INCrowd members show at Bloomington

Several of the INCrowd members displayed and sold their work at the Luna Festival in Bloomington this last weekend. BagsandmorebyPam, MyWord, FroggyGirlDesigns, Dragoncat, Crescentwench, Art2theExtreme, and McVilleCreations were all there. I missed KreationsbyKelly but I know she had planned to be there. Traffic was very steady and the show itself was a good one. People are being careful with their money and I think sales would have been better with a better economy but I felt it was successful for an early spring show. Food was available from a local Mexican restaurant and was a delightful change from the usual hot dog! Show was held on two levels in the building and spaces were virtually all filled. The crowd was very enthusiastic. I think this is a show that will really take off in the future.

Summer Heat Festival Review

Sumer Heat Festival 2007

This year the Summer heat festival in Muncie returned to its original location at the AMA. The festival was privileged to have Stufffromthebunker, Deb, as the Vendor coordinator, which was a volunteer position given to her just weeks ago! Deb did an absolutely incredible job organizing the vendor locations, mapping it out, getting everyone checked in and maintaining their happiness throughout the 3-day event.

It was so wonderful to have so many Etsy artists have booths. Studioamf (Allison), Myword (Joanna), Stufffromthebunker (Deb), DBrown (Debbie), and beckbydesign (that’s me!) all had, or shared a booth. We had lots of Etsy promos to hand out (thanks to everyone who sent some) and talked up the raffle baskets. I think I can sum up the festival pretty easily – HOT!!!! Granted, it’s called the Summer Heat festival for a reason; however it was extremely steamy all days. Unfortunately after setting up on Sunday the downpour forced us to pack up and head out. I think I can speak for those of us who attended, that although sales were quite low, we had a great time getting to know one another and learning from each other. The festival team is certainly blessed to have Deb volunteer so much of her time and energy into making the vendor section better each year and I look forward to seeing the big changes she has in mind for 2008.

I’ve attached a few photos of our booths from the festival.

Deb manning her booth & the vendors

Allison (studioamf) & John

Joanna (myword)