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Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Winter to Spring Photo Sequence
Just for fun I thought I would take a picture at the same spot to see the progression of Spring while walking my dogs. Here is the result:
Friday, May 25, 2012
Celebrate, Commemorate: This Week's Events and WOTW
This weekend you can find me at Lafayette Park in Waterloo,NY for their annual Celebrate Commemorate memorial day festival.
It is a little known fact that on May 26, 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson, signed a Presidential Proclamation recognizing Waterloo as the Birthplace of Memorial Day.
I am proud to get to spend the weekend in the very spot where Memorial Day was first observed. Come join me on it's 146th anniversary and enjoy some of the wonderful events Lafayette Park has to offer.
Here are just a few:
* Boat tours/wagon rides
* Live music
* Ice cream and pizza eating contests
* Car shows
* Parades
* 5k race
~and of course~
*The 2 day craft show!
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It is a little known fact that on May 26, 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson, signed a Presidential Proclamation recognizing Waterloo as the Birthplace of Memorial Day.
I am proud to get to spend the weekend in the very spot where Memorial Day was first observed. Come join me on it's 146th anniversary and enjoy some of the wonderful events Lafayette Park has to offer.
Here are just a few:
* Boat tours/wagon rides
* Live music
* Ice cream and pizza eating contests
* Car shows
* Parades
* 5k race
~and of course~
*The 2 day craft show!
What: Memorial Day Festival Craft Show
When: May 26 & 27th 10am-5pm
Where: Lafayette Park Waterloo,NY
Word of the Week
This week's 'WOTW' is COMMEMORATE
How to get your discount:
In person - mention this word when you see me at the Waterloo Memorial Day craft show this Saturday or and get $5 off of your $25 or more purchase and $3 under $25
Online - enter the word of the week in as a discount code at check-out to get $3 off of your total purchase at www.sunshynesilverwear.com
offer expires 5/28/12
Friday, May 18, 2012
I Feel So Violated
Almost 3 years ago now, I sold a spoon pendant to a girl outside of the Dinosaur BBQ as I was on my way to the 'Party in the Park' in downtown Rochester. I remember thinking about what good fortune I had to sell a necklace before I even got to my destination. And this girl was head over heals impressed with her pendant. I even remember exactly what pendant it was because I had just made it a few days before and had a feeling it would go fast.
This girl has taken it upon herself to steal my idea and start making spoon pendants. I have known about it for quite a while. Every so often someone would come up to my booth at a show and ask if I worked with her or if I knew her. I was kind of disappointed then, but I figured that if she was not doing craft shows then it was no biggie for me. Live and let live.
Things changed this past weekend while at the Lilac Fest. One of her friends stopped at my booth and told me that she was accepted to a pretty big local show that I was rejected to this year, but was accepted into last year. This totally broke my heart. I gotta say, I felt a little threatened. Hell, I quit my full time job with benefits and a 401k to do what I love. And it seemed when I found out about her doing this local show, that my world was crashing down around me. I felt angry, sad, depressed, defeated, oh and did I mention angry?
I have seen her work, and to be honest, if I knew nothing of craftsmanship and had never seen spoon pendants before, I would think they were the coolest thing since sliced bread. And that brings me to another thing that irks me. She sells her pendants for $5-$15 more that mine!
All I can say is that I know my pendants are better quality, original and fair priced. Hopefully customers will realize the same. And hopefully there is not a downpour the weekend of her festival, It would just be a shame ;)
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| Me at a Dead show back in 2009. This is how I sold pendants back in the day. |
This girl has taken it upon herself to steal my idea and start making spoon pendants. I have known about it for quite a while. Every so often someone would come up to my booth at a show and ask if I worked with her or if I knew her. I was kind of disappointed then, but I figured that if she was not doing craft shows then it was no biggie for me. Live and let live.
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| 2008: First pendants ever made. If you see me at a craft show, I am Most likely wearing the one on the left. |
Things changed this past weekend while at the Lilac Fest. One of her friends stopped at my booth and told me that she was accepted to a pretty big local show that I was rejected to this year, but was accepted into last year. This totally broke my heart. I gotta say, I felt a little threatened. Hell, I quit my full time job with benefits and a 401k to do what I love. And it seemed when I found out about her doing this local show, that my world was crashing down around me. I felt angry, sad, depressed, defeated, oh and did I mention angry?
I have seen her work, and to be honest, if I knew nothing of craftsmanship and had never seen spoon pendants before, I would think they were the coolest thing since sliced bread. And that brings me to another thing that irks me. She sells her pendants for $5-$15 more that mine!
All I can say is that I know my pendants are better quality, original and fair priced. Hopefully customers will realize the same. And hopefully there is not a downpour the weekend of her festival, It would just be a shame ;)
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