A beautiful fall Sunday morning at the NH Dome's Great New England Craft Fair begins the 2nd day of this wonderful mix of artisans and crafters. Walking around I see such talented people intricately involved with their products and displaying and explaining their techniques and incredible items. Certainly something for everyone!
I made some new heart designs this week and had this opportunity to display them here at the dome. I have recently used some Redheart wood for the first time and inlayed some with a golden mother-of-pearl heart for contrast and used it as an inlay heart on curly maple for that contrast. To enhance the light curly maple color on the above heart, I used not golden, but this more dark mother-of-pearl as a mosaic and as critical as I am of my own work, this design blew me away!
On Saturday, I had the pleasure of having someone with me in my booth for the whole day................Wow! Thanks Laurene! I always welcome visitors to my booth, thanks to all my PEEPS :) that do visit/help, but it was a treat to have conversation all day long. It can be quiet with just myself, until customers come along and then I have a lot to say if they like me to explain my products. Laurene aided me with accolades of my items to the customers and the right things to say to encourage some sales.
On Sunday, my customer, Maria, chose my new redheart design. She reciprocated my asking for her picture to have me reach in her own cute, little velvet bag to retrieve a stone and mine said "joy". I felt joy from this gesture. Thank you Maria!
Lori also liked the small heart, this one with the pearl dot inlay.
Lori with her small heart (only the one in her hand), a good sport letting me take her pic.
Patti, who wants to put the small hearts as an embellishment on her gifts this holiday...........well, I love that!
Maria with her velvet bag of stones.
I can see the "love" between these two "lovely" customers, Sonia and Jade.
Later on, Sonia and Jade purchased one of my old favorites, the rustic "love" rosewood heart that surprisedly, but so interestingly developed a curve in the heart that was not planned.
And then there was Patti, my customer of the day, purchasing 10 hearts! She loved them.......I loved her! She did MY HEART so much good.
Of course, these remembrance hearts have to be special ordered so the particular initials can be inlaid.