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