We have so enjoyed our small antique booth at Wildwood Antiques we decided to expand and don't you know, when a larger one came open - so did a second one we were interested in. Sounded like a good idea to have two booths so we could have two different themes -- but can we make the rent on two? Much less a profit? Feast or Famine? We'll see, we just paid the first months rent on two larger booths and have spent the long Labor Day weekend, laboring!!
First day we had to move the items from our smaller both to one of the larger ones. Easy and exciting. Second day we had to bring more of our stock from home and begin decorating the booths. Started raining as we loaded the truck - can you believe it? Not a drop of rain in a month and it chose this morning to break the drought. Should have been an omen to go back to bed and cover our head. This wasn't so easy. We're Hot, Sweaty - the air isn't working right - nothing seemed to go right. We broke one of my prize finds.....$$$ down the drain. The ideas I had in my head didn't work in reality. Finally went home to get some rest.
Third day I brought in a ton of fabrics and other items to see if something would spark an idea. Again, nothing worked, including the air conditioning. To hot and sweaty you can add tired and frustrated! Had a large, heavy picture with ornate frame, took extra care to hang a strong wire......finished everything, hung it up and in less that 5 minutes it came crashing down. The wire held fine but the weight of the picture caused the hook to separate. Yes, it broke. My second expensive find down the drain. It can be repaired but has lost the value. Dropped a Blue Willow plate and broke it....and so went the day. After 4 hours I said no more. Load up everything we hadn't used - or broken - and go for pizza then some well earned rest.
I'm taking a break today - at least from the booth. I got several items ready to go, repaired a couple and will mark the price down on those. After breakfast I think I'll go shopping, pick up some of the little things you don't know you need till you need them. Like some track lighting since the location of this booth is a little darker. Forgot to take pictures last night but will probably go out tomorrow and see if I can finish the decorating and arranging the new pieces.
First day we had to move the items from our smaller both to one of the larger ones. Easy and exciting. Second day we had to bring more of our stock from home and begin decorating the booths. Started raining as we loaded the truck - can you believe it? Not a drop of rain in a month and it chose this morning to break the drought. Should have been an omen to go back to bed and cover our head. This wasn't so easy. We're Hot, Sweaty - the air isn't working right - nothing seemed to go right. We broke one of my prize finds.....$$$ down the drain. The ideas I had in my head didn't work in reality. Finally went home to get some rest.
Third day I brought in a ton of fabrics and other items to see if something would spark an idea. Again, nothing worked, including the air conditioning. To hot and sweaty you can add tired and frustrated! Had a large, heavy picture with ornate frame, took extra care to hang a strong wire......finished everything, hung it up and in less that 5 minutes it came crashing down. The wire held fine but the weight of the picture caused the hook to separate. Yes, it broke. My second expensive find down the drain. It can be repaired but has lost the value. Dropped a Blue Willow plate and broke it....and so went the day. After 4 hours I said no more. Load up everything we hadn't used - or broken - and go for pizza then some well earned rest.
I'm taking a break today - at least from the booth. I got several items ready to go, repaired a couple and will mark the price down on those. After breakfast I think I'll go shopping, pick up some of the little things you don't know you need till you need them. Like some track lighting since the location of this booth is a little darker. Forgot to take pictures last night but will probably go out tomorrow and see if I can finish the decorating and arranging the new pieces.
