Sorry for non-posting for awhile but I have been busy the past few weeks preparing for a sales event in a new venue for me. I have never been to a Renaissance Faire in my life, but have seen pictures of them and love the elaborate costumes. A friend we made about a year ago who owns a costume/gift shop talked me into vending at a Faire she was hosting this last weekend. It was a Faire with vendors, entertainers and actors, many from the Bristol Renaisance Faire in Racine, WI. I decided to give it a go, and was not only a vendor, but the art director in charge of producing a 40' mural - winter in Sherwood Forest plus 3 tapestry paintings for the wall of the Queens dining hall for the High Court 4-course dinner with the Queen on Saturday evening. I also had to try to come up with new products to sell in my booth for an event quite different from the winterguard and band shows I usually vend at. We decided to have a photography booth where the patrons and actors in costume could have their photos taken against a blue screen backdrop and be transported magically via my i-mac to a setting in front of a castle or arched walls or a peasant cottage or the snowy Sherwood Forest. With Nancy's able assistance , we both worked hard to overcome our shy, retiring nature to lure patrons in and take their pictures for our sample wall so patrons could see what we were actually doing there. One of the actors who kept us in stitches and brought in business was Jane the Phoole (the Queens Jestor) from Bristol. She told hillarious stories, was a fantastic model and was jolly good fun.
We met so many wonderful folks, and even though we didn't make a huge amount of money, I hope to give it a go again this summer at some more Faires if I can. We also had to dress up...which I have to admit, once I got used to it...was kinda fun. Hope you enjoy some of the pictures we took while we were there.
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