So like any crafty girl that wants to do more than her own projects she branches out usually to a local craft show, so that's what I did. While I really loved doing craft shows (mainly cause I did it with my BFF), there are limitations and restrictions which I wanted to move away from. Then, the next logical step a girl should do is set up an Etsy account which I did. This also had it's cool points, but I'm not a fan of the post office. Is that weird?? I really dislike mailing stuff. The whole packaging, taping, not enough postage blah, blah, blah... (note: I do like receiving mail:) So that lasted a whopping few days, maybe a little longer.
What was a girl to do? Well this girl had a plan! Okay, not really a plan, but an idea. At a local craft show that we were hosting a table at I kept eyeing up two ladies tables that had so much life and creativity not only in their projects, but themselves! We gathered, broke bread and came up with our plan to host an occasional sale! Less than 2 months later we had our 1st Second Life Occasional Sale!
To say we were all amazed at how much of an amazing response we had would be an understatement! Could it happen again? Well, we had our next show 4 months later and yes it happened again! It not only became fun to share our love for our crafts and repurposing with others, but it really became such a fun way to connect with other women. The conversations between women who came were so uplifting and inspiring and truly just made the experience whole.
So you could say things have evolved over the past 3 years from renting table spots at some local craft shows to starting an occasional shop with three other ladies in northwest Wisconsin! And by occasional I mean it's been less occasional than not with 2 shows in a year! But that's not where this story ends, be sure to keep reading and watch for the next post as the best is yet to come!
