So, now I know that this symbol means DO NOT put your fingers under the blade. I must have misunderstood this before, because that is precisely what I did today. How it happened is kind of a blur, but 45 mins in the emergency room and 3 stitches later, I have learned my lesson. And that lesson is that your index finger is crucial for typing. From now on in this post, I will ignore my typing errors (and you should too!).
If you're keeping the real score, it's:
mitre saw 1
kitchen knife 1
margot's pride -2
I also plan to lose one fingertip for each province, just to check out the emergency room wait times. So far PEI is WAY ahead of Ontario, but that's probably because I actually needed stitches and not just tape and a tetanus shot.
So, on to the real business, and that's that I'm in business, for real this time! The craft sale was a huge success, I sold all but one frame, lots of purses, all but one set of coasters, two trays AND an ottoman! The magnets, while completely unoriginal, were great because everyone leaned in close to see them, thus examining everything on the table on the way back up! Oh, and someone offered to buy my ratty old screen that's been moved, painted and broken more times than I can count! I couldn't in good conscience sell that to someone, but now I know for next time: make screens to sell!
I made a few contacts with shop owners in Charlottetown, as well as ACOA's Women in Business Initiative. I was debating whether to enter another sale next weekend to see if I could sell my remaining items, but I think I'll give it a rest for a while.
Here's my final setup (well, it changed each time I sold something, the table was pretty bare by the last day!):
I'll be putting the remaining items up for sale on Etsy tomorrow, I think I've had enough typing for tonight. Work on Monday's gonna suck :)
Oh, one final funny thing...here's a picture of the truck I was following on my way to Summerside on Saturday:
