I did the Albuquerque Doll and Bear show on Saturday. It went quite well, I adopted out two of my mohair teddy bears and two of my needle felted pieces; Hootie the owl, and my very small 2 ½” cat. I’ve included a few photos from the show.
Since this is a doll, accent on doll, and bear show most of the vendors are selling dolls and doll related items. There were only four bear artists, out of the approximate 40 spaces total. All the bear people were put together so we could sit and talk about the doll people :-)
It seems that there still is money around for those people that have such strong urges to add to their collection(s). I spoke with the promoters and they said the attendance was up over 25% over last year’s show. I don’t know if 25% more money was spent but we were busy most of the time with browsers.
We, the bear people, were kind of creeped out by some of the dolls that w
ere there. Some of them looked exactly like newborn babies. If I didn’t seem them unpacked from the boxes and placed in baskets on the display tables I would have bet they were the real thing. We saw several customers walking through the show carrying these ‘infants’ around as though they were real.
I tend to think that bear people are a little closer to normal, unbiased opinion :-)
Since I had a successful show I get to go back and make more bears and needle felted pieces. My next showing will be at the ToonaRoona Holiday Open House on Saturday December 12, from 10AM – 3PM. Go to www.ToonaRoona.com for more information. It’s the place to go if you collect dolls and Mark’s Bears.
Thank you for stopping by.
Mark
Since this is a doll, accent on doll, and bear show most of the vendors are selling dolls and doll related items. There were only four bear artists, out of the approximate 40 spaces total. All the bear people were put together so we could sit and talk about the doll people :-)
It seems that there still is money around for those people that have such strong urges to add to their collection(s). I spoke with the promoters and they said the attendance was up over 25% over last year’s show. I don’t know if 25% more money was spent but we were busy most of the time with browsers.
We, the bear people, were kind of creeped out by some of the dolls that w
ere there. Some of them looked exactly like newborn babies. If I didn’t seem them unpacked from the boxes and placed in baskets on the display tables I would have bet they were the real thing. We saw several customers walking through the show carrying these ‘infants’ around as though they were real.I tend to think that bear people are a little closer to normal, unbiased opinion :-)
Since I had a successful show I get to go back and make more bears and needle felted pieces. My next showing will be at the ToonaRoona Holiday Open House on Saturday December 12, from 10AM – 3PM. Go to www.ToonaRoona.com for more information. It’s the place to go if you collect dolls and Mark’s Bears.
Thank you for stopping by.
Mark
Glad your show went well. Looks like you hade a very nice display.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what it says about me since I am a bear person and NOT a doll person. Actually, I am an animal person and rarely a people person. Must mean I like cuddlily things better.
Carol I have to agree with you. In fact we are in the same boat since I am not a real people person either. I enjoy doing the shows because I like to meet whoever collects my bears but anywhere else I fade into the background and just do my job.
ReplyDeleteI felt like I was back in my element when I was kayaking in British Columbia, back to nature.
wow, I've been trying to post for several days now, but something wasn't cooperating... Just think what those "DOLL" people were saying about you OTHER people!!! lol... glad you did well at the show...
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