Yes, This: Day 1 (a little late)

I follow and amazing and inspirational blog by Liz Lamoreux. Even on days she doesn't have a new post I am always checking in and reading older posts. There is something so inspirational about her writing. I feel like we have many things in common even though we live in different states and have never communicated. I saw last year when she did the 10 day Yes, This and I signed up for the emails they made it to my inbox, but I never got around to interacting with everyone else who was participating. So, this year I made myself commit to doing a blog post about each day.

Day one was all about finding stillness in the day and finding time in the day to take 5 deep breaths. This is something that I try to do on a normal basis. I have been practicing yoga for over a year now and that practice has really helped with deep breathing.

When ever I find myself in an antsy situation I take a moment to myself to just breathe. It is amazing how taking even the smallest amount of time to relax for a moment to take a few deep breaths can change the situation. It releases tension, reduces stress and clears your mind.

Be sure to check out Liz Lamoreux's blog and follow along with Yes, This

My first solo craft fair!

As y'all can see it has been a little while since I have been on here. There is a good reason for that! I spent the last month or so completely wrapped up in yarn! I had my first solo booth at my town's festival.

I knew I would be the main one supplying merchandise I began to panic!

I was worried that I wasn't going to have enough of a selection for customers or to have bare areas on my table.

That was my main fear. I wanted to be able to do myself justice by spending the money to set up a booth. 

I worked non-stop on items, from stuffies, tote bags, ear warmers to key chains. I was trying to make sure I had a decent selection.

I had the cutest model!

I spent countless hours searching pinterest to find ideas of how to set up my booth to make it look inviting for customers.

I had everything packed up the night before, so all I had to do in the morning was pack the car.

Bright and early on a Saturday morning I loaded up the car and headed to the festival area. Everything went off without a hitch, except for a last minute trip to Home Depot because the employee didn't show my the right piece of PVC pipe the first time for my scarf rack I built :)

I am a jack of all trades! 

In the end I had nothing to worry about, this was a huge stress reliever.

Here is my booth set up from the Ward Jamboree.

I partnered with the Ward Animal Shelter Volunteers and donated 10% of my days proceeds!

Here is to planning for my next booth at CabotFest October 11! Where I will once again be partnering with the Ward Animal Shelter Volunteers!