So June was not good. My smallest check since moving into my space, and I was really trying to figure out what I was doing wrong to cause such a downturn in business, because the store was as busy as ever. I wish I could say I figured out what the problem was — that I was stocking the wrong merchandise, styling it wrong, or pricing it too high — but I just kept shoving more and more merchandise in, hoping for the best, and lo and behold, the drought is over. I went to work night tonight and took a look at the book — I’m already about $60 over where I was for the whole month of June. Actually, I really do think I know what the problem was — during the move and a couple of weeks afterwards, I didn’t have my crap together enough to get new stuff into the booth, nor did I have the time to really switch things up when I did get down there. It really, really seems to have made a difference, which indicates to me that I might be dealing with a lot of return customers who get bored with the same old stuff week after week. So I feel creatively renewed! I need to get my butt in gear and get that garage cleaned and organized so I can churn out some more projects. I worked on these this week:
The buttercup one is my favorite and as I am writing this I am wishing I had kept it for the kids’ room.
I just realized that I never priced those wooden paper trays nor the little teak box behind the deer. Grrr!
There are a lot of things in these pictures that have been in that booth forever at this point without selling (I’M LOOKING AT YOU, WOODEN CARVED PEOPLE) but I’m just going to focus on the fact that I am selling stuff again. HOORAY!
by Lara Jo
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