Category: The Enchanted Nomad

Celebration

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I took my day of rest yesterday because I was WORN out. Hannah and I got to the convention center about 3:30 to finish setting up. Even though the city website said that the doors opened at 6 it was actually closer to 5. Not many people came in then but that was okay because we were walking around looking at the other vendors.

We were positioned right by the stage. It was so loud when the musical theatre groups started singing. There was also bingo and trivia going on. After about an hour and a half we noticed people were walking in drenched. It was pouring outside.

The weather drove everyone inside which was great for sales. We met some really fun people. In fact, Hannah might have a job at one of the big haunted houses come Fall. I was nervous about using my square for transactions but it worked without a hitch. The reigning hotdog eating champion took a liking to Hannah. He won again. Fourth year in a row.

I’m actually surprised that we did so well because what we sell is very niche to the bohemian hippie(ish) crowd. So many people wanted to know if we had a store. I wish we did, but they took business cards so I need to get to work on the website for sure.

The rain finally stopped enough for them to announce that the fireworks were still going to be set off at 9:30. At 9 they announced that the convention center was closing and for everyone, except the vendors, to exit the building. We packed up so fast to get out before the rush of traffic. As we were carrying our things out to the car the fireworks started and it was like we were right under them.

We managed to start heading out during the middle of the show. I do love fireworks, but we were all so tired by this time we just wanted to get home. We were parked in the back and had to drive around the side to get out onto the main drive to leave. There was an Escalade in front of us that just stopped and started backing up. We backed up. They backed up more and almost hit us. I told Donny to stop the car and I got out and banged on their window (they did not roll it down) and told them to keep moving. They drove off as soon as I got back in our car. Donny told Hannah, “she’s going to get shot”. That never entered my mind, I’d just had enough of people that day.

All in all it was a fun day and I can’t wait to do another one. I hope everyone had a happy 4th and stayed safe.

Happy 4th!

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Gotta say I’m a little nervous about how this evenings event is going to go. We had the option to set up yesterday or wait until today. Hannah and I decided that we would go ahead and set up early so if we needed anything extra we wouldn’t be rushing around the day of.

I didn’t want to spend a lot of money so I made the jewelry holders myself.

For the stand up block I had been looking for a bulletin board at the thrift store but could not find one. I did find this though.

I just painted it dark purple, put it in a stand and used colored thumb tacks to hold everything one.

The ring holder in the tray is just floral foam covered in fabric with stained dowels. The burlap covered cuff and ring holder is a styrofoam display that was empty at Dollar Tree and they just let me have it. Everything else I just pilfered from our house.

The wooden box is actually a plant stand that I just turned on its side. The treasure box sits on top of the plant stand at home. We did pick up the linen tablecloth from Treasures Thrift for $3.

When we got to the convention center there were a few vendors setting up. The t-shirt bar had a woman putting together this awesome multi level clothes rack. Here’s Hannah and I trying to jam together our Walmart racks. Hey, whatever works. We did run out of hangars so we’ll finish that this afternoon since we need to be there early.

All in all I think it turned out pretty good for coming in blind and never having done this before.

I decided to sell some of my wrapped sea glass necklaces and made a few more today. I’m interested to see how they go. I’ll keep ya posted. Wish us luck. Happy Independence Day!

The Enchanted Nomad

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So what I’ve been working on for a few months is a small online business. I had to jump through so many hoops to get my tax id number and my EIN. Then when I went to order I had to jump through even more hoops on one of the bigger stores I am using. Here is my logo.

I’m selling boho/Hippie(ish) clothes and jewelry. The only place that sells anything like what I have is Earth Bound. My goal is to either have a step side van to do popups or a physical store. I have a booth at our convention center for the 4th of July celebration so I’ll see how that goes. Anyway, here is some of the inventory that I have.

The silver cuffs are mine. I was just snapping some quick pictures.

I have several different styles and colors of these tops.

This can be worn as a harem jumpsuit or harem pants.

This is just a sample of what I have. Everything is ethically sourced from Nepal and India. After the 4th I’ll have my website up and running. It’s theenchantednomad.com

My Instagram is the_enchantednomad

I hope this does well because I love all of these clothes and jewelry so much. They are all so well made and it’s not something you see everyone else wearing.