here's my usual apology for lack of activity.....sorry for my lack of activity XD
as usual too, i am still crocheting! just not really making anything new lately, it's a lot of blanket making
but! some interesting news
so next week i'll be vendoring at the beach fair we've been to before, but so far we have a spot for one day instead of the whole weekend like before. there is the chance someone will cancel last minute and we end up getting both days, but...who knows, for now i'm treating the event as a one day thing
however! literally a friend of a friend of a family member contacted us who is in charge or helps out at another fair/event similar to the ones we've been to and they wanted to know if we'd be interested in vendoring there in june...so of course we said yes dkjgd
that one for sure is a one day thing, it's overall a one day event, and it's not TOO far, i think technically the beach fair is a bit further out than this one
usually i'd said no to going to another event so soon, especially not even/barely a month later, but i have a couple reasons why i'm ok with it this time;
we've gone to the beach fair a couple other times and managed to have a spot for both days, but since (so far) we can only get one day, this other event will help me in selling more stuff
the other reason is because i've been thinking about changing up my stock for these events, but in order to change things up, i want to get rid of as much as possible of what i already have. so having another event so soon will give me the chance to get rid of more stock and make space for new things i want to add in
what new things am i adding in?....i'm still figuring that out dkjfgd
i could go a couple ways with it, one of my plans was to make ALL of the pokemon starters, but it's a lot that i haven't made yet and some of the designs are a TAD complicated, plus me being a color perfectionist, i'm having a hard time finding the right shades for some of them (why is green such a hard color to work with)
my other plan was to do my basic animals, i've made patterns for most of the animals on my list, so i'd only have to figure out a few more. and them being basic patterns is a plus, i'm MAKING them with the purpose of them being quick and easy
soooo as much as i want to have my stock be more pokemon, pokemon can be complicated, my basic animal series (that i have also dubbed my "little buddies collection") is looking to be much better to deal with lol
plus the fact i think i'd actually sell more of the basic animals than pokemon. as much as kids have come to my table and going "PIKACHU!!", there are a lot of adults that look at my stuff as well, parents and grandparents that have no clue what they're looking at...and it's usually those parents or grandparents buying things, so....yeh
but it's not like i'm getting rid of pokemon completely, i'll still have pikachus, rowlets, and charmanders, those are my best sellers. i'll have one or two of the other pokemon, just not 5 total as i've done up to this point
also the smaller fact that i think my pokemon are worth at least a little more than i'm selling them at fairs but people going to these things expect cheap stuff, so by going basic and cute it might be better in the long run
ANYWAY, YOU GET MY POINT

TLDR; planning on going to another surprise fair event barely a month after the beach fair, redoing some of my stock to be more fair friendly and stuff