MY WEEKEND!

Well it has come and gone and I am better for it! I will try to make the story as short as I can as I am sure you have not blocked out 2 hours of your day for my blog (this is the time it would take to really tell it.)
I started off on Thursday and met my friend Stacia at the covered bridge festival. We looked super cute and artsy. We had our cars filled with all of our super cute stuff.......then.......we got out of the car.

This was NOT the art fair we had in out mind. This was a flea market.  I tried to stay positive. We looked around and did not see ANYTHING that looked like we were selling. Sometimes I can imagine this would be a good thing, this time it was not. No one was shopping for what we were selling, NO ONE. It was bad. We sat there all day, fighting back tears as people squinted at our booth to see what we had and quickly moved on. I sold 1 print and Stacia sold 3 pins.   Don't worry, other vendors told us, you will double your sales tomorrow (Saturday) hmmmmm....   We made a few phone calls to friends in our respective cities and ended up finding a potential " in" at a show in Louisville that Stacia had tried to get into forever.  Once we were told we had the booth, we closed shop and ran, literally. We only had hours to get there in time to secure this awesome booth at this awesome show.  RUN, GIRLS, RUN!!!  We packed my car up in 20 minutes and I have a feeling if anyone with an indycar team were watching, we would have been hired for a pit crew on the spot!

We were on our way to Louisville, 2 squealy gals, PUMPED to get to our new artsy location.  Stacia's phone rang, it was our contact at the new and wonderful show.  "Maam, I am sorry I think we got our wires crossed and you do not have a booth tomorrow"  Our smiles and squeals stopped. Now we had no show. We stopped for dinner and then back to my house to regroup.  We decided to drive to Louisville and just try to worm our way into this show.  THAT is exactly what we did, and it WORKED.  We were finally told yes you can have a booth only minutes before the show started....RUN AGAIN....HURRY....SET UP!!!!!!
(picture pit crew again)  

It was a great day, beautiful outside and the crowd was great.  I got to sit quietly behind my art and listen to people talk about it. A very unique experience.  I realized that people liked the art and found out how I need to change it to make it a bit more marketable (thanks to my genius friend Stacia).  Stacia did well as did I and we all lived happily ever after!~ 

I also learned alot by watching my friend Stacia.  She is such an a mazing person. I enjoyed watching her sincere interest in people and wanting them to do well and feel good. Stacia asked about 2 more questions of people than I would have, this resulted in us finding out that the lady at the gas station had just buried a child. We found out about people and their lives at the fair, what they planned on wearing the pin to, what was the reason that they bought my print.  She is the kind of person that takes every opportunity possible to brighten someones day. I learned so much! :)  Ready to get my stuff ready for the next show on the 30th!!
Blessings,
Lindsay

Just a Tuesday....?

WHAT? Just a Tuesday you say???  NOPE this is only 3 days until the covered bridge festival, I know I won't shut up about it. Tired of it yet?

So I had 3 hours of sleep or so last night. M was out of town and I had lots of quiet time to organize. I took advantage. Coffee has been on constant flow this morning.  This is what I needed to do this morning....

UUUUGGGGHHHHH. dumb laundry. stupid dishes.

OK. Now I WILL get them done but this is what I did instead...

 

L- and I did some driveway painting. It is a favorite hobby of hers thatnks to a dear friend that introduced me to this awesome passtime.Water and paintbrushes (thank you Erin)  Our picture of choice was pumpkins.....

Her little 2 year old piggies even came out to play.....don't you just want to eat them they are so cute??

Nope, you can't...all mine.

Guess what is ALMOST as cute as bare 2 year old feet? These ADORABLE shoes.  Thanks again Once Apon a Child, you make it so easy to be cute!

hmmmmm what was next.....

AHHHH yes leaf raking (done by mom) and leaf jumping (done by both of us!)

Well while we are out here let me show you what we have been doing, it is fall ya' know.

We are getting ready for art shows 24 hours a day, Halloween!

Here is our front door.....creepy huh?
(Do you see my reflection in the glass? I know I'm not looking my best. Don't forget I only slept 3 hours~!)

Ok the wreaths are BEAUTIFUL, thanks MOM!

AND the spider, OH the spider....we love him, as do the kids in the neighborhood.  We should name him....

I will think on that.

what else....hmmmmm

Here is the web our spider Roger(thought I would try that one out)  has been busy on.

OH and the MOON FLOWERS?????? I almost forgot. DO you know about these things?? First things first, I LOVE VINES. If I had a tattoo that would be it. "I love vines" (Lame huh?) There are vines of morning Glories EVERYWHERE at my house. This is the first year that the moon flowers have taken off.  I LOVE THEM.  Doesn't this gate look like it should lead somewhere AWESOME? Nope. Just a backyard with dead grass and a swingset and most likely dog poop. BUT I like that it makes you THINK it is  awesome back there

Well there you go, now I am going to tackle the dishes and organize more STUFF!

Watch out covered bridges, and your crazy festivals....we are on our way!

Blessings,

Lindsay

My super girl....

I usualy don't mention much about my 2 year old - L.  She is very much in a 2 year old phase and is frequently trying my patience. She is so sweet 80% of the time and it seems that the other 20% is so dramatic I kind of forget about the 80%.  I am here to tell you

that 80% is such a fantastic kid!!! Right now she is pretending she has a baby sister named Joy. Joy is EVERYWHERE! She is always crying and L has to fix it! I love it!

L- is developing quite an imagination....this is the picture she painted today

I asked her what it was... her answer:

"A cat and dog in a rocketship, pulling a lever and going really fast."

 :)

I bought her a winter hat last night and she has not taken it off since. She wanted to wear it to preschool and then changed her mind "my friends might take it and that would be icky"

She took it with her and cautiously put it in her cubby. She looked like a secret agent hiding a big secret!

Here she is in her fantastic hat!

This week I have been on a STOP DOING THAT kick! We have our family picture this Saturday and I am convinced that we are going to have a broken bone, or face laceration.  I guess this would not be the worlds end.....but I think the whole family will be relieved when Saturday is here and gone. I will post a picture and link of the family pictures next week.

NEXT WEEK speaking of NEXT WEEK......it is the COVERED BRIDGE FESTIVAL. Can you tell by the capital letters that I am SCREAMING.....and terrified   really excited! !!!!!!!!?

The AMAZING friend that asked me to do this with her and I are talking and plotting daily.  I am painting and printing and plotting on how it will all work.  This is what my living room floor looked like last night.

If you have not been to my etsy site ...please have a look!

http://www.sevenlemons.etsy.com/

OK I am off to package more prints!

Have a lovely week!

Blessings,

Lindsay