Things you do...

...when a show is slow and you are bored.

• 1. Pretend that everyone who is eating maple cotton candy is really eating cotton quilt batting.

• 2. Pretend that every time someone says "Your jewelry is beautiful!" they are really saying "YOU are beautiful!" And respond accordingly.

• 3. Throw nasty looks at the guy set up across the room from you who is selling mass-produced junk jewelry from China and trying to pass it off as handmade at a juried handcraft show.

• 4. Eat A LOT of sweet, maple flavored things. (It was the Maple Festival, afterall) Even the chili dogs seemed to have a maple-ness about them.

• 5. Realize that you are completely sold out of fancy-pants necklaces and bracelets and have a minor panic attack when you realize that the next batch of shows is only three weeks away.

• 6. Make prank phone calls on your cell to your friend who is set up a few booths down from you. The caller ID kind of gives you away, but it's worth it just to ask "Do you have Prince Albert in a can?"

Yep, I am done with my first show of the year. It wasn't the most spectacular show but it did it's job. I met the goal I had set for myself so I am content with that. And it also helped me to see my inventory and figure out just what I need to make in the next few weeks. I've been an earring-making freak for a while now but I really need to make some necklaces and bracelets. And rings. So I better get busy. Tomorrow. First.... sleeeeeeep.