The beginnings of my booth at Sherwood

My friend and I drove out to Sherwood Forest Faire this weekend for the January Gathering, which was the first weekend that vendors could begin setting up their spaces. This was my first Gathering to attend, during these Gatherings many people come to tidy up the fairgrounds and campgrounds. We had one volunteer help us pitch the tent and move things out of the truck.

This is the beginning of my booth. As it is 15'x 21' and a smidge too large for what I need, I have a partitioning curtain of muslin along the back for a store room/break room. I used folding tables, so I covered them completely in what white linen, cotton and muslin I had available, and I will be covering the tops again with some great textured fabric I bought last week. February 10th--the day before the faire--I will be returning to add a small demo table for me to work on watercolor during down-time, fabric for last minute decor touches, my signs, my lighting and products. For lighting, I have about 10 Moroccan-styled lanterns that will have battery-operated push lights that I will probably string to the ridge pole in the tent. They will be pretty and out of the way, and I may add parchment paper around the lights inside the lanterns to hide them.


The tent is a Rectangular Marquee by Panther Primitives, a coworker has lent it to me for the faire season!


This is the inside,looking in from the front left corner.


Aaand behind the curtain!