A cornucopia of crafts fairs

'Tis the season for fall crafts fairs

Starting the first weekend in November and continuing through Christmas eve, my Realms products will be appearing in the following crafts fairs:

St. James Holiday Bazaar

Saturday,  November 7, 9:00am-3:00pm

910 14th Street (across from Lowell Elementary)

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Bellingham Covenant Church Holiday Bazaar

Saturday, November 14, 9:00am-4:00pm

1530 E. Bakerview Rd.

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Allied Arts Holiday Festival of the Arts 2009

Friday, November 20th through Thursday, December 24th

Open 10am-6pm Wednesday-Sunday (Dec. 24 closing at 3:00pm)

3548 Meridian (formerly Cascade Furniture, across from the Bellingham Country Club)

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Allied Arts Holiday Festival

Allied Arts of Whatcom County

So stoked! I’ve been accepted to Allied Arts’ Holiday Festival, the grandmama of Bellingham’s Christmas fairs. I’m going to have to get busy stocking up. The festival runs for over a month: from November 20th – December 24th. Hot damn.

Coupeville Arts & Crafts Festival

Coupeville festival traffic

What a time! The Coupeville Arts & Crafts Festival was great. I was honored to be among such amazing artists. We couldn’t have ordered up better weather.  The place was packed and the booth location was perfect. Behind us was a picturesque antique store, then the water.

Realms booth

We left three sides of the tent open and put up the new Realms sign that Kev’s cousin Tim had made up for me in back.

I sold out of my new shaving soap!

And, for the first time, I have the feeling that I may just be onto something — something worth pursuing.

Upcoming Coupeville Arts & Crafts Festival

2009 Coupeville Arts & Crafts Festival

Friends and supporters…

Realms products will be making their final appearance of the summer season coming up next weekend at the Coupeville Arts & Crafts festival. This is one of Washington state’s oldest juried  arts and crafts fairs, and I am honored to be appearing for my fisrt time. Realms shaving soap will be making its debut too

I hope to see you there.

Ski to Sea post mortem

Ski to Sea Festival

It was a gloriously sunny day. In fact, it was the first Memorial Day weekend since 1966 that had three consecutive sunny days. I had high hopes, but learned that age old valuable lesson about retail: location, location, location. My booth was down on 10th Street instead of up on the main drag. It was also sandwiched in by pony rides on one end and a jumping cage on the other end. No one knew there were booths inbetween. So, as my fellow 10th St. merchants and I wistfully watched the  the wall-to-wall foot traffic on the street above, the day passed quietly for us. My friends who knew I was going to be there came up to me the next week and said, “Where were you? We looked all over!”

Putting the booth together for the festival

So, needless to say, next year, I hope to be up on 11th Street.

Not all is lost for the summer though, I still have one festival coming up: the Coupeville Arts & Crafts Festival on August 1st and 2nd. Fingers crossed the location is going to be much better.

First Time Vendor at Upcoming Ski to Sea Festival

2009 Ski to Sea Festival

Please do a sun dance for me for the upcoming crafts fair at the end of the Ski to Sea Race in Fairhaven on Sunday, May 24th. I’m going to be one of the vendors at the street fair. I’m just hoping it won’t be a rain out. You never can tell this time of year. Please stop by and see me. There are going to be some special sale items