Outdoor Caft Shows, New Creations and Maybe a Trip To The Beach Today...

Yesterday's show was basically a washout. About 2 hours after the show began, very menacing clouds moved in and a drizzle turned to a heavier, steady rain and later into a downpour with claps of thunder. This is what can happen during an outdoor show and while my tent has often held up well, the seams leaked a bit and I ended up with the water dripping on the table (time to have my hubby reseal the the tent's seams) The rain was unfortunate because the event was quite fun... beautiful grounds and so many gorgeous dogs! Being in the market for a puppy later this summer, made it so hard to see all these fantastic looking hunting dogs.

The rains came too soon after the start of the show and it did not stop, so it was hard to say if the show would have been good for those selling handmade, but either way, I'll probably go back again next year...beautiful grounds, a fun show with many activities, friendly people and well behaved, gorgeous puppies will always equal a fun show for me! Maybe the weather will cooperate next year.

The sun is supposed to make an appearance later today and hopefully I'll be able to capture a few images of some of my newer pieces. My Etsy shop is a bit decimated from the back to back shows and I need to bring up my inventory levels for my consignment shop on LBI and for my July craft shows. Hopefully, I'll have a few images to share tomorrow....

I'm trying to convince my hubby to join me for a short stroll along the beach... I feel like today may be a lucky morning to go sea glass hunting. I'm hoping to find a few more green pieces to finish a project (non-jewelry), but DH is recovering from a torn calf muscle and yesterday's weather and trying to breakdown my show space before the heavy rains came back have him hobbling around this morning. My suggestion that walking in the soft, yielding sand will be good for him does not seem to be working. (and he's the one that is always ready to go hunting sea glass...I guess he really is to sore to go) Oh well, looks like I'm hunting solo.

til next time...

R