What a gorgeous place for a show! But, what a crummy craft show! Having rain on Saturday didn't help, but, mostly it was just a bad job setting up and promoting the craft show.
That's how it goes sometimes. A great location, but, a horrible set up. For the community of St. Charles, it is probably a winner...as it brings lots of people out to enjoy the art, the boat races, the music.
But, as a crafter set up in a park way at the end off the sidewalk, it was a loser. Plus, parking was off site too--although a shuttle was provided. The only positive thing were the other crafters I met around me. Brett the guy making bottle cap necklaces turned me onto a couple of shows for next year. Sherry, the Bow Lady, provided moral support as we both went neck and neck on how little we were making!
The bright spot was when two of my old cronies showed up. Susan and Judy Brown, and Lily, Susan's granddaughter came Saturday morning in spite of the rain. The Brown girls were part of our church camping friends. Most of our parents farmed and we all went to 4-H together. We spent most of the summer at Rock Cut State Park getting into trouble with the park rangers as we dumped our canoes nearly every weekend.
This tower structure above was the centerpiece of the park we were set up in. Isn't it great?! I can see summer weddings here...and this weekend the kids were racing up and down the stairs trying to vie for a good place to watch the dragon boat races.
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