NJRA Finals Rodeo

I was able to attend a local event, which was a nice change. The Northwest Junior Rodeo Association held their final rodeo at one of our local showgrounds. I wasnt able to attend both days, but I was able to spend the majority of the day today there.

Arena-side! 

I believe that a lot of the items I have available are well suited to typical horse-showers, but I also see the trend of the rodeo competitors drawn to it as well. I'm certainly not complaining, but it seems I should be setting up at more rodeos! I made some nice big sales to competitors from out of town, which is nice to get the business out to.

Tried a new three-table configuration. I really liked the layout of it under the canopy and will probably work with this style more. 

And I learned that my new line of single charm-like rustic pendants are a hot item! I sold three of them today, and a single revolver pendant, as well as some ready-made cowboy baby booties.

All in all, it was a great day, and I may have a custom stall sign order from it!

Region One AQHA Show

We set up shop at the AQHA Region One Experience Show, held this last week in Spanaway, WA. It was a hot day but we got a lot of traffic, met some people we otherwise would not have, and sold a few things - one to a competitor from Idaho! The only downside was our re-order of business cards hadnt made it yet. I think we would have given away a lot to prospective buyers out of county or state had we had them. Oh well.

A sneak peak at a new product - custom hand-painted tote bags featuring your horse!

First Official Event!

Technically, our first event was an Open House for the local riding club, Silver Spur Club, back in April. A single table and only half the stock, we still sold a few tailbags and a necklace.

This last weekend we did attend our first official vendor event. A non-profit benefit NPRA rodeo held locally offered very reasonable prices for vendor booths and we set up, not sure how reception would be held from the general public.

We did surprisingly well, in fact, selling the most high-ticket necklace available! We made four times back the vendor fee and let go of a lot of business cards - further expanding our communications past the Facebook page and Etsy shop! I think I have the "bug" now and really want to get out to more events to continue promoting the name and product.

Some lessons learned:
- Bring a mirror. I had planned on bringing my full-length mirror but forgot...
- More attraction-drawing items: varying heights, colors, better signage (was last minute)
- LIGHTS! I hadnt thought at all about lighting until someone asked if we needed power ran to the booth. Oops...ended up being a bit of a problem after night fell. Luckily we were close to the arena, but lights would have really showcased the sparkle in the necklaces.

Some photos from our "booth"!

Modeling a pair of the Cowboy Booties!