Metrowest Humane Society Craft Fair, Framingham, MA
Saturday, September 15th, 2007So the Metrowest Human Society was hosting a craft fair in the same spot we normally do our Framingham farmers market. They only wanted 60 bucks to set up, so we jumped on it. (The health department certificate was all set.) We hoped that we would get enough of our regular customers in Framingham to make this worth while. We were a little wary of doing Arts and Craft festivals from our struggles at last weeks Mattoon Arts and Crafts festival in Springfield.
We get there. It’s overcast and starting to drizzle. It doesn’t look good. We manage to sell a few bags before it’s starts to legitimately rain. We’re going, “Oh boy, this is gonna suck.” Velma and I are sitting there, getting annoyed with each other and our predicament. We had bailed on a recent Springfield farmers market because it was pouring before we even left. Now we’re thinking: ” 4 more hours of this?”
Wadda ya know…it stops raining, the sun comes out and bunches of people descend on our tent! We got close to a record day! I notice that I can “play” the crowd with my kettle. If I keep popping small batches, the smell and noise attracts customers. It seems when I lines forms, this entices others to cue up. Give ‘em some of the just popped, hot and sticky stuff and you’ve got yourself a sale.
