craft shows Archives ⋆ Polka Dot Cottage

Posted on November 1, 2016 November 1, 2016

Polka Dot Cottage Live

I’ll be at the Long Hill Library Harvest Craft Fair this weekend. It’s the first time in six years that I’ve ventured out in public with my artwork, so I hope you will come and see me! Read on for all of the details, as well as instructions for ordering ahead, if you wish.

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Posted on June 6, 2010

Setting the table, part three

I had an opportunity today to try out many of your suggestions for improving my craft show display. The day was exceptionally windy and keeping everything on the table was quite a challenge, but we found a small measure of success with a roll of masking tape and a pile of rocks. When the rain […]

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Posted on May 14, 2010

Setting the table, part two

I’m feeling better – thank you for the get well wishes! I only have a few minutes before I have to leave for work this morning, but I wanted to show you some of the fun things I’ve been collecting for my craft show display. You ladies came up with some great ideas for me […]

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Posted on April 25, 2010

Setting the table

So, it’s a rainy Spring Sunday, and I’ve been thinking. Thinking about the vendor event I did this week, the kind of events I always do, the ways I set up my table, what products I show, what products I choose to leave in the box under the table… And what I’m realizing about all […]

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Posted on September 10, 2009 November 24, 2013

Sneak Peek

It’s been a quiet week on the blog, but not so in Real Life™. The kids started school on Tuesday, and this being the first year that both of them have a full day schedule, it’s been rather odd for me. I certainly have enough to keep me busy, but it’s hard to get out […]

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Posted on July 10, 2008

I am a slave driver

I make my only employee turn on her laptop while she’s still rubbing her eyes and stumbling from bed to kitchen. I let her take five minutes to brew a cup of Tazo Awake tea, toast a homemade Strawberry-Blueberry Muffin, and fish a vitamin from the jar, but then I crack the whip. “Sit yerself […]

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Posted on December 5, 2007

Hi there

My name is Lisa Clarke. You might remember me from such shows as “Last Time I Looked at the Clock it was 7:15 and Now it’s Midnight and I’ve Wasted all Night Blogging” and “Ovens are for Clay not for Food” and let’s not forget “We Haven’t Eaten at the Dining Room Table in Two […]

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