I spent Saturday, October 30th at the Oak Mountain Elementary School’s Fall Fun Festival.  They had tons of families there participating in games and crafts. Jim ‘N Nick’s was serving pulled pork sandwiches and chicken fingers, which were delicious.  Zoey and Adam were able to come up for a short while to have lunch and play some games. 

I met some great ladies in the vendor hall that all shared similar stories to mine. Some of them had day jobs or were hard-working at-home moms that ran these independent businesses for extra cash, community, and fun.  When I first arrived, I realized that I had forgotten to bring my table.  This lovely woman next to me offered to let me borrow an extra table she had in her car. Throughout the day I learned that her name was Katie DeSocio with Silpada and is super nice.  She had a ton of discontinued jewelry marked down and I wanted to take one of every piece home. If you love Silpada high-end, hand-made jewelry, you should definitely check her out.

I also met another very talented “new friend”, Nancy Pierce with Creative Memories. Since my sister and I have a history with digital scrapbooking, Nancy and I had a lot to talk about. We shared past and present projects and creative memories scrapbooking ideas.  She was really interesting and knowledgeable about the product. I saw that she had some Disney products at the table and I couldn’t resist. I am really looking forward to creating some new albums and maybe a few cards and calendars for gifts this Christmas.

All-in-all the day was great for meeting new people but, unfortunately I didn’t get any shows booked. I did hold a raffle for a $25 Pampered Chef gift card and some nice women left me their contact information. I do need one additional show booked before November 24th to hit my four show goal.  I would have counted yesterday as a show, but I didn’t receive any sales. If you or anyone you know is interested in hosting a Cooking Show or having a simple Catalog Show in your office, I would really love to do that for you. Feel free to contact me any time.

Another wonderful, food-related page by Danielle.  She writes: Despite having just given birth two weeks earlier nothing can keep Aunt Brandy out of the kitchen. So when Maxx and Lexy came to visit, that was the perfect excuse for her to get in the kitchen and make brownies! And of course, the kids happily obliged! August 2, 2008.”

I love this scrapbooking page by Danielle.  She wrote: “Will someone please tell me what I did to piss off the cake gods? Last year, the kids’ cake was left on the radiator and melted. For Maxx’s birthday this year, they raked their fingers through the icing and for Lexy’s birthday, I put the ice cream cake in the refrigerator instead of the freezer, and it too melted into a big pile of goop.  It’s a damn good thing they still taste good.”