tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7973188889848358588.post1093214657494390681..comments2024-03-05T08:44:01.854+00:00Comments on mouse notebook: lessons learnedSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08563878298811062442noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7973188889848358588.post-69093765705569576932008-11-20T11:15:00.000+00:002008-11-20T11:15:00.000+00:00Thanks Jane, I will take my crochet next time to a...Thanks Jane, I will take my crochet next time to avoid the grin! Jo, I'm working on the shop today, although I keep procrastinating as it's awfully boring. Don't give up hope!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08563878298811062442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7973188889848358588.post-23217757973717840802008-11-20T09:14:00.000+00:002008-11-20T09:14:00.000+00:00Sue, I'm looking forward to you getting your onlin...Sue, I'm looking forward to you getting your online shop up and running. I'll definitely buy your things as presents, as they're so lovely and such good quality. I admire you for going out there and doing the craft fair (not something I could do.. can't even bring myself to do a car boot), and it seems you learned some valuable lessons, so the experience wasn't a waste of time!Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10680813337238122710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7973188889848358588.post-59359820469638114542008-11-19T20:58:00.000+00:002008-11-19T20:58:00.000+00:00Oh craft fairs can be dire - you can never tell ti...Oh craft fairs can be dire - you can never tell till you get there and often it is the best work that sell worst.<BR/>I now take my knitting - something I can do and talk at the same time; it stops me from getting that "desperate stallholder's" grin but allows me to chat to people (often about the knitting)<BR/>J<BR/>xJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14576982065729973318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7973188889848358588.post-69232601436461325722008-11-19T19:51:00.000+00:002008-11-19T19:51:00.000+00:00Thank you so much for your encouragement. Marie, d...Thank you so much for your encouragement. Marie, don't be sad! I'm not, just thoughtful and curious. As with most countries I guess there are pockets of interest in good taste and I'm not sure the north west of England is one of them... perhaps I need to go a little further afield... Ger, you are so right about people picking things up and then putting them back, it is not good for the blood pressure!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08563878298811062442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7973188889848358588.post-64378217190021337422008-11-19T19:22:00.000+00:002008-11-19T19:22:00.000+00:00A friend, who by following my blog got the (incorr...A friend, who by following my blog got the (incorrect) impression that I must be short from suffocating in quilts etc., urged me lately to go and sell at a craft market. I´d not mind to give it a try one day (and earn an Euro or two...), but there is a whole bundle of (justified) doubts and hesitations - so I read about your experiences with interest. You make wonderful things - perhaps they´re indeed better sold online -at least they won´t get touched before the get bought; I heard quite a few sad tales from sellers and marketgoers about the way people touch everything and put it back, saying: I like it, but it´s too expensive... Good luck to you!gerfileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00261124126907317343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7973188889848358588.post-88995576307816256662008-11-19T18:28:00.000+00:002008-11-19T18:28:00.000+00:00Ohhh I was more than 10 days not online!!! Reading...Ohhh I was more than 10 days not online!!! <BR/>Reading your craft show story makes me feel sad and I can understand you very well!!! I absolutely love the things you make!! Everything is so special, so natural and for me the most importent aspect it is " made with love to make someone else happy"!!!<BR/>And you know what ? I can´t wait to klick on your online shop one day:)) .....Take care and big hugs from DK *Marie**Marie*https://www.blogger.com/profile/14896638390602141045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7973188889848358588.post-7081171492651276092008-11-18T17:16:00.000+00:002008-11-18T17:16:00.000+00:00I’m glad you pushed yourself and did the fair but ...I’m glad you pushed yourself and did the fair but I’m disappointed for you for having to be the pearl among the swine.<BR/>Get your online shops sorted out.<BR/><BR/>Interesting point about the lay out. Height makes perfect sense to me.Gigibirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13171021812450232039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7973188889848358588.post-66287263896872613572008-11-18T15:43:00.000+00:002008-11-18T15:43:00.000+00:00PG - I have always struggled with the word 'craft'...PG - I have always struggled with the word 'craft' and continue to do so despite its trendy reclamation - along with 'nigger' and 'queer' it is now considered hip and cool to craft (it is now apparently a verb as well...)<BR/><BR/>Twenty years ago we called ourselves artists or makers or artist/makers. I rather like 'maker'.<BR/><BR/>Frances - thank you for your kind remarks and for popping in. It is good that in life there is usually a pearl to be found somewhere if we look.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08563878298811062442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7973188889848358588.post-53666276933774933922008-11-18T15:06:00.000+00:002008-11-18T15:06:00.000+00:00Hello from a first time reader. I found your site...Hello from a first time reader. I found your site via pg, and I thank her for sending me on the way here.<BR/><BR/>Your creations are unique, and will find lots of fans.<BR/><BR/>I also have had craft/art fair experiences in the past that led to post-show introspection. One reason I still do visit (though do not participate in) these shows is in the hope that amongst the not-so-wonderful exhibitors, I will suddenly come upon the pearl. And there usually is at least one in the mix.<BR/><BR/>Promise to visit you again.<BR/><BR/>Cheers!Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7973188889848358588.post-75451175390334379352008-11-18T13:24:00.000+00:002008-11-18T13:24:00.000+00:00I have always avoided doing 'real' craft shows for...I have always avoided doing 'real' craft shows for these reasons...I think unless you are going to splash out and go for the really high end shows (way out of my remit at the moment) it's always going to be hit and miss, and there seems to be so much rubbish at them - the word 'craft' seems to be stretched to its limits at the moment. Would be good to see you on Etsy/Folksy...Gretelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00399585879728373265noreply@blogger.com