Tailgate Market Gearing Up

2011's Transylvania Tailgate Market is gearing up to start on April 16. Unfortunately, I won't be there for the 1st and maybe 2nd week. My husband, Mark the musician, is playing at a blues festival in Georgia the weekend of April 16. I'll post more about that when it happens. Should be fun. It depends on how much sewing I can get done between now and the 2nd week of the tailgate as to whether I'll be there then or not. I'm working on a big order right now for a fresh market that will be carrying my market totes and aprons and need to complete that first.

This year I was given the responsibility of being in charge of marketing for the tailgate market. At first, I was a little panicky. I even woke up two mornings in a row almost in a panic attack thinking about that responsibility and all the folks who were depending on me to get the word out this year. I've worked on this every day for the last month and the majority of my job is almost at an end. All advertising material has been printed and given to my committee for distribution. We have a plan and a schedule this year. We all think it's going to go great and are looking forward to a good year.

Speaking of the committee, they are all volunteers. I didn't have to recruit a single person to help. I'm very proud of that. This group of 6 ladies stepped up and asked to help. How awesome is that! They are all great people to be working with. They are committed to the market and making it the best it can be. And, they are so excited about helping. We met for dinner the other night so I could give them the printed material to distribute and we had a blast! There was so much talking, laughing and kidding around. This is the way all meetings should be held.

Well, back to sewing!