We did it!
My mother, Arla, Beau and I had set our alarm clocks at 5:30 a.m. so we had more than enough time to pack up our product and miscellaneous items to set out on our tables. Let me tell you that packing everything into our cars was easier and quicker than pulling it back out of our vehicles and setting up the canopy and our two tables. Lol.
Once we were able to sit down and wait for new potential customers, Beau and I wanted to start painting some ornaments to help pass the time. That was not an easy task when ones fingers are just about frozen. Yeah, here in Florida it still gets a bit ch-chilly to where we have to wear a thick jacket. Thankfully, we were given a couple 'FREE COFFEE' coupons since we were vendors. Those two coffees helped my fingers biiiiiiiiiiig time! Lol. I had managed to do an ornament before having to stop because the numbness was creeping back into my fingertips; thus, making it hard for me to function... again.
About an hour later the sun started to pop up over the trees and send it's warmth the chase the numbness away. I was able to get at least another two ornaments done before deciding to pack up my extra supplies. It was waaaaaaaaaaaay too much work involved when one had to attempt to stay warm AND paint.
We met a few good customers. One bought a wall clock, two customers bought a couple bundles of picture frames, and a jolly fellow bought a 2" fish ruler to send as a gift to his uncle. A lot of potential customers would walk by, checking out our items at a slooooow pace. But one lady stopped to buy two of my Valentine Heart Ornaments only to quickly add another one to make it a total of three ornaments sold. I was so thrilled!
Many vendors would walk away disgruntled because they made a whopping $13.50 on their first time out as a vendor at a community yard sale. Me? I was ecstatic that I sold three ornaments!! I made these with my own two hands and painted them with ideas in my head. I sold my very own creations! Who honestly cannot be happy with that?!
Not only did we make some pocket change, an elder lady was walking around and handed us a red flyer stating that she is scouting for vendors to join the yard sale her church is doing for the following weekend.
Soooooooooooooo....
On February 9th we will be going to the Forest Lutheran Church as a vendor in an attempt to sell our product and miscellaneous items.
Depending on how it goes at the church sale, there is a possibility that we would have a guaranteed monthly gig on the second Saturday of each month. Doing this one along with the Silver Springs Community Sale on the first Saturday of each month, I would have to say that we will be pretty busy for the last two weeks of the month getting everything ready to sell all over again.
Talk about an exciting day!?
I am all worn out just thinking about it. Lol
