You may have come here from Facebook, in which case you've been blasted with my posts about Chatty Crafty all week. And you know that we made about $1100 through sales and donations!! Woohoo!!
Or maybe you don't have any clue what that's about....well, this weekend we participated in an Indie craft festival here in Chattanooga selling our handcrafted goods to raise money for our adoption.
This experience was so very cool. When the Lord presented the opportunity we were a bit intrigued but also uncertain. We kind of him hawed around about committing so the Lord hunted us down and we started making preparations. The outcome was way better in a way broader way than we expected. Here's our top eight (cause I got tired before i reached 10)of Chatty Crafty list - in no particular order.
10. Indie festivals turn out to be very diverse and creative. I mean, where else can you find something like this:
Also, where else would you see items described as "Fecal Friends" - I'm not even kidding but I did not take a picture to prove it- you'll just have to use your imagination.
We met so many artists with such amazing (and slightly more tasteful - oooh, bad adjective) talent - it was very sweet.
9. If you tie 4 buckets to the corners of a tent, each filled with 50 lbs of sand your tent will not blow away in 20mph gusts of wind. Perhaps you could use less, but we weren't willing to risk it.
8. On the weather front, the forecast was so sketchy all week that we had everyone praying for clear skies. And the Lord answered! Dark clouds threatened for a few minutes Saturday but cleared into the most beautiful day. Sunday was super windy but sunny!
7. We have amazing friends and family so many of whom came out to support us! Seeing each of your faces was so encouraging!!!
6. Have I mentioned all the people who helped us make this weekend a reality? Ok, here goes: Nana and Grandpa Bill for babysitting and helping run the booth; Ashley Woolsey for more babysitting; Jamie Trollinger and Hannah Elrod for their awesome sign making artistry; Nick Hughes for his flier design and printing amazingness; Dawn Gross for her (STURDY) tent; Walmart for putting TN Titan tent wall panels on clearance; Kirsten Johnson, Jamie Trollinger and the Hammel girls for their stitching skillz; Calvary Chapel for lending us tables; and many, many others who prayed for the weekend! This could not have happened without you. We love watching the Lord invite others along on this journey!
5. We had the opportunity to share with and listen to SO many stories of others who have been blessed by adoption. Seriously, I wish I could have been writing every story down. We totally did not expect this aspect of the weekend and it was such a sweet, sweet surprise!
4. Our kids did awesome! They spent the whole weekend being shuffled between grandparents and babysitters but didn't really complain much. They even spent some time hanging out with us in tent
3. We will probably do something like this again. We're keeping our ears open to other opportunities specifically around Greenville, SC and Atlanta.
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