still recovering...

...from my first show! it was a lot of work! i feel like i accomplished everything i set out to do though, so that made me happy. plus i thought our booth was the cutest one there- but i may be biased.

the day of the show i woke up at 5:30 am. we left around 6:30, and got to the place at about 9. then it took us until 10:30 to set up. the best part of the day was when our husbands came at the end and loaded all our stuff up, then we went to dinner and rode the ferry home together. oh, and i thought it was fabulous that my babysitter loved being paid with a headband. i love that such a cute girl thought my headbands were so cute.

the booth:i love how it turned out. i lost a lot of sleep trying to figure out what to do but it was worth it. richie built and painted everything. not only that, he figured out how to make it all very collapsible so i could load it all into the car. yes, he is an excellent husband.

one thing i knew for sure was that i didn't just want a regular folding table with a tablecloth. i was totally stumped about what to do that would fit in my car until i found the wood ironing boards on ebay for $3.75!! yes, $3.75- for both! but they were not in good shape at all. so my amazing husband built legs for one (if you look really close you can tell one leg is newer than the others) and repaired the other so we had the perfect tables to go with fabric and dresses and clotheslines.

the dress rack was another fabulous build by my husband. i couldn't figure out what i wanted except that it needed to match my style. so one day he went outside, then came back in a few minutes later and had the posts all planned out. i love how they look. i also love that the whole thing comes apart and is easy to put in the car. oh yes, and i love how it now looks in my sewing room.we had a basket of rootbeer barrels with our business cards in it. it was joanna's idea and a huge hit! and you can't see it, but we hid pieces of a laundry scented scentsy bar around the booth so it would smell good...
joanna's flowers looked darling! and she had so many! i'm never going to stop wanting more of them with all the new ones she keeps making!

a few things i had that have yet to appear in my etsy shop were:

baby quilts(more on these later)
headbands- i had pretty peony ones and fun rosette ones.

pretty pouches- little makeup bags or crayon bags or whatever bags for you girls who like pretty things. these were so fun to have. one lady bought one just for her knitting needles.

i was so exhausted after the show that i've been taking it easy this week by making a couple quilts and playing with my kids and friends... ok- that doesn't sound like i'm taking it easy, but compared to the last few weeks, it is...
now that it's over
stay tuned for the most fabulous shop update ever!