Excited, Nervous, All the Above...

[ttusa]

Hi, for the first time I'm going to try my hand at selling my images as a vendor at our school carnival October 17th. West University does everything BIG, so there will be lots of folks in attendance. I'm excited, but nervous hoping I sell a few and at least break even. I remember dropping off my images on the CD to be made into 11x14 and 8x10 prints thinking, "What I have I done now?"-LOL

[corralup]

Ahhhh, you'll do fine. Are you going to sell your bear photos?

[jfoureyes]

I bet you'll do fine my friend!!

[dlanter]

I'm sure you will do fine Therese, you've got some great shots that would be great on someones wall. I kind of did the same thing a few weeks ago and was nervous about that also. I shared a booth with my sister at a local arts & craft sale and I brought a few of my favorite nature shots. I sold about a dozen 8x10 so it wasn't a complete bust.

[ttusa]

Originally Posted by corralup

Ahhhh, you'll do fine. Are you going to sell your bear photos?

Thanks Sandy! Yes I'll have three bear pictures-one is that golden looking bear on the beach.

Originally Posted by jfoureyes

I bet you'll do fine my friend!!

Thanks friend!

Originally Posted by dlanter

I'm sure you will do fine Therese, you've got some great shots that would be great on someones wall. I kind of did the same thing a few weeks ago and was nervous about that also. I shared a booth with my sister at a local arts & craft sale and I brought a few of my favorite nature shots. I sold about a dozen 8x10 so it wasn't a complete bust.

Oh, looks like you did pretty well, Dan! Thanks for the good wishes.

[mjdmike]

Relax, your work is beautiful. You will be very pleased with the results.

[Patticake]

Hey...Therese....West U is the perfect place to sell your awesome shots........
I know some of the people associated with the medical center that live there.....they
are open minded and collectors of fabulous art work!!! You should make a killing!!!

Patti

[slickshooter]

Therese
You'll do great and have a fabulous time also.I used to sell my images of big cats at the shows in Florida.Even if I didn't make as much as I wanted sometimes,I just had so much fun talking with the people you meet all day.Go have some FUN!!!!!!!

[kenw]

break a leg...

oh, wait.

seriously, you might want to send a few to MPix to try on metallic. That 1st one would be a good test.

[ttusa]

Originally Posted by mjdmike

Relax, your work is beautiful. You will be very pleased with the results.

Thanks so much, Mike! Everything new makes me nervous.

Originally Posted by Patticake

Hey...Therese....West U is the perfect place to sell your awesome shots........
I know some of the people associated with the medical center that live there.....they
are open minded and collectors of fabulous art work!!! You should make a killing!!!

Patti

Thanks for the vote of confidence, Patti!

Originally Posted by slickshooter

Therese
You'll do great and have a fabulous time also.I used to sell my images of big cats at the shows in Florida.Even if I didn't make as much as I wanted sometimes,I just had so much fun talking with the people you meet all day.Go have some FUN!!!!!!!

Thank you Dennis, although nervous, I'm really looking forward to the experience.

Originally Posted by kenw

break a leg...

oh, wait.

seriously, you might want to send a few to MPix to try on metallic. That 1st one would be a good test.

LOL, Ken! I've already had the prints made, but I know what you mean. I had a Day Lily print developed on metallic paper and it looked pretty darned nice.

[LABirder]

Awesome Therese...I know that your work will sell because of all the gorgeous colors that you feature! I've been thinking of doing something like this, but am not quite ready yet...someday...

Can't wait to hear all about it! Take pictures of your customers!!

[ttusa]

Originally Posted by LABirder

Awesome Therese...I know that your work will sell because of all the gorgeous colors that you feature! I've been thinking of doing something like this, but am not quite ready yet...someday...

Can't wait to hear all about it! Take pictures of your customers!!

Hey Lisa-I'll give you a report after the carnival. This carnival has all sorts of booths with jewelry, purses, holiday decorations, etc. I'll let ya know how it goes.

[ldelacruz]

Good luck and I bet you will do fine. You might want to frame 1 or 2 to show as an example of what the finished product will look like.

[ttusa]

Originally Posted by ldelacruz

Good luck and I bet you will do fine. You might want to frame 1 or 2 to show as an example of what the finished product will look like.

Thanks Lonnie! Right now I'm short on $ after getting the prints developed but that's a really great idea.

[Stargazer77517]

Been thinking of doing the same in Galveston. Let us know how it was...I think youll be fine, You have some great shots. Good luck!!