Yesterday we held the annual Holiday Bazaar at our church and once again, it was a great success!
Things were looking “iffy” earlier in the year as to the future of the event. Participation was flagging and we weren’t sure we’d have enough items to offer a decent bazaar. We discussed the idea of skipping a year and making it a biennial event instead, but agreed that would cause too much confusion. As summer progressed to fall, we gained some new members and activity in the craft room picked up. Everything fell into place and we ended up with a nice variety of crafts and holiday decorations, baked and preserved goods, and the usual spread of “Trash & Treasure”. We had a steady flow of customers from 7:00 a.m. until we closed at 11:00 and sold close to 100 breakfasts.
Once the dust settles and we make our final accounting, it looks like we’ll clear close to $3500 this year! That’s not as much as we made last year, but we didn’t have a $1000 dollhouse to auction off this time. So…. I’d say this year’s effort wasn’t too shabby!
Things were looking “iffy” earlier in the year as to the future of the event. Participation was flagging and we weren’t sure we’d have enough items to offer a decent bazaar. We discussed the idea of skipping a year and making it a biennial event instead, but agreed that would cause too much confusion. As summer progressed to fall, we gained some new members and activity in the craft room picked up. Everything fell into place and we ended up with a nice variety of crafts and holiday decorations, baked and preserved goods, and the usual spread of “Trash & Treasure”. We had a steady flow of customers from 7:00 a.m. until we closed at 11:00 and sold close to 100 breakfasts.
Once the dust settles and we make our final accounting, it looks like we’ll clear close to $3500 this year! That’s not as much as we made last year, but we didn’t have a $1000 dollhouse to auction off this time. So…. I’d say this year’s effort wasn’t too shabby!
4 comments:
Wow, those are great pictures! Thanks for posting them.
It was a lot of fun and lot of work too, but well worth the effort.
Glad to know we did good with our profits. I was a little worried too early on and so glad when business picked up.
How fun! Glad things were swimmingly, Sis!
Love the photos. It's never too early to get into the Christmas spirit for moi! :)
Deck the halls!!!!
Great post and pictures! quid
You know I love Christmas!! Congrats on the successful bazaar. I so miss that aspect of American life!
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