Bonita Craft Fair

I spent the weekend at the Bonita Craft Fair sponsored by the Bonita Optimist Club.  It was a cool overcast day and my friend Val and I arrived at Rohr Park at 6:30 am to set up the tent.  Val made new aprons for us to wear all day as advertisement for her new pattern.  Mine was a very cute red and black witch themed one.  One of my witches is knitting.

After set up and organization, we were ready to make some sales.  Last year at this event, Val was able to sell a bunch of her quilted purses.  However, with this year's economy, we just had to wait and see.


Here are some photos of the tent.

There was steady traffic most of the day.  The event started at 9:00 am and ended at 3:00 pm.  I had a few of my knitted items, some hand spun yarn, a few sewn project bags, and a couple of small quilts.  Val had multiple aprons, pillow cases, and quilted purses.


Not sure how much we made in sales since it was a one cash register event for all the vendors with the Bonita Optimist Club taking their cut and accounting will be coming at a later time.  However, we were able to spend our money at the fair.


Val's tent was sandwiched between her friend Margaret's sewing extravaganza tent with some handmade soap and salve and Miki Yamamoto, the potter.

Margaret's Tent

Miki's Tent

I parceled out some funds for two pottery pieces and had to keep myself from going over repeatedly for more things to buy.  Miki is having a christmas show that I will have to attend.  Her pottery is light and beautiful and is not as heavy as stoneware.  She has my color palate.  Here are the two items I purchased.

I also bought some hand salve and some lemongrass scented soap.

I sold my hand spun, hand knitted V shawl, one sewn project bag, one skein of alpaca yarn, and one woven scarf of alpaca and wool.  It was a lot of work setting up and breaking down, but it was nice to visit with friends and chat with customers.

Val and I ended the day by having a very early dinner at El Portal before unloading all the equipment and supplies.  Back home by 6:00 and in bed by 8:00.