Are we there yet?

Here's a visual journey of my booth at the Beverly Hills Art Show.
I've written two other posts over on SpyGirl: an Art Show fashion report and a feature on Lisa Baldwin, my booth neighbor.

This post is a little more nuts and bolts about the artist life at an art fair.

Day 1.

Booth 416, 7:30am

With 30 small truck pieces to hang, I affixed them to four pieces of foam core with Command Strips.
I accidentally bought Refill Strips instead of the Velcro Strips, and they worked perfectly.
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Booth all set up. Note that the walls are strapped to the OUTSIDE of the canopy.
Me in the booth with all my matching #dailytruck gear (available on Redbubble) I won a ribbon! Honorable Mention for Digital.

Day 2. It was raining.
The rain, though unseasonal, was no surprise. I had checked the weather report and took all the art home. BUT. Remember what I said about the walls being set outside the canopy? The nighttime "wall covers" were velcroed INSIDE the canopy (what were they covering, exactly?) so rain dripped down both sides of the walls. What a disaster! My framed pieces would become damaged if they got wet.

My solution? First, I cut the plastic covering the lattice about 8" from the top on the inside. Then I folded the pieces up and taped them to make rain gutters.

It worked!

A big drip caught in the act. Here's the booth Day 2

Final assessment:
No sales.
People liked the CONCEPT of the commute theme, but no one wanted to live with it.
Next time, I'll go with a road trip theme.
Will I do the show again?
Maybe.