art star craft bazaar

Just applied to Art Star in Philly. Show dates are Sat, May 31st and Sun, June 1st. I did this show 2 years ago, and it was a great show for me.

2 funny things about that 2006 show:
1) Jen from Indie Fixx was at the booth next to me - she really *seemed* like a total newbie. It was veeeerrrryyyy windy and rainy the first few hours on Sat, so her nice husband went out and bought her a tent but nothing to hold it down with. Then they spent the entire time taking turns holding it down - I felt badly that I didn't have a cinder block to lend her! During takedown on Sunday, I pinched my finger in my tent pole, and Jen's husband rescued me. He was quite the helper that weekend! Jen was so sweet & unassuming (I'm sure she still is) - who knew Indie Fixx was in the works! What a great resource!

2) Etsy also had a small table there, and some of their peeps were handing out cards and talking it up to anyone who would listen. I was such a craft-snob, and said, "Oh, no thanks, I have my own website." Little did I know what a powerhouse of indie goodness they would become! I guess that's what I get for being on the arts & crafts scene for too so many years - I've been approached by every Tom, Dick and Harry with snake oil and empty promises, trying to get me to do this or that for this fee or that fee. I trained myself to say 'no thanks' without even listening to the pitch anymore.

And I DO have an etsy site, now. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

**Illustration by Julie West, Copyright 2008 Art Star LLC**