Business was decent, but definitely no more than just extra cash on most days. I had recruited two friends that were brothers into the business, hoping that our combined creative powers would give the boost the business needed. Along with the brothers, a new craft was brought in called Perler Bead Art, most commonly known as pixel art. I hadn't seen anything like it before. At first glance, it didn't seem very practical. Interesting, no doubt, but not practical.
After dabbling with the Perler art for a little, I realized that there was potential for a large and growing consumer base. Nerd culture is big and getting bigger every year and this was perfect for areal business. At this point, I had finally found a job, but my focus remained on the business.
We
wanted to really get our business out into the world and make it into a
legitimate income, so we set up a booth at Apple Butter Makin' Days last year.
It was the first time any of us had ran a booth, let alone selling anything at
a fair. The first day, or the beginning anyway, was terrible. When it rains, it pours. That was the literal case for us that day. We arrived to set up our booth at 6 AM after a sleepless night of finishing everything up. It started pouring rain as we got everything unloaded at the Mt. Vernon Square quickly became a pool.
Fighting through the rain trying to keep everything from getting completely soaked, we finally got everything set up. Then it started to really pour. Another vendor arrived to inform us that we were in their spot. The chamber had failed to let us know that they had moved us to a different location. After getting soaked in a matter of seconds and freezing, I had managed to figure out where we were supposed to go and along we went.
No comments:
Post a Comment