A friend and I are attending this years Potlatch. http://www.chicagopuppetguild.org/#!potlatch-2015/ccml.
So today I worked on creating puppets to sell there. These are hand puppets. They turn out quite cute, with a Muppet sort of look. I had great luck buying the material I need to make them from JoAnn's for half price yesterday. I bought enough, in 7 different colors, to make 14 puppets. I have several other remnants of other colors, which gives me enough material to create around 30 puppets, total. If I can sell them for 20 bucks a piece...600 hundred dollars would make the weekend well worth the effort for me. These are not the marionettes we're also working on together. Those will be around 25-30 bucks each.
The best part for me will be the workshops and classes they will have available. There will also be group meetings and shows, dinners and parties. I am so excited to go to this thing! I am just hoping to sell enough stuff to pay for the weekend and my supplies.
So today I worked on creating puppets to sell there. These are hand puppets. They turn out quite cute, with a Muppet sort of look. I had great luck buying the material I need to make them from JoAnn's for half price yesterday. I bought enough, in 7 different colors, to make 14 puppets. I have several other remnants of other colors, which gives me enough material to create around 30 puppets, total. If I can sell them for 20 bucks a piece...600 hundred dollars would make the weekend well worth the effort for me. These are not the marionettes we're also working on together. Those will be around 25-30 bucks each.
The best part for me will be the workshops and classes they will have available. There will also be group meetings and shows, dinners and parties. I am so excited to go to this thing! I am just hoping to sell enough stuff to pay for the weekend and my supplies.