More buttons, please?

4 May 2008

It’s pretty sad, when I’m surrounded all day by thousands of photo opportunities, and the best one I take all day is of a button.  <sigh>

I took a fun medium shot of Mary smiling prettily and leaning on the counter —a little bit blurry and a whole lot of cleavage!  I took what should have been fun photos of some of the fabric in the booth—but I was rushing, and they all came out badly.  No photos of customers; no photos of performers; no photos of cute children or pretty clothing, or silly actors.  Nothin’.  So, what we get today, is a photo of a button.  The customer purchased this garment from Nicole at Dragon Con, and wants more of the buttons that were used on it.  Exciting, I know.

In hindsight, what should have been the focus of my photography this day was our East Wind Games shoppe.  While we at Pendragon Costumes were having a weekend full of frustration and dealing with the first almost-too-warm-day of our season, East Wind Games was busily having its very best weekend ever! 

We know that the success is due mostly to the fact that we have a kick-butt manager in the shoppe, who really loves what we’re doing, and who cares.  We know that the success is due largely to the beloved friends who give of their time in return for nothing but a pass to faire, or a small discount, and spend their days talking to our customers, educating, and as a result, selling our products.  And we know that the success has been helped along immensely, by our expanding product lines.  When sales are good, there’s more money to spend on restocking, and on trying new games! 

And, we know we are very proud of our little business!  Our sincerest thanks to all those pirates and patrons and teachers and friends and family—to all who have helped, who have worked, and who have purchased!  We are blessed by you.

~MB