Back then, when I was in college, I was a theatre student. Every time we had a student-directed show, we used to get together with the teachers and our other mentors right after. We get together so we could analyze how the event went from start until end. This is what we called a postmortem. Let me do something similar right now with the craft fair that I attended.

In a nutshell, the craft fair wasn’t a huge success, but it wasn’t a disappointing endeavor either. I’ve only done this once before; the initial one was where I learned to do all the preparatory work, all the set up, how to sell my crafts and stuff like that. In actuality, I don’t really see it as selling, but as chatting with people and telling them a little bit about what I do.

I guess it has something to do with how unfamiliar people are with my craftwork. You see, not a lot of people truly understand what chain mail is. So I set up a mannequin warrior, complete with eyelashes, with the outfit, and many people were drawn to my booth and began a conversation.

Sales were slow, though, so I decided to weave a new dice bag for myself. People were fascinated with the weave that I used, and started inquiring about that. I also decided to take out the DIY Necklace Kits: In the end, I was able to make decent sales with the necklaces and the dice bags, too. Sadly, the chain mail idea never truly picked up. I should have known that it wouldn’t pick up in that particular show.

A guy dressed as a pirate approached me at one point in the show; he said he was there making balloons for the kids. He gave me a heads-up for a position at an upcoming local pirate festival. A fellow vendor also invited me at a fair hosted by a coffee shop outside town. I think I’ll make some good money at the pirate festival, but I may have to pass on the coffee shop thing. That one’s just too far away.