Giving It Another Shot!

I will admit, I was being a typical teenager and procrastinating when it came to writing the Sweet Shoppe’s blog the first time. This past weekend we had our first show and it sparked some inspiration inside of me. 

Our first show of the season was the Floyd County Arts & Crafts Festival which is a two day event. It's a good sized show with over 180 vendors and free parking and admission. It's one of our best (and favorite) shows and this past weekend we did outstanding! It was a little windy, but that didn't stop people from coming out to see us and other vendors. Many customers who stopped by our booth noticed one of the biggest changes we made in the Sweet Shoppe... the display!

We moved some tables around, took out one table, and completely changed our wreath display. We exchanged the tacky white wire racks we had  for a much better PVC pipe and lattice structure. It stood about 4 foot high, but we will be adding to it so it stands 6 foot. Wreaths will no longer be standing up behind us. Instead, they will be on the side of our booth so customers can touch and see the wreaths better.

I personally love this new display and I hope I can get Mom on board with it. She's not too happy about where we sit. I think we have much more room for customers and we still have out all of our product.

We're trying to give our booth a more candy store feel, so the display is going to be changing a bit in the next year or so. Our main colors will be white and pink and cupcakes will be everywhere. Products will sit on cake stands and in candy jars and items will be grouped together based on their theme ( Ex. Baby gifts, candy, wreaths). We even may double our space in the future, but as of right now, we're staying with one booth.

Mom rockin' one of our new aprons!

To go along with our candy store theme, we decided to try out some new cupcake aprons. Even if they don't give off the feel of a candy store or bakery, we had so many positive comments that we will definitely keep these aprons! We're even thinking about getting "The Sweet Shoppe" embroidered onto the front.

To see our aprons and new display, come visit us at the Newbern Fall Festival in Dublin, VA on October 11th and 12th, 2014. Also, please make sure to go see and support other venders. See you guys there!

~Kira


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Floyd County Arts and Crafts Festival

Floyd County Arts and Crafts Festival