The first day of the show was quite slow. I'm sure that a lot of people were working on Friday and also the weather may have kept people away. My cute grandchildren, four-year old Charity and six-year old Dallin, had a wonderful time in the Kids Craft area. They may have even enjoyed it more than the Craft Discovery Museum or the beach.
LeeAnn and I enjoyed meeting crafters and showing them our clear acrylic mounts and mounting system. We gave away hundreds of idea books featuring Azadi's wonderful stamps. We feel so thankful to have the unmounted rights to these timeless images. We found that most of the new generation had never even heard of this amazing artist, who's art was the inspiration for many a company. We also noticed how many of the people at this event did not stamp. Because we only had a small space (8 foot table), we were unable to teach them the wonders of embossing and the exciting things you can do with stamps. Hopefully the make-it take-it samples will get them started.
In order to make stamping affordable and enticing to newcomers, we sold grab bags that included 5 stamp pads (some dye ones and some embossing ones), a bottle of embossing powder and 2 ultra fine glitters for $10, and we paid the tax. We certainly didn't make any money, but with the multitude of companies giving things away for free, it seemed the least we could do.
On Saturday, the sun came out and so did the crafters. It was exciting and exhausting, but we found time to do a bit of shopping as well. I will post about my purchases another time. I learned to use items I'd purchased months earlier and that had intimidated me. There are still some things that I spent a fortune on and have never used, but they will remain nameless, because there are tons of crafters who love them. I don't know anyone who doesn't love to stamp once they learn the basics.
We want to make stamping affordable and fun for everyone--that is our mission!
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