our first market

thanks to so many amazing people, i would say our first ever vintage market was a huge success.  amy gave us our big break at the horseshoe.  we are fully aware that she took a chance on us.  that she made this happen for us.  and we are so amazingly thankful. 

brit and i worked about a million hours on the horseshoe project {especially in the last weeks and months}  and mikelle gave us so much creative vision and helped us tie it all together.  andy made us dinner and brad packed and unpacked us {and listened and stayed up late and dusted and tied knots and....}.  jen made sure we were hydrated and was our girl who filled in the gaps.  so many friends, family and neighbors stopped by to support us.  we received many kind words and tips from the pros.  pink attic cat and charlotte's rustic rose {swoony shops in downtown littleton} were in our row and they couldn't have been nicer.  jeanne oliver stopped by with words of encouragement.  denise from dandy social club was our first ever customer!  and erica posted about us in our first ever review!  THANK YOU SO MUCH!

our sign was a huge hit.  everyone wanted to join the not so secret society.  the more the merrier!  and do you see on our sign that we have an etsy shop?  it's not stocked yet, but it will be.  we put together handmade tags for every single item.  they were so much fun to dream up.  i saw grown men giggling while they perused.  and postcards to hand out our business information.

i was not nervous for the market. not one bit. just really, really, excited. it was the first time in my life that i did not procrastinate. we put in the hours, did research, practiced, thought about it every. second. together we poured over every piece and analyzed it. even this last week i was pirating stuff out of the "to go" pile and bringing it back in the house. i felt prepared. i felt as if it was going to be a learning experience and i had no expectations. i wasn't sure how our booth would stack up {especially considering the talent in our section}. but i didn't care. i just thought....how fun is this?

in a scale rank of things i've done in my life this kind of fits in close to the top. it was an amazing experience. from start to finish.

and the surprise, for me, was the feedback.  we had offers for wholesaling, buying, and selling.  we were given ideas about niche markets that would be right up our alley.  we were validated in our choice of items, our pricing, and our staging.  we were treated like we knew what we were doing.  we never, not once, felt less than.  we felt like a part of an amazing community of creative people.  and we were meant to be there.   

i thought when the market was over, we would take a break and assess the situation {you knew i would have to over think it, right?}  but, i kind of feel like it's under my skin now.  i think you will see great things in our etsy shop in the coming days/ weeks.  you might see us around town a bit.  and most likely, and amy permitting, you will see us next year at the horseshoe.  {now envision me leaping off into the sunset doing my happy dance}