Selling at The Alameda Pointe
Well, I finally joined my "friends" at The Alameda Pointe Antiques & Collectibles Fair as a fellow dealer yesterday. It took pretty much all of Saturday to prepare. We arrived at 6AM. Fortunately, we live in Alameda, so it's about a 15 minute drive from our home. Many dealers travel several hours and arrive at 4AM to "set up shop". I felt a rush of excitement as we pulled into the huge lot and made our way to our designated space, #T22. Even though it was still dark out, I couldn't help but notice, as we drove past all the dealers, a table full of gigantic, colorful seashells. Turned out they were old shop displays. ( I'm sorry I didn't get a photo of all of them) As soon as we met up with our friends, Catherine and Mark, who were sharing the space with us, I said I'd be right back and made a mad dash back to where I'd seen the shells! They belonged ...