This past Saturday and Sunday was my last show of the holiday season for me. Crafty Wonderland is a wonderful, wonderful Portland show and this is my third year as a vendor. I have shopped it for years as well.
This is what I set up in my driveway on Thursday to get a bit of a feel for how my 10 x 10 spot would look and how my props would fit together. I used sidewalk chalk to mark a 10 x 10 square and started adding tables and such.
Friday a.m. I borrowed my Dad's truck. It was empty.
Friday afternoon the truck was full. The bucket seats in the back were full and Ben had to ride with a load on his lap. I had quite a bit of inventory. Ben helped me load into my spot in the convention center.
My driveway vision became this.
One side.
And the other side.
It was a great weekend and almost 16,000 people came through the doors to shop. Thank you to my blog readers who said hello and to those that took my business card and said they would come and check out my blog and Etsy shops. A great end to my holiday crafting shows for this year. Now I need to start my Christmas shopping...
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You are sooooo organized, mapping out your spot before you get there? It looked like it paid off though.Your display looked like "Wonderland" for sure. We're going to have to try real hard to drive up that way for one of your shows next year!
Thanks for sharing the awesome pics.
Posted by: Doreen | December 12, 2011 at 03:31 PM
That looks spectacular! Hope you sold out!
Posted by: Gina @ Vintage Junk in My Trunk | December 12, 2011 at 05:13 PM
I do the same thing with my planning -- and then I print the photo to take with me to set up, otherwise I'll forget everything. ;-/
Your spot looked awesome with all it's Ethel sparkle! Definitely stood out from everything else I saw there. :-)
Posted by: Into Vintage | December 12, 2011 at 06:13 PM
Love how you did this. Perfect to mark it out. I am so glad Kathy U. had a chance to meet up with you. She is just a sweetheart. I would have to have one of everything. Those bells oh the bells. I need those badly! All of Claire's friends have requested your goodies for their gifts this birthday year! Smiles...Renee
Posted by: Renee | December 12, 2011 at 06:23 PM
Looks fantastic missy. Now as soon as you've sent me all the piccy's to look through to do my shopping, I'll be able to put my order in!!!! Yes, I'm a pushy woman, but dang it all woman, you've got all the best stuff. I'm waiting with "PayPal" on standby! Hugs,
Meri
Posted by: Meri Wiley | December 12, 2011 at 07:13 PM
wow, I would have been immediately drawn to your space! sometimes you know, you can walk right past some booths, but yours, I would have had a hard time leaving! what a fun colorful space! I'm sure you sold a lot.
have fun christmas shopping.
vivian
Posted by: vivian | December 12, 2011 at 07:33 PM
Looks fantastic! And I heard you drew quite a crowd (yes, we hear stuff about you all the way back East!)
Posted by: barbara | December 12, 2011 at 08:13 PM
Laurie, your booth was amazing! I would have loved to linger and get a closer look at each and every little thing but it was SWARMING and I could barely wiggle my way in. Congratulations on a great show!! BTW, the reflector stems worked out just PERFECT for my friend's gift and I will be posting a picture after I give it to her.
Posted by: Kathy | December 12, 2011 at 10:06 PM
Amazing that you got all of that in the back of that truck! Impressive! I'm calling you whenever I need help packing!
Posted by: Melissa's Antiques | December 13, 2011 at 06:40 AM