February 2011

It is already February--wow! I am looking out the window at the snow covered mountains as I write this -- so ready for spring! I have been looking at seed catalogs and online sites planning my garden -- the more I look the more anxious I am getting. I hope to talk the hubs into going to the hardware store to check out a green house kit that a friend told me about.

We did our first show this weekend and didn't get the people out that we expected. The weather was miserable and people were just staying home. We did see some of our regular customers who added to their collection. It is so fun to talk to someone who has several of our pottery pieces and came to the show to add to their collection.

We made four vases thinking that they would be good sellers for the Valentine themed show. We filled the vases with flowers -- and much to our surprise they didn't get much attention. We sold one of the four. Just goes to show that you can never predict what people are in the mood for! We did sell a lot of wine cups -- my personal favorite that we make and we sold some jewelry bowls. It is funny that when we have the jewelry bowls displayed how everyone looks at the jewelry and I have to tell them it is just for display. I wonder if we should start making jewelry?

At the end of the day -- we had a good time, paid for our booth and had a little left over.