Like any show that occurs in a crowded "town" area, navigating your vehicle into loading spaces is never something one looks forward to. And since this show is ON the waterway in The Woodlands and our booth space backs up to the Marriott, one can imagine the difficulty unloading and reloading might present. But, two things helped this year. Philip managed to get everything into the back (and front)of the truck, so we did not need the trailer. AND.. the art show folks had a good system in place so that artists could get as close as possible to their booth space, they had staff driving golf carts around to assit you and finally, the security folks were great about helping you problem solve difficult situations.
This show has a dinner and auction (of artists' donated pieces)on Friday night, held at the Marriott. As usual, the food was great. PD donated two samller bells as one gift and then a 6dot as another. We were happy to see that the bells were chosen pretty early in the auction process!
Overall, the show was great. Sales were very good and you always meet interesting people in Houston. Customers were from everywhere - Texas,of course, but also England, Scotland, Brazil, Mexico and Canada!
Across the waterway from our booth is a condominium complex. It's always interesting to watch people come out onto their patios and eat, entertain, etc. It is also nice to see the two residents who have purchased bells from us and hung them out on those patios.
Our friend, Dave Piper, was exhibiting as were many other artist buddies. For us, this was a good start to the 2011 season.
We also had a great vew of a little duck family in the water. We watched mama duck keep her eye on her babies,then finally she and Papa got in the water with them and take a little journey down the waterway and back.
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