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I see some things I might have done differently, and things I could nit pick but wouldn't dream of on a project that big and such nice results. Cheryl

I live in Rutland VT so depending on where you are I'm in your ;area.' You looking for someone to make these for you, design them, sell them? What kind of help do you need? Cheryl.

Hi Texas Lady. If people want I can look into how to 'rent' a conference room online, start a business Paypal account for people to sign up for different classes, and see if the video's can be done by me as a participant while the teacher teaches. Then I could pass out the video to people who couldn't attend the class. I'm happy to look into it if people want me to. Cheryl

Bumping this instead of moving all these images for the people interested in becoming vendors. A real job putting all this info in this. Going to add to it next week. I will link people to it then let it die folks. Cheryl

I think they're adorable. I wish I could figure out some other animals on my own so I could make them for the farmers market, but I could hardly figure this one out with a pattern, Cheryl

A while back a man posted some of these and I was dying to know how to do it. These are made with single pieces of leather. He sent me the pattern and it only took me 3 days to figure it out, LOL. WITH help from everyone in Chat. But I think they're just adorable.

Next is Peter and behind him you can see The Fat Chef's display which although I got him, I didn't the display. Peter cooks. He makes things like jalapeno cornbread and wonderful things like that. He also makes things like humus that I've only seen Gordon Ramsey use and I won't try, LOL. But he makes food you can TASTE. I couldn't eat it yesterday, I had stayed up and worked on a horse key fob all night for the market and to make sure I didn't oversleep. By noon my stomach was queasy from the heat and too much soda. I was starved. I went to check Peter out nd he said, 'none of this will settle your stomach. Ask the Asian Arts people for something soothing.' I did and got rice. It was yellow. They said it had turmeric in it, which I think is a spice and not a poison but sure doesn't have much flavor. Or STRONG flavor like Peter's wonderful food. I gave most of it to the dog whose favorite food is what I happen to be eating. Peter's display is pans. Well used pans. Pans that smell good. Finally we're back around to The Fat Chef. That's the name of his booth and I can't remember his name right this second. He has a three by three canopy, I swear. Maybe smaller. He sells confections. He has a tall kinda two shelf thing with his confections on it. I like that word confections. Next weak I'll try to do better at displays and less at people. This is not ALL the vendors by any means. I'll try and remember a few wide-angle shots too. I hear people complain all the time that people don't care about hand made things anymore. Well what about you? The next time you go shopping take an extra 10 minutes and get it at the Farmers Market. Need a gift for someone's birthday etc.? Go to a craft fair. Christmas comes every year folks so why not buy some gifts at a Christmas fair? Let's start our own hand made movement.

Next is Diane Heleba who helps Judy and well all of us. I don't have a Square so Diane takes care of customers with CCs that need tokens. For all of us. They also raise potatoes. Not just any spud; when we had a seller in Vermont who made purple potato chips the Heleba's grew the potatoes for them. Again one of the nicest people you'd ever wanna meet, and genuinely sweet, nothing aggressive about her. When she's upset she sounds like me on my best day. Then there's Patty who sells meats from their farm. Oh boy good meat too. I wish I'd gotten her display because it's very neat, no nonsense, but still creative. She makes the most of every inch. Me when I do my display it's kinda like 'how fast can I throw it out and see who all is here.' I'll admit 1/2 of my items are not marked. At St. Joe's Christmas craft fair last year Mary made up signs and slid them under items that were only 1/2 marked. I'm still using those signs on items that are only 1/2 marked But you always know what Patty has for sale and when she's out of something. Plus she makes friend chicken feet for dog treats. Skadi loves them but I can hardly pick one up to give her. Of course Skadi would love friend chicken lips. Across the aisle from her is Mort, my friend who is always feeding me brownies. Thanks Mort, I really need those. He is a teacher of about 200 years turned farmer AND woodworker. The make jellies and jams and baked goods and sell berries and squash and have beautiful flowers and Mort makes these incredible hand made clocks. He sells those in their store that Mary runs on Saturdays after helping him set up at the market. I'll try and get there early to get a better shot of their set up AND Mary. They use wood on saw horses, and blocks of wood, etc. Mort let me borrow his stool once when I forgot my chair. It has no stuffing left. Would like to recover it for him but prolly should do the tool roll first he asked me to do first I always refuse money from him and he never allows it. He pays me more than what I'd ask so I always give him some back. Sometimes he takes it, sometimes not.

