An indescribable week

Truly, I can’t think of a word or phrase that can sum up the jumble of events over the last week. Firstly, the craft show last weekend – unfortunately a massive disappointment in terms of sales.  However, I’ve come to the conclusion that even moderate success would have caused me to continue pursuing events by the same group which would not serve me in the long run. Nice people, but advertising and attracting a completely different customer base than is appropriate for what I make.  I had lots of compliments on my work which was encouraging so I think I have one half of the equation.  Now I need to find the customers!  I was disappointed and a little frustrated by the end on Sunday, but it’s also brought out my stubborn streak – not to be right at all costs but to keep searching for that successful combination.  And at least I now have a lot of pieces to post on the online shop.

I also got a long standing item on the list crossed off by creating my own CafePress shop for the Nurdle.net blog.  There’s more I could do there and eventually I’d like to create one for this site but that will have to wait a month or so. I’ve been studying up on marketing, which continues to make me feel inadequate but I think I’m beginning to learn a few things (don’t look for them to be applied just yet!)

My Thanksgiving tradition of putting a message in a bottle was also a significant part of the week – someone found it a few hours after I threw it in.  A part of me feels like I must not have done it right for it to be found so quickly, but another part says the right people find the bottles.  Out of three years and three bottle messages, two have been found and both meant a great deal to the people that found them.  It means a lot to me that such a simple thing that costs absolutely no money and was done with no expectations on my part can have such a huge impact on total strangers.  I must be doing something right…

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