Hodgepodge 2010

This Friday and Saturday we held our 4TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY HODGEPODGE!!! We had eleven vendors showing their "wares" not counting the plethora of Noticeably Nancy things. We've been sewing our fingers to the bone. We had a very successful two days, and we are looking forward to another successful weekend next weekend Nov 12-13. This is the first time we've ever had the sale for 2 weekends. We'll see how it goes. But we are having fun, and every vendor sold something so that makes me happy. I always want everyone to sell something. I love it when folks buy my "stuff" because they like it, and I know other folks feel the same way.

We put things in every upstairs room except one. It is like a big store, and we had as many as 22 people here shopping at one time. Of course, it makes life interesting to go to bed at night or to fix dinner because we cover the counter with the creative chocolates of my daughter-in-law, and we cover the bed with sewn items which have to boxed up at night! This year we even had the little grandaughters selling their unique birdfeeders. I think I can truthfully say, "A good time was had by all."

I look forward to next weekend. Then I will get started on the orders from the show. Of course, I'll be sewing some new things before the weekend!! I'd better get some rest and be ready to chain myself to the sewing and embroidery machines!! See you at the Hodgepodge!!

Holiday Hodgepodge a Booming Success

We just finished up our 3rd Annual Holiday Hodgepodge. I was "shocked and amazed" at the turnout. So many of my friends came who hadn't come before, so many new friends came, so many strangers who were friends of friends came (and have become my friends--my friends have great friends!). I met lots of new people. I missed some old friends who couldn't come. We got LOTS of orders from the show.
I'm mad that I didn't take pictures because we had 12 "vendors" here who showed their wonderfully creative wares. We had beautiful pottery, incredible jewelry, neat purses, intricate crochet, really cute pillowcases, funky hair bows and bookmarks, bright florals, unusual Nativities, cute aprons, and darling tutus! We had vendors here who were friends of friends so I hadn't even met them all as they showed up to set up their displays.
Everyone sold something! I loved the folks who actually brought a shopping list with them and did their Christmas shopping here. I felt it was an incredible success, and we already have everyone anxious for next year. This experience has made me grateful for my family who is so supportive and for my friends who actually blasted out emails to their friends and who brought friends and neighbors with them. Probably the best compliment to us all was made by one young mom who said, "I look forward to this every year. It gets me in the mood, and I can get my shopping done early. There are always such neat things here." Well done, Holiday Hodgepodgers!!