Had my first item stolen at an event this past weekend. We were at the Medfair in Norman, OK, and a pair of rainbow earrings disappeared. I didn't sell them and neither did Russ, and they weren't on the ground under the table -- we looked multiple times, including going over the whole area with a flashlight after everything was packed up. It was a really busy event; there would have been plenty of chances for someone to pocket a small item and walk off while we were both occupied elsewhere. I'm told that for a large public event like this, to lose only one thing is pretty good.
Aside from that, it was a good weekend. We were running the T-shirt booth for Pegasus Publishing (I was just piggybacking, with 1 table in a 20x20' booth) and the total gross sales were over $6,000! Only about $400 of that was mine, and once again it was almost entirely the inexpensive silver earrings and pendants. There were a *lot* of jewelry vendors there, many of whom were selling either extremely cheap stuff (pewter charms on leather cord) or bought-to-resell items; I think I suffered from the inexpensive competition. But the weather was fabulous for all three days, and I made a few good contacts. We're exhausted!
Celine