so this year was going to be more relaxed! I was going to take it easy! Right....

I have the craft fair bug, I guess. There was a lack of crazy hectic crafting between January and April, so I had to do something about it! When chatting with some other local yarn dyers and spinners on ravelry, we came up with the brilliant idea to have a yarn party! to sell stuff! (totally not as stressful as a craft fair, right?)

Only, heh - wow. It kept me busy for an entire month. Getting someone to design postcards, distributing the cards, getting sponsorship from local yarn shops, getting paid by sponsors and vendors, getting someone to design a program. And wrangling vendors! I'm sure it's often the case, but there was some crazy last-minute switcheroos that were totally stressful. Oh, and the entire **not getting into the building until AFTER the party/fair was supposed to have started!!** was totally crazy! Not to mention that we had no idea if people would actually join us (and shop!)!

But once we let those first customers in, and the rest of line going out the door... wow! People were so excited and so happy for the craft fair to be happening! I've never seen so many thankful people glad for all the hard work that went into it! That feeling of happiness totally makes it worth it to take chances on craft fairs, to go the extra mile, to dream big! :) If you have rad products, organize a craft fair! Get it out there into the world!

(taken after the masses had died down and my table cleared out!)