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Apr. 10th, 2026 01:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
turpsBodhi and Kayleigh dropped in for a little while yesterday. While here Bodhi went and stood in front of the shelves in the living room and asked why I had all of that stuff, meaning my display of Funkos. So, I explained, like her, I liked superheroes, at which point she said, if I liked superheroes where was Spider-Man? Sorry various Hawkeyes, Ronin, Winter Soldier etc, you're just not superheroes enough it seems. But sigh, judged by a four-year-old and found lacking again.
The craft fair on Monday was a weird one. Despite being there from before nine to four, the time seemed to fly, and yet we only made one sale, so didn't even get the table price back. Mainly it was due to location, when we'd first been offered a spot it was mentioned there were tables outside and inside, and while that was true, there was actually only one table inside, the rest being in the pub garden, so it wasn't very often people actually saw the one in the foyer at the back. Which of course, was the one we'd been assigned. I mean, it was good to be warm with some decent music to listen to, but you need people for sales.
One bonus was the pub was just over the car park from a Morrisons, so I went there for two meal deals for dinner, because nearly £5 for one drink of Pepsi Max from the pub was only going to happen once.
The organiser did ask if James wanted a table at the next event, but thankfully, it's the same date as the monthly maker's market in our town we always attend, so we didn't have to make up an excuse to turn down the invite.
A couple of people have been reading and commenting on many of my bandom stories lately, and getting those comments has been delightful. I especially liked the one on Painted Ponies where they commented, and when i replied, replied to that comment with even more detailed feedback, saying they'd thought I'd have been long gone from the fandom. And nope, despite the lack of actual writing, still love that ridiculous band, still hanging onto to the edges of the fandom with a few other fandom bandom olds.
Funnily enough, the last comment was on Caged where the band is saved by Spider-Man, adding to the Spidey mentions this week.
I was in Lush the other day buying a bunny bath bomb for Bodes, and they had these
Look at them, they're amazing. Also, at £10 each more than I'd spend, so I just admired from afar. I guess the assistant must be used to people mentioning the price as he made sure to stress the ETs were sitting on a box, so really two bath bombs in one, but even so. If I do buy at Lush, which I don't do often now due to prices, I'll always get bubble bars as they last much longer.
The craft fair on Monday was a weird one. Despite being there from before nine to four, the time seemed to fly, and yet we only made one sale, so didn't even get the table price back. Mainly it was due to location, when we'd first been offered a spot it was mentioned there were tables outside and inside, and while that was true, there was actually only one table inside, the rest being in the pub garden, so it wasn't very often people actually saw the one in the foyer at the back. Which of course, was the one we'd been assigned. I mean, it was good to be warm with some decent music to listen to, but you need people for sales.
One bonus was the pub was just over the car park from a Morrisons, so I went there for two meal deals for dinner, because nearly £5 for one drink of Pepsi Max from the pub was only going to happen once.
The organiser did ask if James wanted a table at the next event, but thankfully, it's the same date as the monthly maker's market in our town we always attend, so we didn't have to make up an excuse to turn down the invite.
A couple of people have been reading and commenting on many of my bandom stories lately, and getting those comments has been delightful. I especially liked the one on Painted Ponies where they commented, and when i replied, replied to that comment with even more detailed feedback, saying they'd thought I'd have been long gone from the fandom. And nope, despite the lack of actual writing, still love that ridiculous band, still hanging onto to the edges of the fandom with a few other fandom bandom olds.
Funnily enough, the last comment was on Caged where the band is saved by Spider-Man, adding to the Spidey mentions this week.
I was in Lush the other day buying a bunny bath bomb for Bodes, and they had these
Look at them, they're amazing. Also, at £10 each more than I'd spend, so I just admired from afar. I guess the assistant must be used to people mentioning the price as he made sure to stress the ETs were sitting on a box, so really two bath bombs in one, but even so. If I do buy at Lush, which I don't do often now due to prices, I'll always get bubble bars as they last much longer.
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Date: 2026-04-10 01:19 pm (UTC)Good luck at your next craft fair!
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Date: 2026-04-10 02:33 pm (UTC)I suspect Bodhi likes him due to the costume and that he can splat people with his webs.
The next craft fair is a week tomorrow I think. At this point James is selling more via TikTok commissions, but we still like the fairs for the community aspect. We're getting some nice crafty friends, which is a lovely feeling.
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Date: 2026-04-10 03:24 pm (UTC)Craft fairs are still a good idea. It's nice you're meeting crafty people. Hopefully, James has cards with his info on them so people can check him out on TicTok and maybe buy something later. Some people really just don't want to lug stuff around, but sometimes buy stuff directly through sites later.
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Date: 2026-04-10 05:02 pm (UTC)Yeah, James has business cards and a code thing that you scan that takes people directly to his account. He does get work that way, prob because it can be tailored to the buyer then.
But you're right, going to the fairs is still a good idea, even if it's just getting stuff out there.
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Date: 2026-04-10 05:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2026-04-10 05:14 pm (UTC)One person has been working their way through all my stuff and commenting. Sometimes even on stuff I'd forgotten I'd written.