The 2012 Bryn Athyn Craft Show was an unabashed 5-star experience for both John & yours truly! Most amazing part was how it turned into a clear expression of ALL that I am looking to in my 3rd act of living (including the glitchy "wake-up call" moment).
Our experience started
months ago, deciding to keep things simple, each doing
something we enjoy & excel at, something likely to be embraced by the buying public. And I wanted to use
materials we had on hand. Hence, John's array of 5x7" and 8x10" prints were set off in just-right frames I picked up last year on mega
sale at A.C. Moore (plus employee discount!).
For my part, I stuck to tried & true whoopie pie recipes – pumpkin
with maple cream & classic deep chocolate with fluff; no experimenting with
gingerbread & lemon cream (tempted, but sounder thinking
prevailed).
The MEGA mega challenge was
that I somehow committed myself to taking two grannie clients to Cape
May for an overnight on THURSDAY, which meant we’d get back on the
same day the Craft Sale opened for a home town preview.
Knew I could do it!!!
A couple days before the bop, gathered together the white storage boxes we use as additional table space, hauled out the pedestal "footed" with four elves
slippers; made sure the black & holiday print drape cloths were clean
& ironed; wrapped up all the whoopie pies with their wrap-around labels
printed & cut out; got all print materials sent to
& picked up from Copy Max (home printer temporarily disconnected); wrote out instructions for John
on what needed doing by mid-afternoon Friday; made sure that
everything was in a logical place - - only then did I head out for of 36 hours of being by the sea side.
Good thing I was so thorough! Our merry quartet got snagged on I-95 by
early rush hour traffic, so we slogged through Philadelphia (this after I took
the wrong exit off the Walt Whitman Bridge & ended up heading south over
the I-95 bridge instead north to hearth, home & Craft Sale. At 4:00 p.m., I called John from the road (we
were at a stand still) & walked him through what needed to be done – your craft
table HAS to be set up by 5:30 p.m., no exceptions.
Of course, as soon as I
called & made sure John had everything (knew he could ace the set up if he
had the materials), traffic lightened up!
Was totally delighted when the fourth jolly traveler – a wonderful
navigator who knows Phila traffic patterns better than I do – made it possible
for them to drop me off at the Craft Sale BEFORE John got there, then she got
the others back to their own hearths & homes.
Mega Kudo #1: we were both prepared enough that my questionable arrival didn’t spin
either of us into a panic. We kept
calm & carried on. BRAVO!
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