All in all, it was a good weekend. I was so tired on Saturday when I got home and still not feeling 100%, so I took some Nyquil and crashed. When I woke up a few hours later, the rain was coming down like it had never come down before. It wasn't just pouring, it was dumping. There could have been a fire hose aimed at my roof and it would have sounded the same. Sunday morning when The Cake Lady and I arrived at the site, so many canopies were ruined. The early birds said that there had been a tornado and it had come right through there. I don't know if that was true or not, but our canopy was fucked up pretty good and should have stayed anchored. The camaraderie was refreshing. Everyone helping everyone else. Some of the vendors had come back the night before to check and secure things and had done the same for other vendors. There is no feeling of competition here, even between people selling the same things. Maybe that was why my dad did this his whole life...
Once we got the canopy fixed and the table set back up, we took all the pictures you have seen in the previous posts. Here are a couple of shots of my things:
The big spinning wire display is the one I waited on for over a month! It turned out to be a good investment though... but if the wind kicked up, then some of the charms would blow off. The Cake Lady and I were picking them up all weekend.
The chair and I became very good friends as the weekend progressed. I highly recommend that, if you are looking for lawn furniture, you contact The Cake Lady and ask her where she got them because they are very comfortable.
It was fun. I got to sit in the shade on some of the most gorgeous days that there ever are in Texas. I got to mingle with a ton of cool people. I got to spend time with The Cake Lady with out either of us feeling like we needed to up doing something else. I gave out the card to the store where I sell my charms to a ton of locals who have bracelets. It was a very relaxing atmosphere. Oh, and I made some money :P More importantly, I told as many people that would listen that I had my charms in the store down the road and gave them cards. This weekend was advertising for me and I think it went well.
Ok, now I sooooo have to work!
~Kate
