Iguanadon Posted December 7, 2018 Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 (edited) Well, unfortunately it appears my final event of the year is going to be rained out tomorrow. My show 2 weeks ago was also rained out. These two rained out events going to cost me a ton of money (140 puzzles expected to have sold at these 2 events). Fortunately this is just a side "hobby" for me as I have a full time day job whereas other local arts & craft vendors I know depend on these events for a living. But, it's just a fitting end to a very wet year here in Mayberry Beach. Average rainfall 57 inches a year. Previous all time record from 1877 was 85 inches... we're about to hit 100 inches possibly this week... total of 8 events missed due to rain or due to Hurricane Florence and others shortened or lowered attendance due to rain during events. Only ended up able to do 20 events this year. Below are my stats for the year for those curious. Stats for 2018: Total puzzles sold = 1112 Average 55 sold per event Worst event 17 puzzles sold Best event 178 puzzles sold (2 day event) 172 different animals/dog breeds sold Top 30 items (listed below) accounted for 50% of all sold Top 10 items accounted for 25% of all sold Top 30 in order: (CB and Topsail items are local specialty items) Unicorn Dachshund Mermaid Shark Dragon Rescue Elephant Golden Giraffe T-Rex Sea Turtle Beagle Yeti Black Lab CB Mermaid Labrador Shepherd Topsail Turtle Aussie KittyKitty Buffalo Manatee Pelican Pitbull Topsail Mermaid CB Pelican Chihuahua Corgi Doodle Retriever Time to start stockpiling for 2019 based on above list. Iggy Edited December 7, 2018 by Iguanadon lawson56, Scrolling Steve, fisch2481 and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ike Posted December 7, 2018 Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 It's been a bad year all around between the bad weather and sickness in the family All 3 of my sales has not been up to standard My firs sale It started raining after I got set up and quit one hour before closing-this was an outside sale and I did sell $100 in that hour;The other 2 had a small turnout due to the weather so with home sales and the craft sales I am $150 over expenses. including the table rent on the last two sales.Glad this is just a hobly. IKE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted December 7, 2018 Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 Iggy, I can understand with weather you had to contend with. Hope next year is somewhat dryer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomanydogs Posted December 7, 2018 Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 It’s too bad they don’t have a back up indoor facility for rain days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAC1961 Posted December 7, 2018 Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 Wow, that's really impressive in all sorts of ways. Beautiful work. Hope the weather is better for you next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted December 8, 2018 Report Share Posted December 8, 2018 You done really well considering the weather you had to deal with etc.. Done better than I did this year that's for sure..LOL... well my year isn't over yet but.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjweb Posted December 8, 2018 Report Share Posted December 8, 2018 Iggy, congrads on the year, shame the rain gods weren’t on your side but you will get them next year, enjoy your holidays, RJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Pellow Posted December 8, 2018 Report Share Posted December 8, 2018 That's a very impressive number of sales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted December 8, 2018 Report Share Posted December 8, 2018 It's strange but the weather down here hasn't been good for markets and craft fairs either. Better luck next year. Marg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted December 8, 2018 Report Share Posted December 8, 2018 Not too shabby !....Congrats on a good year ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted December 8, 2018 Report Share Posted December 8, 2018 Had some bad weather her as well,But all in all you seem to have had a fairly good year.Hopefully we will all have a better 2019. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edward Posted December 9, 2018 Report Share Posted December 9, 2018 Very nice display, and glad you sales were good for the year, and for me this has been a very good year, hope it is as good in the 2019 season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty0312 Posted December 9, 2018 Report Share Posted December 9, 2018 In my opinion......you knocked it out of the park! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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