I Heart Beads!

My first market was a success! I sold many pieces, and met a few creative vendors at the market.

Thanks to Tracy, Bessi, and Madison who stopped by to say hi and took a piece of BonVogue home.

There will be many but you are amongst the first!

Not everything went as planned, but the beauty of imperfection is the element of nature, and nature is always beautiful.

I definitely hear the customer's needs and voice. This coming week will be very productive one.

I will be at the Grant County Craft Market this Saturday. Please stop by and say hi ;)

I played around with the layout of the blog and updated it to a more chic theme.

It is so much more Anna now ;)

So.. who loves the Sex and the City movie? ;) I certainly was ecstatic when I heard they were doing a movie. And the result is so sexy, so funny, and so very witty!

Live is not all play and no work. I had been working on the tutorial on the web design class first. To compile a 10 page booklet was more time consuming than I had expected. Thanks to Kelly who proof read it numerous times.


I think next is to set up the class plackets for the jewelry making class.

I finally met the coordinators at the Big Bend Community College, and went over more specific details of what we will teach in class.

First up is Web Design Fundamental.

I made two simple web page layouts examples for the class.

You can check out the links here. First one is more family oriented, while #2 is more expressive.
I think it will be a good balance to show students what to expect.
http://www.bonvogue.com/webdesign/Webpageexp1/
http://www.bonvogue.com/webdesign/Webpageexp2/

We also went back to register at the Farmer's Market. My projected first day is June 21st! Woot!!! I am super excited, and had been doing even more research on layouts, etc.

With some more details and price research, I brainstormed more about how I want to layout the booth. I think this layout is more realistic. But then again who knows! One of the things I have learned with my years of fashion industries is that, things can always change, upto and including the last minute. Even if it is made, delivered, as long as it is not yet at the customer's hands! :P

I started thinking about the layout of the craft table, and what I would need to set it up.

This is the layout I am thinking about.

Theme color will be Red/ fuchsia and pop color will be White.

I would need to make 4 light color mattes, buy 2 bowls, and 4 picture frames for the price signs, also, if I can find some BRIGHT color flowers. It is all about attracting attentions.

May need to sit on the idea for a bit, and then see if I will change my mind. There is no need to rush, I want to get it perfect.

;)

Happy mother's day everyone!

So I resarched the costs to start a crafter's booth at the Farmer's Market

It takes the following to start

1, Member's fee: $35 a year
2, Table for reservation: $35 a year
3, Additional $10 for each market
4, Requirment to have a business license - already have
5, Some sort of signage - Noted that


I found the tent I needed at Costco for $191, a cheaper version of the tent at Wal-mart for $87. I am thinking of getting the Costco one, just because it looks like a better quality.

It seems the last thing I need would be tables.

I think I am getting sick... my headache is back. I think it is because I went to sleep with my hair still being wet. Still not used to the hard mattress. oh well, it is very sunny outside still.

I have submitted a course proposal to the Local College in Moses Lake, guess what? I am going to be teaching a class in the Fall. My husband teased me and called me a professor... hahaha

I will be teaching a Beginning Beading class, and a Basic web design class.

This Lariat is one of the projects in the beading class. It is easy yet very graceful.
















This is a wedding wedsite I made 2 years ago for our wedding. I don't think the intro class to get to this level, but I think it will inspire student to do and learn more.

...well mostly. www.bonvogue.com is set up to the best I know how.

My home now has no internet connection, so updating is hard and slow. but please go ahead and check it out. ;)

I have done these updates:

1, change the inter face
2, updated all sections - necklace, earrings, bracelet, fashion, classes, contact, and revamped the index page
3, added a smart mouse-over-zoom feature, so users no longer need to click to zoom.
4, uploaded this today

I still need to figure out the Paypal features, and 2nd page of the necklace. Meantime, I am pretty happy with what I've got. ;)

I have made this my business blog. ;)

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So I have made up a check list of things I need for the craft Booths in Moses Lake
1, Tent - $100
2, 2 tables - $50
3, Banner - $40 – alwayssign.com
4, 2 Chair – check
5, Sign up sheet for classes – Clip board, sign-up sheet, pen
6, Loose change of cash
7, Bags – clear draw string
8, calculators
9, receipts
10 – BEADS!!!!! LOTSA OF IT!
11, Price tags - or some way of IDing the price of each strands of beads
12, water, snacks, food - something to keep me busy during slow times
13, Tools