Iguanadon Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 One week from tomorrow I load up the PuzzleMobile and head to Cary, NC for the 42nd annual Lazy Daze event. Over 350 arts and crafts vendors gathered in one place. It's 9 hours long Saturday and 4 1/2 hours Sunday. This will be my second year doing it and I have set a goal of selling 200 puzzles. I sold 153 last year, but the first day I wasn't able to set up the way I prefer, but this year I rented 2 spaces in order to maximize sales. We'll see if it pans out. Of course, weather will be the biggest factor and so far, the 10 day forecast looks decent. We'll see if it holds true. I'm still cutting in preparation for it and I'll take a final inventory count in a few days to see exactly how many puzzles I'll be taking with me, but I know it'll be in the 500-600 range. Silly me, I signed up for another decent sized event the following Saturday... UGH! But I'm taking vacation from the day job the week in between so that I can replenish my stock based on what I sell at Lazy Daze. Fingers crossed for good weather. Iggy OCtoolguy, NC Scroller, lawson56 and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iguanadon Posted August 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 Oh, and I guess in a way this is a good thing... It's been so rainy this summer I've missed 3 or 4 of my weekly farmers markets. It of course has hurt my wallet, but at least I've been able to increase my stockpile, especially since my other side business is taking up a lot of my time right now. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meflick Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 Good luck Iggy. Hope you make your goals and then some! OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjweb Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 Good luck and I think you will hit your goal no problem, RJ OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 You are a true glutton for punishment. But, I guess that's because you are still young. Once you reach the age that most of us are at, you'll be happy to get one project at a time done and finished. I'd also love to know how you work in the "honey-do's" with all your scrolling. My wife is always finding something for me to do. Ugh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrollingforsanity Posted August 17, 2018 Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 Good Luck I hope you sell over 200!! grizz Oregon OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iguanadon Posted August 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 3 hours ago, octoolguy said: You are a true glutton for punishment. But, I guess that's because you are still young. Once you reach the age that most of us are at, you'll be happy to get one project at a time done and finished. I'd also love to know how you work in the "honey-do's" with all your scrolling. My wife is always finding something for me to do. Ugh! I'm feeling older every day Ray. Day job, puzzle zombie, map/advertising business, landlord and honey-do list do-er... It keeps me pretty busy but only during daylight hours. LOL OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WayneMahler Posted August 17, 2018 Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 Best of everything for you Ziggy. Do well my friend ! OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted August 17, 2018 Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 Good luck Scott, hope the weather is kind to you. Marg OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted August 17, 2018 Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 Good Luck Iggy. May the Puzzle Gods smile on you. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meflick Posted August 17, 2018 Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 12 hours ago, Iguanadon said: I'm feeling older every day Ray. Day job, puzzle zombie, map/advertising business, landlord and honey-do list do-er... It keeps me pretty busy but only during daylight hours. LOL Hey Iggy, i have good news for you then (or maybe not depending on how you look at it ) - if it only keeps you busy during "daylight hours" - you will get some relieve at some point since we have started having less and less daylight now that we are moving on towards Fall and Winter. So less work for you perhaps. (Either that, or less time to do the work in so making you even busier ) OCtoolguy, Iguanadon and kmmcrafts 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted August 17, 2018 Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 Hope the sale goes better than you expected. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iguanadon Posted August 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 4 hours ago, meflick said: Hey Iggy, i have good news for you then (or maybe not depending on how you look at it ) - if it only keeps you busy during "daylight hours" - you will get some relieve at some point since we have started having less and less daylight now that we are moving on towards Fall and Winter. So less work for you perhaps. (Either that, or less time to do the work in so making you even busier ) I'm not sure whether to thank you or to condemn you! Good news, the front of my map is completely sold for 2019 as of this morning! Only a few spaces remaining on the back and I have plenty of time to sign businesses for my Pleasure Island Guide. Selling out the front of the map was a big milestone in just a few days of selling. meflick and OCtoolguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangeman Posted August 18, 2018 Report Share Posted August 18, 2018 Scott, Hope you do really well at the show! Looks like you have a new display! Btw, good decision on our part to cancel out. We're still getting orders from the Berea, KY show we did mid July. In fact a record number of state wildlife puzzles were sold. And the orders keep coming!. Keep us informed about Cary. bb OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iguanadon Posted August 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2018 49 minutes ago, orangeman said: Scott, Hope you do really well at the show! Looks like you have a new display! Btw, good decision on our part to cancel out. We're still getting orders from the Berea, KY show we did mid July. In fact a record number of state wildlife puzzles were sold. And the orders keep coming!. Keep us informed about Cary. bb That's another reason I set a goal of 200... I don't have the puzzle master from Georgia there to take all the puzzle business. Congrats on the flow of orders. I'll let you know things go. The weather looks like it's going to be agreeable. I hope the forecast holds. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodmaster1 Posted August 18, 2018 Report Share Posted August 18, 2018 I hope you do awesome at the show! With 2 hrs of sleep at night you should be well rested and continue to crank out puzzles. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted August 18, 2018 Report Share Posted August 18, 2018 Break a leg , Scott ! OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdatelle Posted August 19, 2018 Report Share Posted August 19, 2018 Good luck Iggy. You'll do great like always. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3Dface Posted August 19, 2018 Report Share Posted August 19, 2018 Holy guano Batman!!!! It is taking almost all my free time to shoot for 150 projects to take and hope to sell at my first show. I can't even wrap my head around 500-600! My hope for you is to sell all you take over the 2 shows. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC Scroller Posted August 19, 2018 Report Share Posted August 19, 2018 Break a leg. If my wife shows up don't sell her any. They are on my to do list and they will be done some day. LOL Iguanadon, OCtoolguy and meflick 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iguanadon Posted August 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2018 19 hours ago, 3Dface said: Holy guano Batman!!!! It is taking almost all my free time to shoot for 150 projects to take and hope to sell at my first show. I can't even wrap my head around 500-600! My hope for you is to sell all you take over the 2 shows. Yeah, mine are just simple little puzzles. They don't count as "projects". OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poupster2 Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 Wow Iggy, I'm impressed at how you're organized. This gives me so many ideas!!! Thank you for sharing and good luck on your next sale! OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iguanadon Posted August 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 Puzzlemobile is loaded... one snapshot shows the 530 puzzles I'm taking, and then the rest of the "stuff" piled on. Leaving in an hour to stay with friends. Early morning tomorrow, up at 4:30am to get to the venue and setup. meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted August 24, 2018 Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 Good luck Scott... hope you sell out so you'll have something to do when you get back.. I need to get back on your site soon to place an order for more of those patterns I wanted.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meflick Posted August 24, 2018 Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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