Sunday 29 July 2012

tough day at the office

goodbye summer, it was lovely while it lasted (all of a week!) So I'm one craft fair down, two more to go, I worked my fingers to the bone sewing all week, only to sit all day with the other traders, waiting for customers that never came...oh sure we had people through the door, but most of them where men with too much hair gel in their 'ironic 1950's quiff, skinny jeans and ray ban sunnies in a jazzy colour, who seriously would never buy one of my products in a million years! was it the wrong location for a craft fair, Id say!, off in the back streets of Borough,where no one would walk past it, was it the wrong day, well I didn't think so until I got there, first day of the Olympics, central London, decent weather,TFL telling us how crazy busy central London would be and how we Londoners shouldnt be using the tube/buses/travelling at all, their message has worked a treat, tube was empty at 9am, Borough market, I sauntered through with a massive suitcase of stock with ease...it was a tough day, I made £6! and I was one of the better ones, at least I sold something!.  Disappointing and demoralising, all that effort for £6! but its a lesson learnt, choose your craft fairs wisely, be picky, and most of all just chalk it up as 'one of those days'.

2 comments:

  1. Dear Sinead,
    Only £6?! Oh dear. Very sorry to read that.
    Fingers crossed you'll be luckier next time.

    Peter McCarney

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  2. Congrates Pete, you were the first and only :-( person to comment when I reached the 1500 blog hit mark! So you have won yourself a handmade baby Ellie! let me know a colour combo you might like and Il post it to you. Thanks for reading.

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