On Saturday, Lacy slept the entire day! All the fancy prancing, butt sniffing and red carpet posing at the Pre-Westminster Fashion show and gala in New York's Hotel Pennsylvania last week was exhausting for the poor diva. She was actually relieved to spend the last hour of the event, zipped in and snoozing comfortably in her carry-on crate, flanked by the two ever present german shephards eight times her size, who chose to hang out at our side of the vendor table. Could have been the treats I kept passing over to them, I imagine. They were such sweeties, like a couple of big old bears so I couldn’t resist. They pretty much left Lacy alone, except to lap up her water bowl in a nano second each time I filled it.
It was a great night. Lots of color and glitz, masks and costumes, some beautiful and some just plain silly, on both people and pups. I always feel bad for the dogs who CLEARLY don't want to be dressed in exaggerated attire, but for the most part, it was fun for one and all with many of the pooches loving the adoration bestowed on them by passers by and puparazzi alike. Sales went well although even with the offer of wholesale pricing for the sweaters, only a few were bought up. The harnesses were a hit and some sizes even sold out, because I only brought along a limited supply. It’s so hard to tell how much to bring to these events, given the space limitations of each vendor table. But no complaints here, the whole purpose being exposure for Lollypups, and just having fun. Met lots of nice people, both vendors and customers alike, but my biggest take away from the whole night was that people were there to “be seen” and not to buy, so I consider myself lucky we did as well as we did. Back home, Erika re-educated me on how to set up my Facebook page (again) and I think I’m getting the hang of it, though there are still things that puzzle me about the whole process. Frustrating, yes but I’ll get there.
Meanwhile, it was back to the drawing board (literally) and I’m feverishly sketching new embellishment details to scan in and use in my library. I’m so thankful (pat on the back to you JoAnn) that I was patient enough to learn how to use Illustrator and Photoshop as a designing tool, along with performing all the other tasks necessary for a start up business. Though difficult at times, being a corporation of one has it’s plus side if one has the right tools and attitude of fun and discovery. That I have. My fiddle playing does suffer though, from lack of practice time. Can’t have it all I guess……… nah. I will. Peace and pats.
