(The pictures are linked through my blog, so you might have to click through to see them larger.)
As many of you know,
We’ve been slowly trying to gain some momentum, creating a foundation to build upon, and it all came to a head this weekend. Our first public showing at the Armstrong Annual Outdoor Arts Festival. We put some of our work up, showing what even the few of us are capable of. We sold some designer cookies, popcorn, and greeting cards. Take a looksee:
There you’ll see our President and Vice President in front of our awesome board of accomplishments, where we sat, doing our damnedest to show what we can do, and trying to entice any passerby and staff members to let us do their next business card or letterhead— or anything else!!
You’ll also see our cookies in the final stage, Chris has a bunch of pictures of our troubled but successful making, baking and frosting of them. Not bad for our very first attempt, I’d say!! We made 39, and we sold 35, and only a few of those we bought ourselves. :p
Hey, they looked (and were!) delicious!!
Besides that, there are also pictures of all the greeting card designs we had for sale… not QUITE as popular, but definitely still worth the effort. As well the popcorn machine we rented. Even at 50 cents a bag, we made a killing with it.
Speaking of which,
All in all, we made about 133$, and raised a fair amount of interest in our services— which is FANTASTIC for our first showing.
I think many of us were expecting to be absolutely bored out of our collective minds, but I actually had a lot of fun. A lot of that is due mainly to the people that comprise our humble club, I’d say. There was much laughing, and smiling, which I’m positive was good for business. Chris and I had the foresight to bring sunscreen and bug spray for everyone, which I’m sure also made a big difference. :p I can’t remember another time in which I spent a good 3 to 4 hours in the beating sun and not coming away like a blackened lobster.
Aside from all that...
Some of the performances were definitely notable, and one act had most of us ROLLING for about an hour. PuppetPeople sent over a Pirate to entertain us, and he was hysterical. He ran around giving people lessons on how to speak like a swashbuckler, putting his massive hat on people, and making them say “Yar” and “Yo-ho!”
Even here, pictures are sometimes stronger than words, so check him out:
There he is, running up and down the aisles, making idle buccaneer banter with most of us. In the pictures, you see Mrs. Horne, a fellow member as much as she is our advisor and mentor; and Raphyel getting shown the finer points of the pirate’s life.
It’s not the best video, but it still makes me titter— at one point, music was playing for one of the other kids’ performances, and the pirate busted out into some KILLER moves.
Yes, that’s me giggling like a little girl in the back.
I honestly couldn’t contain myself, but anyone who knows me is aware that inability to control my laughter is a bulletpoint that defines the entirety of my character.
Aside from that, Chris went out for a break, and came back with a totally sweet moustache. I guess when you can’t do it yourself…
That other thing on his cheek is “Optimus Prime with a bowler hat on.” What an imagination on that guy. Everyone knows Optimus only wears feather caps. Silly.
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