last moment of peace before the storm

I'm having a bite to eat, a Swiss and Pepper-jack sandwich with carrots and spring greens and some yellow mustard and a mug of iced ginger-peach tea. I'm trying to enjoy the moment because in a few minutes I have to take photo 1 and turn it into photo 2. Then load a kiln, and pack for the weekend. Sometime today I need to get those salt pieces and gather camping equipment.

*sigh* better get on it!

Working it

Post sale stress disorders. I would rather be sleeping.

When an event like our homestudio sale goes really well we often feel elated at first...but then we realize that it's not a done deal. There's always more work to be done and rarely enough cash flow. I felt pretty good about weekend 2. Unplanned but we still did well enough to pay the bill I needed to pay. YAY! but then I realized there are 2 more bills I forgot about. Dammit! So...I am going to scramble to complete a couple of orders this week and restock the gallery in Berkeley Springs by early next week and see what I can do to raise the cash. *sigh* I'm moving an awful lot of pottery but rarely is it in sync with the bill schedule.

So on my agenda for today are 10 goblets, 20 small round mugs, 20 large round mugs, 20 cereal bowls and 5 plates.

In addition I want to inventory the pottery I still have and pack it to send to Jessa tomorrow for an event next weekend.

I also wanted to get the Etsy shop reactivated, that is done, but now we have to add a few new items. Maybe this evening. Wish me luck!

Sale Day II

Today was a much better day for sales than yesterday was. The weather was a crisp 61 and breezy..did I say breezy? I meant gusty.

Notice in the picture how the shelves are not on the table? We were forced to quickly rearrange when the gusts blew the table covers hard enough to dump the HUGE vase (not pictured) and the row of pitchers on the top of one of these shelves as well as a goblet from another shelf and the mugs and soup mugs below the suicidal pieces. Yeah. It was a loud disaster. I was so very sad.I said all the curse words I know repeatedly, then said them again because I didn't feel better yet.

Despite the loss of about 10 pieces, we had customers and I had a great day meeting new people and contemplating the next round of work.