It was hard work but a great weekend of Eco Gift Festival-ing. The most exciting part was the publicity that Rabbit Kinney got. I had NO idea that it would be a magnet for press and an opportunity for networking. From journalists, to parents, aunties, uncles, grandparents, young adults and especially the children, I got a deeper affirmation that Rabbit Kinney draws an appeal.
This one girl (10 years old?), flips open her shiny pink cell phone and says, “Remember I was telling you about Rabbit Kinney? Well, they’re here…” click. Another girl, much younger, says, “What is the name of THIS business? What is the Rabbit’s name? I REALLY like him…” She starts taking pictures of the booth, then with herself, her friend and with a Rabbit Kinney mannequin. It almost made me cry. And she also said, “Why don’t you have a store?” I told her, “one day, one day…”
The setup with my booth neighbor also worked out perfectly. Lisa Helfer, representing “Mayron’s Good Baby” was selling diaper cream and other skin care products from the celebrity, Melanie Mayron of “Thirtysomething.” Melanie’s dad is a chemist and they’ve been working on baby skin care products for at least 10 years now. I’ve actually been using the sample as hand cream! Hey, if it’s good enough for a baby, then it’s good enough for me.
Another memorable occurrence was when 2 women bought the Rabbit Kinney coloring books. Then one of them said, “Will you please sign it?” I was like, WHAT?!@? I told here that I’ve never signed anything before. She said, “You better get used to it!”
I had a great time and I'm already planning the layout for next year’s festival. I would like to have at least the first book and the Rabbit Kinney plush toy by then.
Set up on 12/11/08. There was a curtain behind my booth but they decided to take it down so that the other vendors behind me could be more visible. So immediately, I called my banner maker and ordered a duplicate to hang on the back side as well for the aisle behind me.
All set up!
To maximize my half booth, I displayed 5 mannequins, staggered in different height so that it gets visibility.
I separated the inventory by size into square bins below the mannequins, instead of using my usual hanging rack.
My neighbor, Lisa Helfer with "Mayron's Good Baby"
I capriciously posed like my mom from her 60’s photos. You know, one leg over the front, slightly bent at the knee...
Melanie Mayron, Lisa Helfer, Jean Kim
Kids' stage and play area
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"What is the name of THIS business?" per little girl
They were so cute and funny.
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And of course, a shout out to Pirco, the hubby, and Christie Lee for helping out!
*Photography courtesy of me, Parichard Holm and Christie Lee*
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