Trading Recap: Jubilee!

Today I traded at RAF Waddington's Big Jubilee Lunch.
It rained. AND RAINED... and rained. We almost had to boat home. Here's a quick review of what happened, both good and bad:

The stall looked MASSES better than it did last time we traded. I think a lot of that is because of the sign. I wrote myself a list of ideas last time we traded, and I went through it and made a check-list for things to remember this time. I was a lot calmer this time, but that might have something to do with the fact it is Sunday and I am so terribly sleepy! We set up quite early, picked the tent right in front of where our car was parked and got everything out. Luckily, Chris packed the car in exchange for bacon, so that all worked out lovely! The weather was exactly how it was back in October last year, and we could see our breath every time we spoke! We shared a tent with a lovely lady selling PartyLight candle, so got to have a bit of a gossip.

Unfortunately, due to the weather, there was almost no passing trade. Not kidding, we saw about 10 people all day. It was mainly that due to the weather, everyone was bundled up and huddled inside the tents put up for eating, then deciding that after buggering about in the rain for an hour, that was enough, so they weren't checking out the stalls in the tents as much as they would have, had it been a nice day. The customers we did meet however, were lovely.

Overall, we decided that after only 4 hours of being there, it'd be best to pack up. We weren't getting customers, or even people just popping in to have a cheeky look. I did learn a couple of other things to do with setting up the stall and the best way to pack the car, but beyond that, it wasn't anywhere near as much as a learning curve as the first trading event.

This past 6 weeks hasn't been too bad on the private order front, which is great, along with the Etsy store starting to take of. Ordered some more fabric for spats, so they should be released in the next few weeks, depending on how things pan out with my job interview on Wednesday! (Don't get too excited, it's a shop job.)