It was a busy and fun Saturday for our family! Part of the crew headed to the weekly Farmers' Market downtown...Sarah taking her baked goods and Jonathan helping her with setup and selling.
Hannah and Granny headed a different direction--all the soaps and baskets traveled to Dayton Days Autumn Celebration this weekend. Tom and I went along to help unload, setup, and help take in money and bag items that sold for Granny.
Lots of vendors (over 300), lots of people (they say usually 20,000 attend!),
lots of sunshine (we prayed for no rain!), and lots of sales...yay!
Here's a picture of the crowd starting to arrive just after 8 a.m.
All the streets were closed to traffic, and white tents and vendors lined the roads in front of businesses and homes:
Here's Hannah setting up her Pleasant View Soaps booth:
And here we are sitting behind our booth waiting for customers to arrive. You can see why we were thankful for no rain--our space was 15 feet long, and the tent was only 10 feet:
Granny enjoys talking to everyone who comes by, and, of course, enjoys selling her baskets:
She lets folks know that Sarah helped her make the solid oak handles on all these baskets and that she always reinforces the bottoms. Here she is showing a customer what she means:
Some of our friends came and bought soap and baskets:
It was a good Saturday! Now...Hannah and Granny will prepare for the next big craft show in my hometown of South Boston, Virginia--the Holiday Living Show on November 10.
~Deb
The picture of the tents and vendors reminds me of Meet In The Street that Wake Forest does in annually in May.
Glad you had no rain.Looks like it was a fun day.
Posted by: Tammy C | Monday, October 08, 2012 at 11:42 AM
I love festivals such as these. What wonderful wares your family has for sale and they are so talented. :)
Posted by: Connie H | Monday, October 08, 2012 at 03:46 PM
You call autumn autumn! Not fall. Wow.
Hannah's dark red cardigan looks lovely on her, the pattern looks scrumptious.
Posted by: Rose | Monday, October 08, 2012 at 05:57 PM
Glad Granny and Hannah had a nice day for the craft fair. Hope they had lots of sales.
Victoria
Posted by: victoria | Monday, October 08, 2012 at 06:03 PM
Thanks for giving us a glimpse of Dayton Days! Blessings to all!
Posted by: Kathy W. | Monday, October 08, 2012 at 08:31 PM
Dang! Dayton isn't that far from here. I probably could have driven there. Sigh. Some day I will meet up with you all! Glad the sale was such a success for you!
Posted by: Stephanie in MI | Tuesday, October 09, 2012 at 06:37 PM
That looks like so much fun! I would be like Granny, wanting to talk to everyone and telling them about my stuff. I'm glad she and Hannah had good success at this craft show!
Posted by: Susan | Sunday, October 14, 2012 at 04:41 PM