{"id":4099,"date":"2012-10-09T16:59:48","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T21:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/?p=4099"},"modified":"2012-10-09T16:59:48","modified_gmt":"2012-10-09T21:59:48","slug":"unpredictable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/2012\/10\/unpredictable\/","title":{"rendered":"Unpredictable"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As usual, my thoughts about what the customers at the Letchworth Arts & Crafts Festival<\/a> were completely wrong. Maybe I ought to decide what I think my customers will like and then make exactly the opposite thing, since that’s about how accurate I usually am. (What a grammatically poor sentence!)<\/p>\n

I made mug rugs, more bookmarks, magnets, and cards specifically for this show, thinking that the customers wanted some lower-price-point options. Hah! I sold 10 bookmarks – less than I’v sold at almost any other show. 3 mug rugs, 3 magnets, and no cards. I did, however, have my 3rd largest show ever in terms of numbers of scarves & shawls sold. Just goes to show…I know nothing.<\/p>\n

I spent today doing all those post-show necessities. Processing the credit card charges. Preparing a bank deposit. Returning the rental van. Entering sales in the computer. And then, just for fun, laying out every single piece of my tent – top, sides, and awnings – to dry, since all were damp (some wet) when I closed up on Monday. This is my last show of the season & I can’t have things getting moldy or mildewy while they sit around all winter.<\/p>\n

So I spent a bunch of the afternoon doing nothing much. Reading a book. Responding to email. Making cauliflower curry. Reading some more.<\/p>\n

In 2 weeks I’ll take part in A Well Crafted Weekend<\/a> with some of my fellow Roycroft Artisans. Focus on demonstrations with some sales on the side. I plan to demo both loom weaving and bead weaving. Between now & then I’m going to focus on making a few over-the-top beaded ornament covers<\/a>. I do love making them, don’t have any fancy-fancy ones now, and would like to have them for my November & December shows, so it all fits together.<\/p>\n

Right now it’s off to a library board meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

As usual, my thoughts about what the customers at the Letchworth Arts & Crafts Festival were completely wrong. Maybe I ought to decide what I think my customers will like and then make exactly the opposite thing, since that’s about how accurate I usually am. (What a grammatically poor sentence!)<\/p>\n

I made mug rugs, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weaving","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4099"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4103,"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4099\/revisions\/4103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}