Wednesday, October 26, 2011

The Huffines Show in Richardson

The last art show of 2011 was in Richardson. This was the Huffines Show last weekend, Oct 22 & 23rd. Now this show is notorious for having notable weather. Cold fronts blowing through, rain storms surprising everyone, you name it. This weekend was no different. Sunday morning at about 1:00 a.m. a front came through complete with wind and rain. Several tents full of artists' work blew down and some artists lost a great deal of work. This is always a sad sight to see.




For Windsongs,the show was good and of course our product is made to survive all types of weather. Philip went by himself to this show. Our friend, Dave Piper was there to sell his sandals too.

So... now it's time to get ready for Christmas selling season!!

Monday, October 24, 2011

October Art Shows

Georgtetown Art Show
We were in Georgetown on October 15 & 16. Philip did this show by himself last year. I was in Virginia helping with the birth of baby Donovan, Jenny's third. The weather was great. The show had some good quality of art/crafts. Lots of retired folks were there, lots of folks from Sun City who said "we aren't allowed to have windchimes"! But we had good sales anyway. We also ended our second day with a nice visit to the home of old friends who used to live in Boerne. Also, on Sunday morning, along came Philip's niece, Sarah and her husband Jared and their new baby, Audrey. She is a cutie!



Notice, our booth is showing its age. Philip has always taken meticulous care of it, but alas, the sticky tape on the back of our sign that hangs at the top in the front, has lost it "stickines". After the last show of the fall, we will have to repair that!



Georgetown is an interesting place. Lots of old buildings that have been updated and are quaint looking homes to businesses and personal residences.

Many of the buildings have iron staircases leading to upstairs loft apartments or businesses. Some of the staircases were very unique.


The art show was held in the streets surrounding the courthouse.



Here is the lady of justice atop the roof of that courthouse.