Raspberry Festival

Adrian and I just returned from our quest for fame and riches. I can attest that we are neither famous nor rich. We did, however, have a pretty good time.

The Raspberry Festival takes place at St. Gertrude's Monastery:
A beautiful 100 year old building nestled at the base of a mountain in Cottonwood. Surrounded by the rolling Camus prairie it's really a beautiful setting.

The amount of work I had actually worked really well for the table space.
Open for business!
And here's what I ended up with at the end of the day.
Surprisingly I only sold one or two of my tree pots and all the rest were my plates, minis and 3 of the neti pots. It was hard to sit and watch people walk by without a second glance, though, admittedly, I've done that myself at similar events. Now I know how that feels. I didn't sell a single pot for the first 2 hours and I was fighting the urge to really get upset about it. But then, slowly, things started disappearing. I had a TON of positive comments and it wasn't even my prices that turned people off. They didn't even get so far as looking at the prices before they just started moving on to the next booth. I met a gal who wants to display my stuff in her gallery in Kooskia (tiny town somewhere near Cottonwood, though I really couldn't say where). And lots of people took my card, though they didn't buy anything. Not sure if that means they might contact me or if they just took it only to throw it away later. Probably should get a website up and running specifically for my pots. I know how irritating it is to me to find an artist that I like that doesn't have a website. I always roll my eyes and think "why don't they get with the times?!" Doh... But anyway, the trip was a fun experience even if it wasn't wildly profitable. And I still have pots available if anyone is interested in purchasing them.