Category — All About Polymer Clay

It’s been a long Spring. With the popularity of my Obama Jewelry and the rush to get new items out for the first show, I’ve been crazy busy. I have to admit that I’ve been very preoccupied with the Democratic Primaries as well, at least I had the sense to turn off the TV several years ago, now my obsession is limited to some of the finest writers and blogs on the internet. I check in with Andrew Sullivan, TPM, and the Huffington Post at least once a day, oh yea I can’t forget The Field with the ever prescient Al Giordiano.

We had our first show in Groveport this year, they put on a great show if you’re an artist, tending to your every need, providing water, coffee and pastries and nice clear streets so that virtually everyone can pull their vehicles up and load/unload without waiting. Last year the crowd was thin and so this year I wasn’t sure what to expect, the economy is ever-present on my mind and I was a bit concerned. Groveport turned OUT for this event! We had a beautiful day of temps in the 60’s with a light wind, it was chilly in the morning but always warm in the the sun. My sales were up from last year too !

In preparation for the shows this year I have to admit that we did some recession proofing of our business. Off came some higher prices, we lowered our prices by several dollars on just about everything. I know this can be risky as far as the bottom line goes, however we felt we just had to offer some relief for our customers. Turns out this was a great idea and I felt good about the business at the end of the day too. Jonny made some new display panels and as always she did a spectacular job. I’ll take some pics and post them when we’re at YellowSprings in two weeks. She is amazing. I know if we had the time she could make and sell these to other artists, they’re beautiful and perfectly functional. You wouldn’t believe how difficult it can be to find good functional displays for your booth.

Oh yea, Jonny just reminded me I won 2nd place for 3-d art!!!!! The prize was a check for $100, I couldn’t have been more surprised!

I’ve put together a schedule of my Summer shows for 2008 here.

All in all Groveport was a great day