Well, here I sit...another day at the bizarre! It has been slow. There seems to be less traffic than last week. I have sold a couple items. Mushers Dream, Kitties globe lamp has found a new home thanks to Facebook advertising.

Even though the sales are not there, I received some nice compliments on our creations. I also did much better at talking to and not at people when they approached my table. It has been slow for everyone here. I will stay to the bitter end as I watch vendor after vendor pack up their wares and head out early. 

 

Next weekend I am going to find a better spot to set up. I will keep doing this. I am determined not to fail. Failure still is not an option. 

 

 Getting this whole concept of recycle, repurpose, reuse functional art to take hold is an astronomical challenge. My wife and I don't do what others would consider fine art. We take what God has given us and do what we can with it to try and make a beautiful out of an ugly. I think that my table with our creations on it is beautiful. Plus, we have (at least for a little while) kept a few things that will never deteriorate out of the landfills and our earth. 

 

We are trying to keep a small footprint in an excessively consuming throw away society. I see the importance in this now. I have gone through the dumps and seen all of the brand new or barely used things that people just seem to get tired of now. I have learned to take a shower without using 10 gallons of water every day, which is a finite resource by the way.

I now know what the phrase 'Waste Not Want Not' means. I've got a long ways to go but I am trying to live that life now, along with my wife who is one of the very few people I know that practices what she preaches.

Oops, gotta go. Getting an late afternoon rush!

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