A Gorgeous Day at Horseshoe Spring Market

My "Hanna-Dyed" booth at Horseshoe Market

Loads of sunshine, and more dogs, children, and pregnant women than I’ve ever seen in one day in my life – pretty much sums it up.  Seriously, if you love dogs (and I do, especially one large brown chessie-lab mix), this was a great place to be!

One of those this-is-why-we-live-in-Colorado spring days where the sky is brightest blue and virtually everyone was giddy with finally getting a perfect weather day on a weekend to be outside in it, doing whatever makes them happy.

This was a first big outdoor market experience for me as a vendor, so there was a lot of prep and work involved in setting up a booth.  Even with 2 of us and all of Barbara’s uber-organized pre-planning and packing, we were still getting the merchandise display “just right” as the first visitors were arriving.  

I really had no expectations for the day, just planned to immerse myself in the experience and enjoy it all.

While sales were less than what I’d hoped for, the reactions to my work and comments from the many visitors more than made up for that.  I saw lots of looks of stunned amazement and mouthing of “WOW” as people approached my booth.  I was glad I had put together a visual book to help explain my process/how I make my work, as that was a key conversation point all day.

Another great outcome was the many new contacts I made, and doors that were opened – new opportunities and invitations to show and sell my work which I could not have known about previously, and (in hindsight) may very well have been the reason I needed to do this show.  (More details on these as plans evolve.) 

 It ‘s taken a couple weeks to recover my energy and some quiet time to absorb the whole experience.  We’ll see what becomes of the new opportunities.  

All in all, I’m glad to have done the show – it was a beautiful day, I got to spend it with my girl and we had a great time, even though we got drenched in the evening thunder shower while packing everything up.

2 comments to A Gorgeous Day at Horseshoe Spring Market

  • congratulations! showing your work is exciting, tiring, adventurous and emotional – at least it is for me – but always worth it: new contacts, loads of feedback and a physical connection with people who are interested with what you do;-)
    more good things are sure to happen after this

    • Ayn

      thanks Saskia, it is a lot of work, but worth it, yes, it’s good to make the connections, and somehow the artwork isn’t quite complete until it’s seen by others, and each time we venture out into the open with our heart and work, new sparks are lit and new possibilities emerge for more connections.