Dry-Run

Dry-Run



Nope - I’m not talking about jogging without cocktails – but a dress rehearsal for setting up the canopy, for my first show of the 2011 Market Season on Saturday. We’ve set up the canopy many times during the past season…and of course there is that seductively lazy side (SLS) of me that says: Sweetheart you are good to go!  That’s when the worrier (W!) in me says: you’re probably right, but let’s just set up and see…it’s for me…so I won’t worry! SLS Me: Oh all right! (grumble, grumble)



Dear, dear, dear, dear Husband-T.Scopes 6/11

The reality is that my dear, dear, dear, dear, husband is really the one setting up – he’s the brawn of my operation – and I do the light lifting! Okay! So we begin…a short time into the dry run The W! me is so relieved when she realizes she would have been up s*!t creek if they hadn’t have done a dry run because:

The new table I bought –that the guy in the store told me was the exact same one as the one I used the year before - WASN’T!   Which meant the table skirt I sewed last year won’t fit at all! If I couldn’t use the skirt I couldn’t use my signs as they Velcro to the skirt … plus - just between you and me - in my opinion - folding tables have very ugly legs and they MUST be covered.

Original table with legs tastefully covered-T.Scopes 6/11

Okay…so we had to take down the new table in the driveway, bring it into the house, put it up in the studio where the original table is covered up to here with stuff! Then transfer all of the paints, inks, brushes, collage papers, etc. from the original table to the new one…collapse the original table…move the new table into the original table’s spot (this is all taking place in a room that is 4 feet wide with 2 adult bodies in it)…carry the original table to the driveway, and go from there…believe me I was so feeling my husband’s pain!

New Folk Art Pieces - T.Scopes 6/11

Then…how to display the new folk art pieces? We…I mean my husband…mounted the new, used grids, to the front canopy legs…and I love them…they add a lot of appeal to the canopy and make a great first impression...and hallelujah…the pieces hang perfectly and they add color to my booth…and I am a color lover!

Next, we unrolled the signs and they were in pretty good shape…especially since they were put away in a downpour at the last market of the 2010 season.  With a touch of bleach I was able to remove a bird dropping stain, left over from last season, from the top banner…on the day it happened a customer shopping at our booth…who, as it also happened, shared the bird’s gift with us…he on his shoulder…said, ‘bird poop is good luck!’ Hmm. I am just going to take his word on that one!

Dry Run-The 'Bones' of Market Booth Canopy-T.Scopes 6/11 

Everything else fell quickly into place…we found all the bungee cords…tools…etc.  So the W! me is calm – and the SLS me is tired! My dear Husband still loves me!  Yes, he is a patient man! Together we are all ready to go!

See you at the SLC Farmer’s Market!