We had a great craft show at Liberty High School last weekend. We were incredibly pleased with the organization of the show and how there were students everywhere helping the crafter’s set up and take down. I was taking care of our booth by myself for most of the day, so I really also appreciated how often someone came to check on me to see if I needed a bathroom break or anything else. It was an amazing service by the people of Liberty High School! We were very grateful.
A big thanks to the customers who purchased candles from us last weekend; we hope that you are pleased with your purchases and will be repeat customers in the future. Thanks so much also to our friends who dropped by our booths to say “Hi!” It sure was great to see your familiar faces and get to chat.
We are looking forward to this weekend's shows at the Festival of Trees at the Doubletree Hotel and the Holiday Craft Fair at Family of Christ Lutheran Church. It's been another very busy week here in our household with much candle organizing and making. There is more to having a candle business than just making candles. As we experience expanding our inventory, participating in the craft shows, and having more sales, we learn that some methods of doing things work and others don't. I spent the earlier part of my week recounting and sorting our inventory of candles and creating a better spreadsheet in Excel so that I know where each of the candles are in the many boxes. This is not only important when they are here at home, but also when we are at a show and a customer wants a particular fragrance in a particular size. Keeping up with inventory is also a bit more confusing at the moment due to having two shows taking place simultaneously at different locations. But it’s all a great learning experience, and I’m enjoying the adventure.
Our delayed supplies order containing the smaller jars will arrive mid-day today and I will attempt to make a few more batches of candles and have them all tagged and ready to transport by 5:30 pm this afternoon. At that time, we will load up and go do an early evening set up at one of the locations for tomorrow’s shows. Michael and I will also attempt to go to bed at a “decent” hour tonight, because we will be rising around 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning to pack the car for the other show and leave the house by 6:30 a.m. Michael will help me set up at the other location, after which time he will leave to go “candle-man” his booth at the other location. Busy and exciting weekend ahead!
We hope you’ll drop by one of our booths and come say “Hi!”
I better get to work now!
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