I had the privilege of being a vendor at the Fall edition of the
MayDay Underground Crafts + Art show at the Village Gate in Rochester yesterday. I went to
the first Mayday Underground event as a shopper, but when I heard they were doing a fall show, I applied as a vendor. I had a great time and it's the most successful craft show I've had to date! With over 50 vendors, it's also the biggest show I've ever done. I'm looking forward to the next MayDay show in May 2011!
This first picture (above) is one CJ took with his phone after I had everything all set up, but before the show started.
This picture is one that was taken halfway through the day. Notice how many monsters are gone?
I didn't think I would have room for my big trunk I brought to
my last show, so I brought one of my smaller ones. It turns out that I could have brought the big one because one of the vendors that was supposed to be next to me wasn't able to come, so we were encouraged to spread out to make it less obvious that there was an empty spot. I was disappointed the vendor didn't show up, because I was looking forward to buying from her. She's a
soap and perfume maker. I bought some of her roll-on perfume last year, and recently purchased from her Etsy shop when my first bottle ran out.
The show was Luau themed...so I made a Hula Nubbin. I finished it up during the show and after I put it out for sale on the table, it wasn't long before someone snapped it up!
I liked the space for this show even better than the last one. It was very nice and open. There are more pictures on the
MayDay Underground Flickr set.
I didn't take as many pictures at this show because I ended up being so busy! There was always a pretty steady flow of traffic at my booth, and I was making lots of sales. I did get to walk around a little bit to see the other vendors and fellow RNESTers while my lovely hubby manned the booth for me, but I never really got a chance to shop (because I didn't want to make CJ run the booth for me for too long). I kind of feel bad that I didn't end up buying anything from any of the other vendors though...because a lot of the other vendors ended up buying stuff from me!
But now...it's time for me to sew like crazy for the next two weeks and build up my inventory before my next show on November 27th,
Christmas in Medina.
Thank God for sandbags. Without them my tent may have been turned into a humongous kite. (It was pretty windy early on in the day)
My wonderful , helpful husband (and Luna!)
Luna hung out on the chair while we talked with customers.
Apparently I'm most popular with 24-34 year old women...which I suppose makes sense since I am a 24-34 year old woman...and I make stuff that I like! I often have a bit of a hard time parting with some of the creatures I make! I want to keep them for myself!
The picture above shows the first 3 sock monsters I ever made (the rainbow one was the very first). The date it says this picture was taken is November 27th, 2006. I don't know if I made the monsters on that day, or if I just took the picture on that day. But since that's the date I have, I've decided that today marks the 4 year anniversary that I've been making sock monsters! Yaaaaaaaay!
After making those first 3 monsters, I just couldn't stop! And 3 days later those 3 monsters had multiplied into 10. And the rest is history. I always make sure I take a picture of every monster I make (Excluding Nubbins). One of these days I am going to have to go through my pictures and count how many individual monsters I've made.
He now has a space on the shelf in my craft room, next to my little owl from Peaches Products (which was also a trade). The other critters on the shelf are my own works that I did not want to part with.
CJ and I were having dinner at our friends' house last week, and at one point we look over and our friends' youngest daughter is trying on CJ's size 13 shoes!
Um... I think they're a little too big for you sweetpea!
I love the colors in this sweater! It was another thrift store find. Sometimes I feel bad for buying these sweaters just to cut them up, because I feel like I'm depriving some poor girl from getting to wear such a happy, colorful sweater! But it's a feeling that I get over when I see the finished monster! I started out making sock monsters, but I think I enjoy making the sweater monsters the most now.
I've gone back to using my old fuzzy lips technique. I love using this fuzzy sock material because the fuzziness hides the stitches.
Don't you love his crazy-colored eyes? :)
Orange sweaters make such great monsters! And stripey sweaters make great monsters too!
I should make a tutu to put on her. I picture her as wanting to be a ballerina. She reminds me of this girl I used to know when I was in a community theater group, who was a big, plus-sized girl, but she was a great dancer!
Goodbye rainbow Fish-Dog!
Goodbye pink spotted Lion Fish-Cat! I always loved your sparkly green button eyes. I wish I had more buttons like those.
This picture is one that was taken halfway through the day. Notice how many monsters are gone?
I didn't think I would have room for my big trunk I brought to my last show, so I brought one of my smaller ones. It turns out that I could have brought the big one because one of the vendors that was supposed to be next to me wasn't able to come, so we were encouraged to spread out to make it less obvious that there was an empty spot. I was disappointed the vendor didn't show up, because I was looking forward to buying from her. She's a soap and perfume maker. I bought some of her roll-on perfume last year, and recently purchased from her Etsy shop when my first bottle ran out.
The show was Luau themed...so I made a Hula Nubbin. I finished it up during the show and after I put it out for sale on the table, it wasn't long before someone snapped it up!
There was also a local professional hula dancer that performed. She actually taught a dance to some members of the audience. 
