This past weekend , (April 12th & April 13th) was the Yokosuka Bazaar. It's essentially a massive flea market on base giving individuals the chance to buy Japanese items and small business items without leaving base. It was a great opportunity to get Ardent Prints out there to the Yokosuka Base public, sell some work and make connections. In the end I am really glad that I did take part in it. Overall it was a success as I made more money than I ever have in the same amount of days at a farmer's market and it was right on par with the sales from a RAW art show. There were of course lessons learned. The booth spot was determined based upon requests and when you signed up. Since I barely squeaked in my spot was fine but there were other spots that definitely had a higher volume of traffic. The next large bazaar I will sign on right away and I know where I want to request as I was scoping out the spaces. I'm looking into making magnets in a huge variety including mini themed series. The Japanese birds, Mt. Fuji pieces, travel images and cherry blossoms went like hot cakes. Obviously I will continue those but I will make more too. Also will make more fox related cards and wolf items as I saw enough interest in that. Cards were a huge seller as were the buttons but I'd like to make more pin-on. It was a great sale and the little guy competing against the knock-off giants of bazaar capitalism made away with a great weekend and will be back. All items not sold will be listed on www.etsy.com/shop/ArdentPrints .
