My Next Show - Less than a week away!

Kathy is my wife's potter friend.  She, Andy, her kids, and her dog, Jelly, make me welcome in their home; she's insisted I join her house show and I am so looking forward to spending time with her and her friends!  Hope you'll come out too.  I know I should be pushing my wife's pottery show up at Icehouse, but she'll understand!

Isn't this exciting!

I finally understand what gets my wife so excited about selling her pottery. Today I got this message from Tennessee:

Just a quick note, I am very excited to use my new brushes today , My husband will help me and I am starting him on the fox brush ,more to be told by evening !!!Thank you Mitch Love them and thank you Su for getting them to us so fast!

I'm getting advice from her pottery friends about salesmanship and presentation of myself (and the brushes) and all the much-needed strokes from near strangers. Of course, the wife is annoyed that I listen to their advice and come home telling her how exciting that advice is.... after she's said the same thing to me only a day or so before. She thinks I don't believe her and only accept (the same) advice from others.... OK, maybe.

I'm two, that's 2, short weeks from my next show!

HOLIDAY BAZAAR AND CRAFT FAIR FUNDRAISER BERGEN COUNTY, NJ

BENEFITING SHELTER OUR PETS
WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE GFWC PASKACK JUNIOR WOMAN’S CLUB!

Saturday, November 16th, 10am-4pm
Woodcliff Lake Senior Center
Tices Corner Marketplace, Woodcliff Lake, NJ

Mark your calendar for a holiday craft fair featuring local artisans selling handmade jewelry, home decor and unique gifts. The event will be held at the Woodcliff Lake Senior Center, located right in the heart of Tice’s Corner Marketplace, Bergen County, NJ.

My first appearance without the wife is at this show.  Don't tell her, but I'm not a big wedding guy and so missing her pal's wedding is a disappointment because I won't be there to escort her, but kind of a relief too.  I'm excited about presenting my brushes to customers at the show without her holding my hand.  I'm really looking forward to this challenge!

Show Announcement - Shelter Our Pets Craft Show

I'm striking out on my own.  The wife will have her work at her Mountainside Pottery Show; note: it's a pottery sale - so - no brushes!  But that's OK because I've been invited to this juried show far closer to home:

Shelter Our Pets Craft Show
Seniors' Center at the Tice's Shopping Center
411 Chestnut Ridge Road, Woodcliffe Lake, NJ
Saturday, November 16, 2013
10AM to 4 PM

I remember when this site was one of the working farms in the area with a "turkey shoot" at Thanksgiving and later I laid the tile in the old barn that became a crafty sort of indoor mall.  Now there's a brand new shopping center with all kinds of stores I never thought would be popular in a farm area.  Guess we're not a farm area anymore!

This is it - my deep cold end of the pool - toss me in, I'm ready to swim!

In case you are curious: Shelter Our Pets is a start-up agency that is looking forward to boarding, at no cost, the pets of families who are homeless, especially due to domestic violence.  They already work with Shelter Our Sisters, the local Domestic Violence agency and were very active with the Emergency  Management office during Super Storm Sandy.  NO one should be faced with giving up family members to get help for the humans in the family - I really believe it's important that  kids who have homeless problems shouldn't also face the loss of their pets.  This is a good show for me.  I'm really looking forward to it!

The Hermitage - Debriefing...

Well, the show is over, people admired (and bought!) my brushes, and August 17 was a beautiful day.  The wife and I had a nice time and we met some great people.  It was a lot of work getting everything set up and she was sure tired and aching the next day, but I was OK.  I think this is interesting and I might even do it again!  Maybe I'm ready to go it alone - we'll see.

Into the Countdown!

Don't tell the wife, but I'm getting into this show mode - I've been working on a display stand for the brushes and I'm trying not to act too excited about day coming up at the Hermitage.  August 17, here we come - 31 days and counting - 4 weeks and my biggest job right now is that inventory that looks like a pain, but I'm going to do it.  I even found a buddy with a tent for us to use, so she doesn't get sunburned if the trees don't  provide the shade we're hoping for!

Show announcement