CCM Spring Pottery Festival

I am heading to Charlotte, NC tomorrow for the Carolina Clay Matters, Spring Pottery Festival. Last year Jeff did the show alone because I was in NH for my Mom's funeral. This year I will go it alone because he is in Mungyeong, S. Korea. I opted to simplify the booth to make set up and break down easier. I am leaving the Abstracta display system at home because it's such a pain to put together. I am sure someone will give me a hand with the EZ-UP tent that really isn't so easy!

CCM Spring Pottery Festival

Saturday May 9, 2015

10-4

McAlpine Business Park

8300 Monroe Rd, Charlotte, NC

I will be set up on the "Silo" side of the barn, booth #41

Our Seagrove gallery will be open on Saturday, thanks to my good friend Bonnie!

First Outdoor Show of the Year

The weather was great and the people came out to buy pottery!

This show is very easy to do, 10 am to 4 pm. The only downside for us is that it is a nearly two hour drive to Charlotte from Seagrove. The end of the day isn't bad, it's the leaving at 6 am that is a little painful. Once again we kept our booth very simple, two tables with a section of Abstracta shelving on top, and a couple of free standing pedestals. We sold lots of mugs and tumblers... it's still the under $50 items that are moving quickly. I didn't sell a single piggy bank, even though they were handled a lot. After a walk around, I know I won't bring them to this show again. There were quite a few potters with piggy banks, all priced significantly less than mine. I am okay with leaving them at home. The pigs sell really well on Etsy at $45.

The cool thing about the Carolina Clay Matters Pottery Festival is, that it's put together by a core group of volunteers (who work very hard) and EVERYONE who participates has to volunteer to do something to help with the show. It seemed to me like everyone knew what their job was and did it with a smile. We were two happy potters at the end of the day.

Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms out there, happy Sunday to everyone else.

CCM Spring Pottery Festival

We are packing up the trailer today and heading to Charlotte tomorrow for the Spring Pottery Festival. The fall show was very successful for us and we are going into this show thinking positively. I was excited that my oval baker was used in some of the advertising.

Jeff is slowly recovering from jet lag, and he hopefully will be completely back on track by 6 am tomorrow. The weather report says scattered thundershowers in the afternoon, they better mean LATE afternoon, like after 5 pm! Or maybe they are just wrong, it wouldn't be the first time.