ACC Balitmore – Booth Set Up – Day 1

It’s Baltimore time! My first ever “stand in a booth and sell my art” type show. Pretty exciting.

And a LOT of work. We get 2 days to set up our booths, which is nice as I don’t feel rushed at all. I took a break early afternoon and wandered up to the Lexington Market to get a lump crab cake from Faidley’s. Pretty darn yummy!

Here’s a short photo documentary of my day:

Booth 1207 – The Boxed Version

 

Booth 1207 – The Unboxed Version

Or at least the booth is unboxed – the art is still boxed up. Note to self – don’t pack the sharp implement to open the boxes inside the boxes – I opened 6 boxes before I found it.

 

Booth Walls are Up

 

The Electricity Works

 

Fancy Sign from ACC (American Craft Council)

 

Fancy Shopping Bags from ACC

Note the shoes not on my feet. Glad I have carpet and padding as I am not a fan of wearing shoes.

 

The Lights Waiting Patiently for Their Turn

It took a couple of hours to set up my 18 lights. Next time it will be faster. At least one imagines such things.

 

Lights are Up and I’m Done

I met my goal of getting the booth set up today so around 6pm I left the convention center. I should have taken the photo before putting up the blue sheet to cover the entrance to the booth but, well I didn’t.

The orange stickers on the boxes are empty stickers. In theory they will take the boxes away and then bring them back with the show is over. I hope this theory works out well.

 

Booth Signs

The other reason I stopped is I hadn’t finished cutting out my booth signs. But they are done now and are ready to go for tomorrow.

I printed out my signs and mounted them onto mat board before I left home and this evening I cut them down to the proper size. Tomorrow I will attach them to the propanel walls with Velcro.

 

My Hotel Room

I have more art to make before the show starts. So best get to work!

PS – American Craft Council show details are here.

Retail days – please come say hello in booth 1207!

Friday, Feb. 22: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 23: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 24: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

The Baltimore Convention Center is at One West Pratt Street in Baltimore, Maryland.

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