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Arlene & Bob Carey
  • Tallahassee, FL
  • United States
  • polymer clay/painted glass…
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Sabrina Aughenbaugh Sep 18, 2010. 5 Replies

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Arlene & Bob Carey replied to Connie Mettler's discussion What are you doing this weekend? May 13-15
"Packing up the house...moving to SW Florida later this month or early June."
May 12, 2011
Arlene & Bob Carey replied to Paul Zerjay's discussion How often do you come to this site?
"Daily...a few times:))"
May 11, 2011
Arlene & Bob Carey replied to Chad jerzak's discussion Credit card processing?
"We were able to get our smartphone upgrade at Costco (Arlene was due) for $9.95 for the Droid Pro with a 2 years contract. Data fees went up $20 per month for her phone, but dropping our netbook data to minimum (we never used more than 250 mb per…"
May 8, 2011
Arlene & Bob Carey replied to Chad jerzak's discussion Credit card processing?
"For your laptop, check out merchantanywhere.com We have used them from 2006 until just recently (switched to Square with our smart phone)."
May 7, 2011
Arlene & Bob Carey replied to Cassandra Graham's discussion Waterproofing Roof
"I'd like to put a smiley face here!!   My EZUP Encore II has survived rain, near tropical storm force winds (lots of weights) and for the little bit of maintenance expense has been well worth the money.  When I was starting out, the…"
May 5, 2011
Arlene & Bob Carey replied to Cassandra Graham's discussion Waterproofing Roof
"We took our EZUP EncoreII roof to a marine canvas shop in 2008 and had it waterproofed.  So far it's held up fine for the last few years.  Maybe time to have it done again after this summer.  Don't remember what the cost…"
May 5, 2011
Arlene & Bob Carey replied to Connie Mettler's discussion What are you Doing This Weekend - April 29-May 1?
"FSU Graduation weekend.  Our daughter graduated Cum Laude with 2 BA degrees.  One in Greek and the other in Classical Civilizations.  Proud parents:))  "
Apr 30, 2011
Arlene & Bob Carey replied to Connie Mettler's discussion What are you doing this weekend? April 22-24
"Our favorite 1 day local event...Downtown Marketplace at Ponce Deleon Park, Park and Monroe from 9 am-2pm in Tallahassee.  Always a winner for us...weather is supposed to be beautiful."
Apr 22, 2011
Arlene & Bob Carey replied to stephanie swift's discussion smart phone card readers
"There is an initial cap of $1000 per week, which can be raised after a time...all of the information is on their website...squareup.com.  We have never done more than a few hundred in charges alone in a weekend.  The way we figure, if…"
Apr 21, 2011
Arlene & Bob Carey replied to Linda and Jim Dalton's discussion What's the worst question you have been asked at an art fair?
"Two favorites:   "Thas jes melted crayons, aint it." and "Zat playdough?""
Apr 20, 2011
Arlene & Bob Carey replied to Lin Glore's discussion Where The Shows Are
"You may also want to check out festivalnet.com for some of those B level shows. They have a subscription service and you can specify a particular state, area, month etc.  Many events are reviewed, and many reviews of some promoters are…"
Apr 20, 2011
Arlene & Bob Carey replied to stephanie swift's discussion smart phone card readers
"If you have an Iphone or a Droid, you may want to look into the Square at squareup.com.  We used ours for the first time last weekend.  Worked flawlessly.  No signup or monthly fees, and a 2.75% swiped rate."
Apr 20, 2011
Arlene & Bob Carey replied to Connie Mettler's discussion What are you Doing This Weekend - April 15-17?
"Springtime Tallahassee was an excellent event for us.  Loads of people, beautiful weather and spending. Our pricing is $30 and below.  We did very well with an average $8.50 sale...double what we did in Mt Dora.  Did almost as…"
Apr 17, 2011
Arlene & Bob Carey replied to Connie Mettler's discussion What are you Doing This Weekend - April 15-17?
"We'll be at Art Lover's Weekend in conjunction with the Lemoyne Chain of Parks Art Festival in Tallahassee on Saturday April 16th...the Lemoyne event is both Saturday and Sunday.  We'll be in Ponce DeLeon Park at Park &…"
Apr 14, 2011
Arlene & Bob Carey replied to Kimberly Merck- Moore's discussion People taking pictures of your art at shows?
"The rudest of the rude was a man who was sketching on of my abstracts a few weeks ago.  I asked him to please stop and give me the sketch...which he refused to do...explaining that he was a woodturner and wanted to copy my work...what an…"
Apr 10, 2011
Arlene & Bob Carey replied to Ellen DeVita's discussion any indoor summer show in sw florida?
"There's a little outdoor gem not too far from you in August I believe.  Check out the Caladium festival in Lake Placid, Florida.  Although we've never attended, we've seen many positive reviews on various sites and in…"
Apr 3, 2011

Profile Information

Your Medium
polymer clay/painted glass ornaments/photography
Years in the Art Fair Business
4
First show ever
Art on the Bricks, Thomasville, Ga.
What is your website?
http://arzart.com
Best show ever and why
Roser Park Art Festival. Great sales...10 x booth.
Worst show ever and why
too many to mention
Who referred you to ArtFairInsiders.com? Please be specific.
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