sigh.

the arts and crafts fair at world cafe live was a b-u-s-t BUST. it was worth a try, and we really thought it was exactly the kind of crowd that would love our hoops... but the problem was that there was no crowd there. no lie, there were maybe a few dozen attendees total during the entire 4 hours they were open. i'm not sure if it was the gorgeous weather that kept people outside, or the $3 cover charge to get in, or the fact that it really wasn't advertised... but there were tumbleweeds blowing through the place. most of the sales that took place were between vendors. i did give out some business cards, so hopefully there'll be a future sale from someone... and i got to meet one of my customers, a woman who ordered a hoop online and decided to have me bring it to WCL rather than ship it, who was a total doll. but all those hours of making hoops yesterday were for naught. sigh.

( there were some good things that came out of the afternoon:  )