Market Ready

          

Market season starts 1 week from today at the Hyde Park Market!

I have big display changes planned.

For one thing, I have a new tent.
Well, new to me.  I bought it used from a nearby metal artist who had only used it once.  It's an "E-Z Up", which is what a lot of vendors use.

My husband and I set it up in our yard today to make some final adjustments.

This new tent weighs A TON but is amazingly easy to set up and take down, much easier than my old tent.

my very first market, 2010

Plus, my old tent, shown on the right, is light brown.  I'm thinking a white tent will flatter my merchandise more than a darker color.









Well, what we needed to figure out today was tent weights.  The previous owner had 4 cement-weighted pvc pipes made to go with her tent, but hadn't needed them for the one show that she did, so hadn't devised a system of hanging them.

A lot of market vendors use this type of weight system.  Most of them just bungee cord the thing to the leg of the tent and call it a day.

Well, I'm guessing most of the market vendors are not married to engineers either.  I am, so these things get a little more complex.

A trip to Home Depot was first on the agenda this morning, then a rummage around the tool box.







Plastic coated wire attaches to a carabiner, which clips on to the tent.

Then it's secured to the tent leg with a Velcro strap.

That should do it!  And no worries about appearances-- merchandise will hide it all.