There's been a lot of questions on how to sell at craft shows, Farmers Markets and shows. Yesterday at my Farmer's market I went around and MEANT to take pics of different ways of setting up, but got caught up in taking pics of my friends instead. sometimes their set ups weren't in the picture. I'll do better next week. BTW doesn't my new cameras take good pics? The first one is me with my unpaid help Skadi. My booth looks a little bare (2nd week) and I realized I have a whole bag of leather items that aren't with me. I hang my 'swingy' things on the canopy support, guitar straps, cross body purses. I hope the things waving in the wind might attract someone's eye. And I have a berry stand that I switch out with different things. Yesterday it was a checkbook cover, portfolio and art. Next we have Josh who sells nothing but hydroponic tomatoes and is partners with Peter who cooks that I'll show later. With Josh it's just maybe 4 tables to start with tomatoes on it, and down to one table by the time he leaves. He is next to me and a funny guy and nice too. I'm making him a dog collar now that started out one like the brown print in the photo for 25 bucks that I manage to turn into a red one, with red marbled goat on veg tanned, laced in red roo for, well you got it, 25 bucks. He decided he'd like red and I ran with it. It's for his German Shorthair Pointer pup. Across from me with an elaborate display is Pat. She makes incredible jewelry out of anything that catches HER eye and also probably has one of the nicest displays at the market. I'm not sure your display will sell you more but a nice one does get more lookers which increases your chances. Then we have Roger who sells things like tomato plants. His first year he brought one table and was gone in 3 weeks, no more product. He hasn't made that mistake since. Nice guy that would help you do anything. After that we have Rachel that I've known since she was maybe 10 years old. She used to take riding lessons where I had my horse boarded. Actually 'Miss Cheri; kept her busy during the hours that the Farmers Market was open because both her parents worked at it. I can still hear her trailing behind, 'Miss Cheri, Miss Cheri, Miss Cheri like an able student wanting called on in class. She used to ride this Shetland pony named Crackers that would have been more aptly named Crackerjack. I did a picture of Crackers on a piece of leather for her years ago I still haven't painted Now she's all grown up, plays the guitar and mandolin and works at the Farmers market. That is her with our Queen that we all have the opportunity throughout the year of entertaining at our booth. Wait, I think she's England's Queen too. Next is Judy who was kind enough to come after me for the market since I didn't have a ride. She is Market Runner and Market runner, person extraordinaire who gets there at & AM in the morning to make sure everyone who needs help has it. She sells her plants on the most rickety card tables, etc. that I fear one day her plants will take a tumble. Her look? 'I'm too old for this crap, don't you dare take my picture and why aren't you at your booth?' True Vermonter, she has pipes running horizontally across the back of her seats to hold boards that are held with bailing twine and duct tape. I imagine the bag balm was in the glove box. Hysterically funny, kind, abrupt at times when she's in a hurry and one of the genuinely nicest human beings alive. Andre and continuation on the next post. Then we have Andre, Rachel's father selling he and Clair's exotic baked goods. well they are exotic to me. Tarts and biscuits and nothing but a booth filled with OMG I want it all. He is from France, Claire from Scotland which is how I think we got our Queen. Ordered from one of her magazines. We are the only Farmers Market in the United States to have a Queen I believe and we all love the old darling and fight over getting her for the day. As you can see off to the side Andre and Claire have curlicue shelf thingys and other quite nice things. Doesn't matter, people know they're there and flocked to their booth.

A group I used to belong to on FB had classes on about anything people brought up and video taped them. The teacher met the students in an online conference room and charged 20.00 per person. I'd love to see LW.net get started doing something like this. After it was video taped, anyone who missed the class but still wanted the info could pay the fee and get the link to the video. Cheryl

Wolf I think thrown together aptly describes this. You didn't cut the square vaguely square, your wolf lost an eye and WHAT is that stuff around the motorcycle that was cut wet and not beveled? I like the color and some of your stitching is nice. Cheryl

Beautiful Job Robin. Cheryl

What ever you decide to do, I would cut the leather ahead of time so that doesn't take up time in the workshop. And remember water and sponges to case whatever they make can be stamped. I'd bring an alphabet stamp set with me and a mallet for them to do the stamping. Also you would be teaching them about casing the leather. I am suggesting cutting the things ahead of time simply because that's the hardest thing for me. Might be easy for your workshop people. Also I'd take the basic 6 tools (no swivel knife) so they can stamp decorative designs with those too. Or if you are going to do several of these, you could build on the skills. I would start with casing, then maybe next time give them a pattern to transfer to the leather and let them use a swivel knife, next a beveler, etc. Later in the series you can get into sewing. But I don't know if this is how you have them set up. Just brainstorming Cheryl

I hope you're going to use the horrid things on a human collar and not a dog collar. Cheryl

Ooooh I want some mermaid tanned with pixie dust. I need to make some pretty interiors. Did mr. Flintstone say when it would be ready? Does it come in colors? CHERYL

I got to thinking about it and I want some. Loved the way it looked on the collars. How much you charging a sq. ft? CHERYL

I love the pink flower one although the pink lace is a little 'pink' for me The rest are very nice too. Cheryl

Nice collar or belt or whatever but ain't dinosaur leather you dips. No one would sell you that, even if it existed. CHERYL

Cubby this is great. All your pictures and explanations, and especially the last question. I'm with you there. Cheryl

Cubby what a wonderful array of pictures you chose. I would have been lost trying to make this decision. And I know you've still got to be exhausted. Thanks so much for sharing this. Cheryl

Nice! Cheryl

I found this picture of an ancient image in a cave and made the nose band from it. I entered it in a contest and never had any problems. Cheryl

I took making interiors with Chan Geer and beginning tooling with Ed (Bearman) Labarre. I didn't realize how fast you lose that ability when you aren't using it. First time I held a swivel knife in over a year. And the results WEREN'T pretty. But taking a swivel knife with me tomorrow to the farmer's market and some scrap and just gonna practice while I'm there in between people. Chan's class was easier in concept but harder than even tooling for me because of my shaky hands. But I'm looking forward to putting the knowledge to use, good use I hope. Thanks for asking. Cheryl