MidSummer's Art Festival in Ashland, OR

We loved the weather!!! My husband and I had not seem the sun in weeks. The Oregon Coast has been cloudy and rainy. To look at the festival more closely you can go to:

MidSummers Dream Art & Music Festival

There were many people who attended and the vendors were very friendly.

On this same weekend my in-laws ran a show for me in Sister's Oregon. They also had terrific weather and the show was in a beautiful setting, the local park.

I have to say the both of these shows were not my best shows in regards to sales. I am not sure if the economy is affecting the shows. All of my local shows and farmer's market are doing about the same as last year. I am glad that I decided to do only a few shows out of my area for the summer.

I am off and running this week because the 4th of July weekend is going to be very busy with shows. I am looking forward to that.

Double Booked - I am loosing it!

Do you feel like you are loosing your mind? This weekend I doubled booked myself and so my in-laws are doing a show for me in Sister's Oregon and I am doing one in Ashland, Oregon this weekend. I did not even realize this until two weeks ago and I have had these shows on my books for months. I wrote down the wrong date for the Ashland Show. Yikes, keeping track of all the shows, markets, and wholesale accounts sometimes gets a little confusing.

I am anxious to do some of my bigger shows to see how the economy is affecting the markets. I started the McMinnville Farmer's Market and had a good first day. I am only filling in for that market until September and then I will be there every week. I am excited to fill for the Manzanita Farmer's Market this summer season. Tillamook Farmer's Market starts this weekend. I will be there on June 21st. So, I am off and running. It is good to be busy with retail shows.

I will report back after the shows this weekend to remark on how they went. Until next time, don't forget to smell the roses.