Pumpkin Spice....

[andi9899]

Make citrus soaps instead. I'll buy you out. I love all things citrus. This girl at an old job said to me once "why do I always smell citrus when you're around". Um duh, because I'm covered in it.

[andi9899]

My coworker called me Pumpkin Brittle. I asked for help since my computer was acting up. He said I could use his. I said "thanks, boo". He goes "your welcome, pumpkin brittle". Weirdo.

[steff]

Sept 11, 2015 19:13:30 GMT -5 andi9899 said:

Make citrus soaps instead. I'll buy you out. I love all things citrus. This girl at an old job said to me once "why do I always smell citrus when you're around". Um duh, because I'm covered in it.

I make a Grapefruit aloe soap that I love for washing my face in the mornings.  I also have an aromatherapy oil called "Energy" that is grapefruit, lemon & lime.  It's wonderful. 

[steff]

Here's my table set up for tomorrow. 

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

Nice! Good luck on the sales.

[Jaguar]

Oh my that is so wonderful, and yes good luck and sell everything!

[andi9899]

Sept 11, 2015 20:15:39 GMT -5 steff said:

Sept 11, 2015 19:13:30 GMT -5 andi9899 said:

Make citrus soaps instead. I'll buy you out. I love all things citrus. This girl at an old job said to me once "why do I always smell citrus when you're around". Um duh, because I'm covered in it.

I make a Grapefruit aloe soap that I love for washing my face in the mornings.  I also have an aromatherapy oil called "Energy" that is grapefruit, lemon & lime.  It's wonderful. 

Sold! Where do I go to buy this?

[NancysSummerSip]

Sept 11, 2015 20:15:39 GMT -5 steff said:

Sept 11, 2015 19:13:30 GMT -5 andi9899 said:

Make citrus soaps instead. I'll buy you out. I love all things citrus. This girl at an old job said to me once "why do I always smell citrus when you're around". Um duh, because I'm covered in it.

I make a Grapefruit aloe soap that I love for washing my face in the mornings.  I also have an aromatherapy oil called "Energy" that is grapefruit, lemon & lime.  It's wonderful. 

ME! ME! ME!

I want the citrus soap!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[steff]

Not a bad day at all.  But had to really work for it.  They stuck me & 2 other vendors over by the pony rides.  I started joking that I was selling smelling salts.  4 hours work....$260. Perfect day too...not hot, sunny with a nice breeze (to help me smell the ponies). 

Now I'm going to soak my feet because they are tired and sore. 

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

That's not a bad amount of $ for 4 hrs work! Glad it went well - except for being by the pony rides.

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[weltschmerz]

Sept 12, 2015 19:51:32 GMT -5 steff said:

Not a bad day at all.  But had to really work for it.  They stuck me & 2 other vendors over by the pony rides.  I started joking that I was selling smelling salts.  4 hours work....$260. Perfect day too...not hot, sunny with a nice breeze (to help me smell the ponies). 

Now I'm going to soak my feet because they are tired and sore. 

Is that pure profit? After deducting the cost of supplies and your time? I know it can SOUND like a lot. My kid is also in business for himself, and while it seemed like he'd make a lot of money in a day, after the expenses, it would work out to something like $12 a hour. He'd work something like 30 hours a week making the stuff he sells, then the cost of the booth (sometimes $300) and supplies have to be factored in.

Anyway, your stuff looks lovely and I'd buy it.

[steff]

Sept 12, 2015 20:15:36 GMT -5 weltschmerz said:

Sept 12, 2015 19:51:32 GMT -5 steff said:

Not a bad day at all.  But had to really work for it.  They stuck me & 2 other vendors over by the pony rides.  I started joking that I was selling smelling salts.  4 hours work....$260. Perfect day too...not hot, sunny with a nice breeze (to help me smell the ponies). 

Now I'm going to soak my feet because they are tired and sore. 

Is that pure profit? After deducting the cost of supplies and your time? I know it can SOUND like a lot. My kid is also in business for himself, and while it seemed like he'd make a lot of money in a day, after the expenses, it would work out to something like $12 a hour. He'd work something like 30 hours a week making the stuff he sells, then the cost of the booth (sometimes $300) and supplies have to be factored in.

Anyway, your stuff looks lovely and I'd buy it.

For the amount of time I spent over the last couple of weeks preparing for this festival, I was hoping for more.  For covering supplies, I've paid for those with my weekly Farmer's Market sales.  I did spend $30ish a couple of days ago for fall table decorations, tablecloth, erase board & easel for it to sit on. 

to be honest, the hardest part for me was having to be nice to every single idiot, I mean person & give every last one of them the whole sales pitch.  I had to turn my snark off & I wasn't near any of my Farmer's Market friends to be able to snark with.  the organizer spread us all out in different areas.  Several times I wanted to scream when I'm *this* close to a sale & some random dingbat stops and goes "oh so and so makes those for me.  It's so easy, you should just look online & make it".  well move your helpful ass right along now fuck you very much. 

I also felt slightly creepy trying to sell glitter soap to little girls.  but I knew if I can hook them, they'll get mom to buy it.  Then having to tell mom that it won't leave glitter all over your tub & your little girl won't look like she just got home from working a pole.  It's "oh sparkly" and that's it.

the honey vendor next to me wanted to talk politics & religion.  O.M.G. shoot me now!  Started talking college football, found out I'm from Texas and suddenly it's politics & religion and how great Texas politics are.   Kill me.... please.... quickly.  Oh look, a little girl I can sell glitter too.  *creep mode*

It sounds like nothing but bitching, but I think I'm brain dead/overwhelmed from talking to probably a couple of hundred people today.  Farmer's Market, might see 30-40 on a busy day & I can look and know if they are older men & women, they aren't going to even stop.  I had slow times today when I walked around & tried to get women to come over and check it out.  while dad's are holding little kids on the pony rides, I'm wrangling moms over.  I worked harder at it today than I have any other day & I was hoping for more.  but I'm not disappointed enough to not do another festival.  I just know better how it'll be & I'll probably get my sis in law to come help with the wrangling & sales pitching. 

On the up side, the Mayor is a fan.  She and her hubby stopped by and ordered more soap. Her hubby has allergies & loves that I can make it with no scent, no color, no nothing.   I did take 4 special orders that won't be paid for until they pick them up. I managed convince the little tram driver to drop people off in front of our booth line instead of on the other side of the pony rides.  I got to pet horseys and saw some amazing dogs.  An ENORMOUS Afgan hound that was beautiful and the tiniest mini husky ever.  I had cotton candy freshly made from the boy scouts & then sold a scout mom some stuff.  Had snow cone, haven't had one of those in probably 20 years.  It was a beautiful day, not hot at all.  Mid 70's, sunny with a great breeze.  And everytime I had to go pee, I managed to have a city worker close who let me into city hall to go so I never had to use a porta-potty.  that alone is a good day.  lol

[NancysSummerSip]

Aw, it sounds like a good day. And those table decorations you bought are a one-shot investment that you can use again.

So, now that's done...where do your loyal EE followers get to pick up their orders?

[ArchietheDragon]

[Wisconsin Beth]

Hey steff, I just wanted to let you know that it's because of you that I blew $21 at a soap stall at the Farmer's Market on Sat.  I got 5 soaps - 1 shaped like a duck, 1 with a minion sticker on it, 1 with a leaf on it and 2 (for my kids) set with small plastic animals inside the soap. 

The minion soap is going to my SIL, the duck to my Mom and the leaf to my MIL.  The kids picked them out so scents are irrelevant here.    Since I spent $20, we got a free scrubby.  DD picked out the pink one.  LMAO.