12 May 2007
After the slowest, hottest, muggiest day of the faire season so far, closing cannon was just the beginning for us. There was a wild flurry of activity while we packed down the Pendragon Costumes product like we always do at night, and set up for our Wine and Cheese Party and Trunk Show for Allyson. I’ve written before about Allyson’s beautiful jewelry and her little company called Persimmon Jewelry. She and I had plotted and planned, since before faire started, to find a time for her to be able to show her friends at Scarborough (and their friends!) her work. Typically, she would wear something she’d made to faire and have people comment on it, until someone would buy it off her neck! Or, sometimes, she’d bring three or four pieces and show them around until they sold. But, we wanted an opportunity to see all of her currently available designs at once, and have our pick! So, a Trunk Show was the answer.
We picked a weekend when Allyson could drive up from Houston, and when there wasn’t a whole lot going on at faire, and I started to get the word out. Emails, a few flyers and lots of word of mouth, resulted in a great turnout for our party. I bought about eight bottles of wine (and a decent little boxed wine as a back-up), five boxes of crackers, and eleven different varieties of cheese. I even made little signs indicating the name of each cheese. A couple of other folks brought wine, too–including Debbie, who makes her own fabulous White Zinfandel. By about eight o’clock or so, we were ready—we had the booth transformed into an almost elegant setting for a jewelry show. The photo above, of Allyson and her friend Brittany, was taken at about eight-fifteen. By 8:30, our guests were arriving, and by 9:30, we had a pretty big crowd! I was delighted with the number of friends that showed up, and even more delighted to see them grooving on Allyson’s work!
At the end of the night, we had six empty bottles of wine, six little zippy bags of cheese chunks, and about half the jewelry we started with! ”Yay!” to a fun party; “yay!” to a successful trunk show; and “yay!” Allyson!
Kyle’s dad was with us on Saturday, too! Between Nonie’s birthday and Mother’s Day, Mum being in Virginia with KellyeBeth, and the need to just get the he** out of Dodge, he drove north for the weekend and enjoyed the faire on Saturday. Of course, I think it was the knowledge of a Wine and Cheese Party on Saturday night, that really solidified his travel plans! ;-) And, thanks Dad, for cutting all that cheese into cubes for me!
~MB
