{"id":239,"date":"2017-04-20T20:40:30","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T20:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hornbostelproductions.com\/wordpress-hornbostelproductions\/?p=239"},"modified":"2017-04-22T01:36:46","modified_gmt":"2017-04-22T01:36:46","slug":"crafts-fair-in-houston-tx-and-other-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hornbostelproductions.com\/wordpress-hornbostelproductions\/2017\/04\/20\/crafts-fair-in-houston-tx-and-other-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Crafts Fair in Houston TX and other news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Okay – a few notes. \u00a0One is that after a great deal of frustration I’ve gotten my PC working again. \u00a0I backed everything up and then it went from bad to worse, from ‘blue screen of death’ to ‘black screen of death’ in which I could not even reach the command line. \u00a0Fortunately I found a way to get back to BSOD, then from there I wiped the C: drive and reinstalled Windows, followed by copying the backed up data back onto the C drive.<\/p>\n

The day or two after that? \u00a0Mostly spent reinstalling a long list of utilities and software packages. \u00a0 Then and only then, could I resume work on a range of projects that had been unfortunately on hold while the computer was screwed up. \u00a0This has been a huge hassle and I’d like to replace the aging video card as I’ve long suspected it as the root of my PC issues. \u00a0I know what other better cards are compatible with my desktop, and I am planning to get a replacement, as soon as I’m able to factor it into my budget. \u00a0To that end:<\/p>\n

I’ll be attending a crafts fair at 5700 Lawndale, Houston, TX, this Saturday April 22nd from 9 am to 3 pm. \u00a0This is the Redeemer Lutheran church buiilding and they’re hosting the event and organizing it, plus some Redeemer Episcopal and Missio Dei Houston members are also involved and participating. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anyone who wants to meet me there can do so, I’ll have a booth and will be selling handmade art and will also have some great freebies available. \u00a0Some of those free items may run out quickly so it’s advised to show up on the early side of the event, ideally during the first hour or two.<\/p>\n

There’s a massive crafts fair there, plus garage\/yard sale and bake sale, bbq, etc. \u00a0It’s basically one of those huge fundraising deals, which I’ve attended in the past. \u00a0The booth fees are $25, which gets you an 8 foot table, although it may be too late for anyone else to sign up now.<\/p>\n

The vendors keep whatever’s raised, generally, and I am hoping to sell a few handcrafted artworks at this event. \u00a0I will also have some other stuff like stickers, pencils, prints, push pin buttons, and DVDs\/BluRays which are going to go fast it looks like. \u00a0I’m still agreeing to hand them out for free on a ‘pay what you want’ basis. \u00a0My dad says they should cost $20 but I’m fine with just handing them out.<\/p>\n

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DVDs of closing services for Church of the Redeemer Episcopal Houston<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Those are mainly of interest to people who have been a part of the Redeemer Episcopal community, but the handmade stuff has much broader appeal.<\/p>\n

I have sold a set (triptych) of three artworks at one of these old events, at a price of $90, which was later appraised at $150 by an art dealer. \u00a0You might find similar bargains here; many items will be marked 15% lower than on Etsy, given the local nature of the event and the fact that they won’t need to be shipped, so shipping isn’t built into the pricing.<\/p>\n

What is? \u00a0Well, materials, plus a rate of about $3 per hour for my creative work on each item. \u00a0Some items are a bit more if new, or less if old.<\/p>\n

Worth a look for anyone in the Houston area.<\/p>\n

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Okay – a few notes. \u00a0One is that after a great deal of frustration I’ve gotten my PC working again. \u00a0I backed everything up and then it went from bad to worse, from ‘blue screen of death’ to ‘black screen of death’ in which I could not even reach the command line. \u00a0Fortunately I found … Continue reading “Crafts Fair in Houston TX and other news”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0},"categories":[21,25,23],"tags":[49,266,260,244,264,272,265,90,86,63,215,268,51,91,271,176,37,52,269,270,113,107,76,262,263,15,217,267,261,53,84,238],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hornbostelproductions.com\/wordpress-hornbostelproductions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hornbostelproductions.com\/wordpress-hornbostelproductions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hornbostelproductions.com\/wordpress-hornbostelproductions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hornbostelproductions.com\/wordpress-hornbostelproductions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hornbostelproductions.com\/wordpress-hornbostelproductions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hornbostelproductions.com\/wordpress-hornbostelproductions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":243,"href":"https:\/\/hornbostelproductions.com\/wordpress-hornbostelproductions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239\/revisions\/243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hornbostelproductions.com\/wordpress-hornbostelproductions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hornbostelproductions.com\/wordpress-hornbostelproductions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hornbostelproductions.com\/wordpress-hornbostelproductions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}