The Event was held at the lucious La Encantada Shopping venue at Skyline Dr & Campbell Ave in Tucson, AZ. (520) 615-2561. We were surrounded by beautiful architecture and landscaping and high end stores such as Coach, Bebe, Tiffany, Lucky Brand Jeans and Anthropologie to name a few. A great canvas for any artist to exhibit at.
We’re totally bored with talking only about us, so we’re going to try to highlight some of the artists and other vendors at the festivals we attend so you can feel like you were actually there. Plus, the other artists are just so cool they deserve a shout out!
Check out the slide show of the La Encantada show held on Nov 7th & 8th. The show included over 60 artists and craftsmen, plus entertainment.
The Pool show in Vegas was awesome! We met so many fabulous people! Our neighbors at the Pool show were wonderful and great to hang out with for 3 days. See them under artist links.
Nipper
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We got up early, packed the dogs in the car and headed 45 minutes to doggie jail:( It was so sad to leave them there, but they did have an indoor space and an outdoor run. We had to stop off at the do it yourself car wash to vacuum out all that doggie hair. You pet owners know what I’m talking about. 2 Nervous dogs-= a very hairy mess.
Then we headed back home – another 45 minutes. Loaded up the Element with all the gear. Luckily the Element is super spacious and the back seats come out. We barely stuffed everything in. Jon told me I may have to leave some of my clothes. No way was I standing for that. I made sure we crammed it all in.
The 7 hour ride there was pretty uneventful. We arrived in time to go to dinner across the street from Circus Circus which is where we stayed. OKay not so glamorous, but we were on a budget people! Next time though I think we’ll stay a little ways down the strip.
Next morning we headed to the convention center to set up. We were one of the first to set up in our area. Took us 3 hours even though our setup was pretty simple. We dragged all of our stuff through the entire convention center before we realized we could unload at the back. Live and learn. Oh and no airconditioning was on. But, we were excited as it was our first show!
inside Ceaser's Palace
Then we were off to sightseeing. We checked out the strip and took pics and ended up at Ceaser’s Palace where we did a lot of window shopping. I took a major spill on the third floor. I actually blacked out for a second and a crowd gathered around me. My claim to fame being sprawled out on the marble floor of Ceaser’s Palace! After that the night was pretty downhill as I could barely hobble back to the bus to get back to our hotel.
Next day we were up bright and early for our first day of the show. The morning was fabulous and we had several nice orders which paid for the show fees, but then it got very slow. Luckily we brought scratcher tickets and lured people over with the hope that they might win a free buckle. Over the next 3 days we gave away 2 free buckles, 2 free belts and lots of free temporary tattoos as well as some discounts all with our scratcher game. If you’re looking for a cheap cool giveaway I suggest this idea. Email me if you need more info on how to create these inexpensively. info@wattoonline.com
WATTO booth
We got several new partners. Visit our Store page to see where you can buy WATTO in your town. All in all we felt it was a great success. The people at POOL were helpful and fun to work with. If you are a small fashion oriented business I highly recommend it.
Please let us know if you have suggestions for stores in your area that you think would be good for our buckles and belts!
We’ll be headed back to Pool in Feb. Hopefully I won’t fall this time!
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