It has certainly been a busy week for Lord Perry Patterns! This past week we had a boutique sponsored by the HOA for the benefit of club members, etc. and I spent a lot of hours getting ready for it.
We actually had quite a bit of traffic. To the left you see me starting to set up the booth for the boutique (held the following day). This boutique gave me the chance to do a practice run for the doll show in the spring. Lord Perry has not put on a show for almost fourteen years, so I needed to do a trial run. The boutique offered the venue to do so.
I am sure you can imagine how much work it really takes to get everything ready for even a small show; even after all the dolls are dressed, groomed, and styled, the patterns organized, etc. It takes at least two hours just to arrange the merchandise, etc.
In the picture to your left, I am trying to decide if I want to dress one of the new Fashion Royalty dolls I just received. I decided it was too late to do it for this show (hair gets messed up, etc.)
As you can see below, I also had plenty of "help" in getting ready for the show; I must have moved Jacques a dozen times while I was trying to get ready for the show.
The boutique was really quite a success; I did not sell very many patterns that day, but I did generate a lot of local interest and expect to receive orders after the first of the year.
The boutique was in conflict with the San Jose Crossroads doll show, so that did not help in me getting the doll enthusiasts, but it was too late to get into the show as an exhibitor when I decided to do a show; as I mentioned earlier, the boutique was really a great opportunity to get ready for the 2017 season. It also prompted me to finish a couple of the patterns I had partially completed.
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