Show Report

Despite the name of the town being 'Snowflake', it was pretty hot at the show this weekend! I knew it would work to our advantage, though, you could smell the soaps from all over.

Friday was a bit slow, but we managed to keep a good pace throughout the day. There just weren't too many people out; it seemed as if there were as many vendors as shoppers! Still, tough, like I said, we made good headway towards our weekend goal.

Saturday, we watched the parade from the booth (which was awesome!) and then when the last float went past, the floodgates opened and there were people shopping everywhere!

My SIL and I had a great time chatting and meeting lots of people from all around the state. (In the pictures, my SIL is the brunette and I am the blond). Around lunchtime, we met our goal and so the rest of the day was just icing! In the end, we managed to pull off boothX5. Considering after talking with other vendors there who didn't sell a thing all weekend, I was pretty happy overall. DD was ecstatic about selling all but 2 of her lavender sachets that she handstiched, and saved every penny she earned to buy a horse necklace charm from the booth next to us. I didn't point out to her she lacked a necklace to put it on....

The crowd's favorite soaps from the show: Castaway, Bayside, Oatmeal Milk and Honey, Serenity, Sandalwood Vanilla Spa Sticks, Pink Sugar Wafer, Grass Stained Blue Jeans and Cold Hard Steel, just to name a few. Really, though, they all did well!

The soap barn DH built for me did great, as well. It brought the soaps up to a nice height for touching and smelling (which people were very excited to do!) and it was easy to keep them organized. We stored all the 'spare parts' inside it, out of sight. I love the set up we have settled on, it gives people lots of room to walk around, and in a small space we are able to stock several hundred bars at a time. I much prefer it to the folding tables and table cloths I see so often.

So, all in all, a wonderful weekend! I owe a bunch to my SIL for helping out, and of course my DH and BIL who took over for an hour so we could have a lunch break. Maybe we should have let them manage the rest of the day, though, seeing as how they sold 19 bars in that hour. ;)