Now, it wasn't strictly minis.
It was advertised as a craft fair, but I thought what with it being the run up to Christmas it was worth a shot ( + the stand cost next to nothing which is ,unfortunately, rarely the case with specialist fairs :( )
So, armed with a few lunch boxes full of my most appealing minis ( + a range of felt and fabric Xmas decorations for posterity!) I hopped on the bus with my Aunty to an out of the way, slightly chilly, memorial hall in Hove.
Upon arrival we were allocated our trestle, quickly tarted up with some patchwork sheets I whipped over the summer , and set about making our stall look enticing to the hoards of visitors due to burst in in less than an hour.
Well, it only took 10 minutes to set up as we had opted for a 'capsule collection' ( in other words hadn't made half of what I'd planned due to horrible disease striking me down this week). Then we sat back and waited.
It soon became clear that there had been a distinct lack of PR for the event, we weren't particularly fussed as this was more of an experiment for us than a day of hard selling, that said there were some unhappy chaps around ( said chaps had spent considerably longer constructing their custom made stands, had boxes of bulky stock and were used to working much busier crowds!)
So, by early afternoon it was clear that nobody was going to be making the big bucks today, when to my disbelief and delight two ladies came over, all whispers and pointing at the mini's.
Why do people feel the need to whisper around mini's by the way?!
After a few minutes chatting they revealed that their mum is a dolls house nut just like me. They chose a cute, round Xmas pudding from the table, and bloody bought it!!!!
Now, we didn't even come close to breaking even today, Besides the pud we had one other sale ( a felt toadstool decoration) but that one mini sale was worth it!! It's been a long time coming and hopefully is another teeny tiny step in the right direction for mini world domination.
When the doors closed there was a definite feeling of satisfaction, ( for us at least!) We'd done what we set out to do. Made a sale, got sherbet lemon out of my flat and in front of people.
We took 10 minutes to pack up and walked off feeling slightly smug as most fellow stall holders negotiated time slots to bring cars around for loading up their partially dismantled, massive displays.
Though before we disappeared off into the sunset we signed up to do the same thing all over again next Sunday!!
Fingers crossed it's a bit busier next week! :)
I'll leave you with some snaps of our stall, not massively detailed but you'll get the idea.
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