One Flat Tire

That's how much of my stuff I sold.
Enough to buy maybe one flat tire.
Much less a whole bike.
I am devastated!
Heartbroken!
What's wrong with my stuff?
It started off well enough.
I mean one of the event organizers even greeted me and told me how folks were excited I was doing their fair thingy.
How my name got around is beyond me, seeing as how I keep a sub-low low profile.
Maybe they heard about my forgeries(see below).
So anyways, folks are setting up, those pop up tent thingys seem to be the norm:



My friend Kyle and me, we get our stuff all set up and ready to go.
Kyle is da man!
He has these folding racks that he uses for this sort of thing and he had all the plastic bags, wrapping paper, tape, etc.
Ready to rock and roll:




Then nothing.
For the first hour and half I mean.
Then I sold one thing.
One.
Thing.
That's pretty much how the day went.
Okay, I made my entry fee back, and then a bit more but nothing like how I though it would be.
Well, it's pretty difficult to predict how these things are going to be. You can have a really good day, or you can end up packing everything back up and bringing it all back home.
Like me.
Bringing all my stuff back home I mean.
So now I'm sitting here, drowning my sorrows in a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos, wondering where it all went wrong.
My delusional pricing structure had something to do with it I'm sure.
Even as I started to put my stuff up on the shelf, I knew I had priced my stuff out sort of on the high side.
It's not about what I would pay for this stuff, but it's about what other folks would pay.
I started to look at the price tag thingys shake my head.
I even thought about lowering and changing the prices.
In the end though, sanity prevailed.
Or maybe it was pride.
No matter.
I sold what I sold, I got what I wanted for them, and the folks that stepped up to the plate were happy with what they got.
The Flat Tire Marketing Plan(TFTMP) executed to a tee.
All in all, I had a pretty good time.
No really.
I had a good time!
The craft fair folks were nice, they kept checking to see how we were doing to the point that I think I got some mercy sales, the place was nice, the crowd was cool.
Got to catch up with My Friend Kyle(MFK), caught up with an old art school acquaintance, talked to some folks who appreciated ceramics, and managed to extend The Flat Tire Great Prosperity Sphere(TFTGPS) just a little more.
I also got me some basil/garlic/Parmesan vinaigrette:



Am I doing it again?
Why not.
Besides, I'm at least a flat tire closer to my new bike.
A large thanks to the Kalama Beach Center folks.
See you next year!