The Board Chronicles is an ongoing series of articles about the adventures of Mrs M’s Handmade as a vendor at community festivals & craft fairs. Mrs M’s subsidiary, Mr M’s Woodshop, has been approved to create this chronicle for the good of vendorkind.
A brief note about timing: I am BEHIND. This event happened last December, and I’m just now getting to blogs from the 4th quarter. My apologies to my loyal readers. Draw your own conclusions about why I’m so, so far behind. Meanwhile … from Hollywood:
This is an office boutique.
Trailer Park is a company that makes trailers … for movies. Clearly, they have a sense of humor.
After all, they invited me to their holiday boutique.
New Ideas
- Nope. Did this last year; doing it again.
- This is a table top event. I have 2 tables, plus a grid I borrowed from my good friend Jan to display a few signs.
Observations
- Urban events are a pain. Parking. Elevators. Congestion. Nice host, though.
- Mrs M had an OK day … Mr M didn’t. I sold one sign.
- Ultimately, this is a low impact, low cost event. The sales were poor though; it wasn’t worth my time in the end.
The Food
- Best Meal: Pizza take-out for lunch. Winner.
The Facts
- Total miles driven: 74
- Booth cost: $11
- Food cost: $9
- Travel cost: $40
- Total sales: $156
- Net Revenue (does not include product cost): $96
- # of people we met during the event from the producer: 1
- Visits in our booth by a promoter’s representative: many
- # transactions: 8
- # soap & lotion vendors: 2
- # woodworking vendors: just me
- Returning next year? nope
Boards sold: 1
