Whew! What a day!
Strange how you can take inventory after spending an entire winter creating product and still feel like there isn’t enough to take to the craft show. Of course that’s a complete fallacy ~ the anxiety comes with the question have I made enough of the product people will love and buy?
It was bad enough I was having self doubts about my inventory ~ right in the middle of it all my smarty phone crashed. Crashed, I say! I don’t think I’ve sworn so much as I did when I discovered every stitch of information was wiped clean from that phone. I had to reload all of my apps and I still haven’t got the mail functioning correctly. I’ll be spending some time loading my contacts’ information in the coming days and weeks.
After spending precious craft show preparation time trying to get my phone to function I was satisfied enough with it and got on with my work. Sorting, counting, gathering, packaging. Do I have enough? Do I have too much? The first show of the season is always a little daunting, but exciting nonetheless.
Wait! It occurred to me with all of my phone problems I better check out my credit card processing capabilities. I tested it with one of Husby’s cards. No luck. Then I tried another card. Still no luck. Dang it all anyway! If there’s anything I hate is having to call customer service on anything, but I knew I had no other choice. After about five minutes of being on hold (pretty good, huh?) a very lovely woman walked me through a lot of technical things and got me through my crisis.
Around 7:00 I realized I hadn’t done any laundry. OK, I can fit in a load or two to round out the day.
Now it’s pushing midnight. I think I have everything ready. I have to get up at 5:30 tomorrow so there will be no time to second guess myself. Right now I’m ready to collapse. But with my exhaustion comes an anticipation I haven’t felt for a while. Time to welcome new and return customers and say hello again to the craft show friends I see only when I’m on the road. Show season is here with all its challenges and rewards.
Come and see me at the Chateau St. Croix if you’re traipsing about in Wisconsin this weekend. It’s you festival goers that make these stressful days so worth it.
Auntie B's Wax 
Oh, how exciting! I love the idea of lives filled with activities that change with the seasons…but I also know how very stressful it can be. Your work looks beautiful. I hope the weather is good. Good luck!
Thanks, Cindy. Sounds like your life is changing quickly with the arrival of summer too! Luckily we have those nice winters to rest up for our busy summers!