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Offline Danny

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My One and Only Craft Show per Year....:+}
« on: November 11, 2013, 02:35:14 pm »
Well Saturday came n went.  $496.00 in sells....Sunday rather slow $111.00 in sells.
I am Very Happy with the Grand Total of $607.00....Yea!  Better Christmas and still
have enough to decide on something for ME.  I did post Compound Bird Houses way
back yonder.  Made 56 and had what I say is a Great Display.  Started out with a
sign of $5 ea.  Afternoon came and NONE sold.  Dropped to $4 and they started to
move.  Long story short.  After 2 days 19 of them are back home with me.  I feel
that if I priced them at $3 each I would of sold out, so next year 100 of um at $3.
Fretwork Boxes did not sell.  Not one of the 6 I had.  Religious crafts all sold. (9)
Portraits at $25.  Beatles and Duck Dynasty (3 and 4 sold)  None of the other portraits
sold.  Little College Decal bird houses-NONE sold.  Over-all came home with 4 full
boxes of crafts.  Now its deciding who I give each to for Christmas Gifts.  Danny  :+}
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Re: My One and Only Craft Show per Year....:+}
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2013, 02:53:21 pm »
great selling Danny, can't sell them all, right. 8)
glad you made a nice amount of money.


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Re: My One and Only Craft Show per Year....:+}
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2013, 02:54:39 pm »
Congrats on the sales. I think the birdhouses would have sold for $5 anyway. I don't think it was the price, I think it was the people buying. Some of my shows are at churches and I sell religious items well. I need to make more next year.
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Re: My One and Only Craft Show per Year....:+}
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2013, 03:08:28 pm »
Thanks Marcel....  Dan26 You are Absolutely Right about The People.  Seem to sell this much each year, but Gee!  Majority I feel think they are dealing at a Flea Market.  Nothing against
F.M.  LOL  Danny  :+}
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Re: My One and Only Craft Show per Year....:+}
« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2013, 08:58:20 pm »
My big one for the year will be this coming Saturday. I am well prepared so with us well. I will let you know it turns out good  ;D or bad  :-\
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« Reply #5 on: November 11, 2013, 09:42:01 pm »
I did two shows recently.   Sold lots of ornaments and large and small crosses.   A couple of word art plaques.  A few deer hunting desk plaques.  $485.00 two weeks ago and $305.00 this past Saturday.     I didn't bring out any of my plaques.  I'm pleased.
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Re: My One and Only Craft Show per Year....:+}
« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2013, 12:30:54 am »
Thats great Danny.  I felt for sure your Compound Bird Houses would have all gone. Still thats the nature of the beast, you never know until the day what they will buy.

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Re: My One and Only Craft Show per Year....:+}
« Reply #7 on: November 12, 2013, 07:15:09 am »
thats great Danny.


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Re: My One and Only Craft Show per Year....:+}
« Reply #8 on: November 12, 2013, 06:39:10 pm »
Great sales Danny, congrats to you.  (If you make your birdhouses with a cross on top then they would all sell - religious bird houses lol)
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« Reply #9 on: November 17, 2013, 10:03:41 pm »
Well it is over. We did very well. Over $500.00 in sales. The best show so far. Not a lot of stock left. I now have a better idea of best sellers. Ornaments went very well, so did the fretwork crosses ,patterns by Sue Mey. It is always a learning process.
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Re: My One and Only Craft Show per Year....:+}
« Reply #10 on: November 18, 2013, 01:33:28 am »
I think you guys are doing well.  I'm not selling anything at this point, but maybe in a few more years after retirement.
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