Sunday, November 2, 2008

THE SHOW'S OVER ~ ~ ~

The show, "From Our Hands" has come and gone ~ and I survived!!! It was a really good show ~ lots of shoppers and absolutely wonderful folk artists! These are a few shots of my booth ~ I barely got these taken before the doors opened and wish I had the time to take pix of the some of the other booths. We stayed in Columbus Friday night ~ had some wonderful food and a nice pomegranate martini! ~ and had a 6 a.m wake-up call on Saturday. Everyone had to set up Saturday morning so it was quite hectic for one and all to be ready by 10 a.m.

Kathy Wright is the show promoter and does a really nice job of gathering unique folk artists to display and sell their wares. I got to meet fellow blogger, Pam Gracia from "Soft in the Head" (www.softinthehead.blogspot.com) ~ I thought her creations were wonderful on her blog ~ they are stupendous in person! Tammy Speicer of Humble Crow was across from us and she and her sister had a great little booth of their stuffed animals and antiques! Kris Miller of Spruce Ridge Studios (a link to Kris's blog is at the left) also had a booth as well as the Buckeye Rug Hooking group who demonstrated and displayed their wonderful rugs.
As you can see, I incorporate some folk art in my booth as well ~ just odds and ends of primitive things from other artists ~ our rug hooking frames and stands ~ and a few finished hooked pieces.
Thank goodness for Sonny's help ~ I couldn't have loaded, set-up, and manned that booth all day alone. I really needed his help and although, it's not his favorite thing to do, he was a trooper. I even witnessed him selling Hartman hooks and talking about the proddy tools, while I was talking with someone else!!!!! You have no idea what a red-letter day that was!!!!!!!!!

I love to do a good show and aside from selling, one of the benefits is the contacts you make with other rug hookers. I met gals that are blog readers and gals that I email back and forth with ~ people that share the love of rug hooking and the creativity it brings to our lives! It was great day and on the way home, we met our friends Vivian and Lou, for dinner ~ they do the show, too. Lou makes great little primitive shelves and boxes and dry sinks, etc. ~ probably Vivian and I were the only ones who were 'bone tired' or would admit it ~ but it was great way to finish up our day!

So ~ as to not let any grass grow under my feet ~ I am getting ready to leave for Ligonier, Pa. to go hook at Barbara Carroll's for three days ~ I'm meeting a friend by the roadside again (I do a lot of that) at 11:30 this morning and five of us are off to hook and eat for three days!!!!!! What could be better??!! I'll post about that next week when I return! Until, then have a good week!
Alice

8 comments:

Jacque. said...

Hey Alice...your booth looks wonderful! Glad you had a great time. Have fun at your rug camp these next days...will be looking forward to seeing all the photos from that.

JoJo said...

Alice, I hope you have a wonderful time with Barb Carroll....oh, be still, my heart. How I'd love to be able to do something like this!

So glad you and Sonny had a good time at the show. I love, love your booth....I could have spent some serious money there. I love anything related to hooking but also enjoy folk art and antiques.

Have an enjoyable week and I'll miss your postings.

Brenis said...

Oohhh Alice!! Your booth looks FANTASTIC!!!! I love all the baskets full of goodies, and your backdrop for all that wool! It looks just wonderful! I hope you did great - all the work you put into it shows!! :D

Guild of the Golden Quill said...

Hi Alice..... This is Jane Halliwell Green. I wanted to talk to you about your rug. Can you send me your telephone # or e-mail. I am at jane@janehalliwell.com This is about the pictorial rug book. I look forward to hearing from you! Jane

kathy said...

Hello Alice, I stopped by your booth in Columbus on Saturday, you were talking with someone else so I spoke with your husband for just a minute...your booth was beautiful as always! I am the one who called you and asked about your glasses...I found a pair for myself and I love them! Thanks so much! I am delighted to have found your blog and will definitely check in on you regularly! I am not a "hooker" yet, but admire this beautiful craft! Blessings! Kathy

dulcy said...

Hi Alice....wish I could have been there to see your booth! Thanks so much for the nice comments on my blog. I haven't had time to get out into "blog world" and check everyone out in quite awhile. Yours looks fantastic!

dulcy

Anonymous said...

Alice, I have been wondering about your trip to Barb's - she must have worn you out. Hope you had a great time with her. Our group from Dayton is looking forward to a trip to Ligonier in March. Anxious to see what you hooked on while there.
Happy Thanksgiving to you & your family!! Jo

Alice ~ Folk Art Primitives said...

Thanks all of you for your comments ~ as I wrote in tonite's blog, I was out of commission and off line for nearly a week ~ I love reading what you have to say ~ keep coming back!!!
Alice