need to focus on for the rest of the fall season.
I am also trying my hand at loom knitting. I finally broke out that set of knifty knitter looms that had been languishing in the very back of the closet in my craft room. I have to admit, it wasn't that hard to do a simple hat on it. So I may have to play around with some more patterns. Knitted hats always seem to sell faster than crocheted ones, while crocheted headbands out perform knI itted ones, go figure. It takes me over a week to knit a hat on regular knitting needles, with the knitting loom I finished my first hat in about 2 hours, while binge watching the Librarians on tv.
I will try to remember to come back and post pictures of my booth either the Sunday or Monday after the show. (But please don't hold me to that LOL)
That's it for now. If anyone is in the Visalia, California area, near Church and Main Street, on August 31, 2019 between 10 and 4 come out and shop the show. If you find my booth (I have a large framd banner with my name Sharon Griffin, The Sassy Crafter on it) stop in and say hi. Mention you saw my blog post, and you'll get a small gift.
