Getting Ready for SAT & SUN

Mom and I are going down to St. Armand's this afternoon to set up the tent for tomorrow's fair. I'm hoping that the weather holds over the weekend. Reports said a 40% chance of rain on Saturday. Fingers are crossed!

St. Armand's Circle Show June 12th and 13th

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Dear Crafter:
American Craft Endeavors warmly extends congratulations on your acceptance to the 9th Annual St Armands Craft Festival. We are happy to include your fine work in our festival and will support all efforts to ensure a successful show.Show Date: June 12th & 13th, 2010"

HOW EXCITING IS THIS???

First Fair!!

The application is in the mail for Reidsema Design's first craft fair. The dates are June 12th and 13th at the lovely St. Armand's Circle in Sarasota. Fingers crossed!

Scarf Booth Poll

Pic A
Pic B
Pic C
Pic D
Please take the poll and choose which you think is the best photo!

Thwarted Once Again

Just when I thought it was safe to set up the tent again. It's supposed to rain for several days. Will post the final result pics when I am able. In the meantime, I have just completed another lovely batch of scarves that you can view at www.reidsemadesign.etsy.com .

Get Up and Do It Again

I found out yesterday that one of the Art Fair promoters who will remain nameless, will not accept a booth with two mediums (uggh)! The all mighty judges have spoken and I must recreate the booth twice more, making each a separate medium (because we all know that an artist couldn't possibly be capable of doing more than one thing...yeah right...who put the little minds in charge?). Unfortunately, I'll be setting up the tent again next weekend for another shoot. Will post the pics when they are finished.

On a happier note, I dyed several scarves this morning and am in the creative mode today. Feels good!

The Summer Wind

Well, the wind was just nuts again and made it very difficult to set up. We waited until the last minute to put the side walls up, as the panels act like parachutes and threaten to to take off at any minute. I think we got a couple of good shots in? Hopefully!

Sneak Peak

Mom and I fussed and fussed to get the cases presentable for tomorrow's big shoot. Here is a sneak peak(remember this is just the preliminary on the cases)!

Getting The Craft Booth Ready!

I know this is an odd first post...but here goes. Today I'm getting the display cases ready for the BIG photo shoot tomorrow. The process of getting your booth shots to apply to a fair is quite involved and labor intensive. My amazing mom will be here later on to help set up the displays and give much needed input. She's the voice of experience when it comes to craft fairs and jewelry display. Will try to find the picture of her designing my grandparent's store (Jewelry by Schreur) on St. Armands Key in the 1970s and post it. She was wearing a hot mini dress that I think she actually made herself.