Dear friend,
Today I am so excited to report that our talented Artists Natalie Horberg and her sweet and amazing cousin Camilla (the Pink Crock Girls :o) attended their first Art Fair ever.
This event took place in front of our house on Saturday, July 11th with a total of two participants. They were the exact same Artists mentioned above: Natalie Horberg and Camilla Mora.
The event was a great success! After about 5 hours of intense work producing the pieces, but mostly chasing customers around, the artists came out with a total of $12 in sells. They sold 12 beautiful creations for a dollar each. Yay!!!!
I wish that you could have seen the comedy-like dynamic between Camilla and Natalie. Just picture Camilla tall and discreet next to Natalie who is so petit but very outgoing when it comes to convincing people about buying art. Camilla walked a little bit around looking for potential customers and once she located one she run back to our house to let Natalie know. At this point Natalie took care of the situation: she run as fast as she could toward the customer and with her persuasive techniques she made him/her come to our house to see the products.
Yaaaaaay, I'm sooooo impressed! Keep up the good work you two! :0)xxx
Posted by: Lois Collins | July 15, 2009 at 02:19 AM
Way to go girls. I am so proud of you. I can see my retirement getting closer and more comfortable with my daughter's mad business skills!!
Posted by: william | July 15, 2009 at 04:38 AM
Bill's comment made me laugh!!
Beautiful art work. I would definitely buy some of those pieces to add to my Natalie Horberg collection.
A very good investment indeed. You girls should open an etsy shop!!!
Posted by: Margaret Oomen | July 15, 2009 at 04:57 AM
Elsa, I sent you a very important email this morning!!!
Posted by: Margaret Oomen | July 15, 2009 at 04:58 AM
This post really made me smile. How cute this idea is. I could just picture the girls chasing down your neighbors to buy their art work. What great enterpreneurs these two are. Of course, their family has some great role models in that regard. jan
Posted by: Snippety Gibbet | July 15, 2009 at 05:22 AM
Congratulations girls. I'm really happy for you. You will remember your first business-event for the rest of your lives. Let's hope for the rest of the world there are many more to come.
Did the candy taste good?
Posted by: Elizabeth | July 15, 2009 at 05:23 AM
Oh my heavens how fun is this! I would have totally purchased a piece of art! So happy they did well! WOO HOO!
Posted by: Kim H | July 15, 2009 at 05:40 AM
Now they should have their own ETSY! They would sell so much art there. I would definitely buy some of their art to put on my refrigerator door since I don't have any kids myself! :)
Posted by: Rosa | July 15, 2009 at 05:53 AM
What a wonderful job they did! I love the idea - such a great take off on a lemonade stand - I wish I had walked by! Maybe you should list some of their art on your Etsy site! Where I used to work there was a young man (19ish) who has disabilities - he would walk up and down the street singing and dancing and come in to say hi all the time. When I asked him if he was doing anything else - his response was "you know I am an artist!" Then another day he was sitting in front of the local coffee shop and stopped me to look at his work. He told me which one I should buy (since I had sons) - I bought it and he was So SO Happy! Keep posting their work for us!
Posted by: Donna | July 15, 2009 at 06:13 AM
Aw! The girls are very enthusiastic about their art business. That’s a good start, girls. Keep this up! Good luck.
Posted by: New home | July 15, 2009 at 06:50 AM
They look like there having so much fun. If you don’t mind I would love to buy one of your art work girls.
Posted by: instant cash | July 15, 2009 at 06:53 AM
They are too cute! Marketing is a very essential skill in an art career, it sounds like Natalie has a gift for this ;-)
Good work girls.
Posted by: Janet M | July 15, 2009 at 07:25 AM
So funny and sweet what Bill had to say!!
This reminding me of my friends little
girl and some of her other girlfriends in the neighborhood who would come and knock at
my door to sale me there art pieces that
they created.
Way to go Girls and God Bless You Both!!!
Keep up the great work!!
God Bless You and Yours!!!
God Bless
Posted by: Flassie | July 15, 2009 at 09:40 AM
Aw! The girls are very enthusiastic about their art business. That’s a good start, girls. Keep this up! Good luck.
Posted by: New home | July 15, 2009 at 11:27 PM
The girls look like there having so much fun. If you don’t mind, I would love to buy one of your art works girls.
Posted by: instant cash | July 15, 2009 at 11:30 PM
As you know, it's important for an artist to have someone who believes in them and their abilities. It's wonderful you are encouraging the girls to follow their talents. I think the other comments about opening an Etsy shop is a great idea. Congratulations on your 1st sales!
Posted by: Lori | July 16, 2009 at 05:47 AM
I am so happy for Natalie & Camilla - Congratulations!! And I am very impressed with their confidence and initiative - Fantastic!!!!!. I still have a difficult time asking people to buy my work. Perhaps they would consider being my sales reps?
Posted by: Terry | July 16, 2009 at 07:10 AM
I LOVE this story. And much better than selling lemonaide; now the customer has something to keep!
Posted by: colleen (bcharmer) | July 17, 2009 at 07:30 AM
Yay for their first art sale! And if you are in Idlewyld, yay for the great old-fashioned candy story. I was there 4 years ago and had great fun picking out candies that I remembered from my childhood. :-)
Posted by: Annie H. | July 17, 2009 at 06:58 PM
Oooooo...I just love shopping....perhaps they can start a little online shop...
Posted by: Lucia | July 18, 2009 at 10:18 AM
I love this so much!
Posted by: Mia Zucca | July 20, 2009 at 07:23 PM
Wow nice? Its lovely,how great....thanks for sharing...
bill shor
Posted by: ultrayellowpages | July 27, 2009 at 10:20 AM