Todays open house results

[Brenda]

Wow! That is just amazing! :highfive:

Congratulations!

[jdscreations]

Turned out to be a good day. 92 people showed up:shocked2: . Sold $6120:yay: worth of candle, bears, and baskets.

Just wanted to show some pics of the open house

You go girl. That is totally awesome. CONGRATS

[Michi]

HOLY $hit woman that is freakin' awesome!! OVer $6K???? I can hardly contain my excitement and jealousy. LOL

Sooooo, how much in inventory did you have? Dollar wise? And just how long did it take you to get that much made up?

I can't even imagine having over $6K worth of products done at one time.

Kudos to you cuz I know you had to have been working your booty off to get all that done for this show!!

I wanted to do a show this month, but since things have been happening and time got away from me, I didn't, and now I'm sooo depressed.

Congratulations to you.

So, did you just pass out flyers, advertise in the paper, how did you get 300 people invited? Inquiring minds just have to know girl!!

[BarbaraC]

Thank You for all the kind comments

I get open house postcards printed a I hand them out at craft fairs. I have been selling candles for 5 years now and have a large mailing list. I give away door prizes at the door and also give out a prize every 1/2 hour. This year the 1/2 hour giveaway I gave the blow up snow globes that sit on the table and play Christmas music. They are really cute. I only have the open house for 4 hours.

I also order a 6 foot sub I serve cookies and cake. Coffee soda and juice. I try to make it as fun as possible. I have people calling me in October for the date of the open house. For some reason the people really like to come over and see what's new. At my open house is when I release all the new scents for the coming year people really like that cause they feel they are the first ones to get the new scents. This works very well for me.

It cost me around $300 to have an open house.(Thats postcards, food and Prizes)

At the open house I have 6 helpers. This year I had around 11,000 worth of stuff. I also get tons of calls the whole week after my open house for orders.

This is probably the best thing I every started if it keeps getting bigger I will have to have my open house at a hall

[sharyl55]

Totally awesome! Your displays are fantastic. Can't imagine ever having that much product made up at one time. Sounds like you've become a Christmas tradition in your area. And what a wonderful tradition! santa big

[Freezin]

Really good job! Looks like you have a great set up with lots of stuff to choose from. It really seems that you put the effort into making it a great success. Sounds like something I would go to with my sisters if we still lived close to each other.

[shell1226]

All I can say is WOW Congrats to you!

I was thinking the same think Robin...That's what I sell all year! Great job. I wouldn't even have the room in my home to store that much stuff.

[firstlady]

Wow! congrats. your stuff looks good so i can see how you could sell that much. if everybody in my county came i couldn't sell that amount LOL! i'm sure a big populated area would make a difference.