SMALL BUSINESS DAY

This past Saturday was Small Business Saturday.....and my town did not disappoint.   We had our local high school chorus there to perform.  Christmas lights up on Main Street, horse and wagon rides and even a visit from Santa & Mrs. Claus.  They had little stations where the kids could make tree ornaments and also decorate ginger cakes and eat them.

Hope you enjoy some of the photos I was able to take, while trying to keep track of my brood of 5 plus my niece.

The beautiful horses with a handmade wagon.

The 2nd horse & wagon decorated festively.

This horse was so beautiful but very naughty...my kids did not ride this one. lol

Here are the kids getting off the wagon ride.

Here they are with Santa & Mrs. Claus.

In addition I was able to convince my mom to come and spend the weekend while my dad was receiving his treatments in the hospital.  

As a small business owner I appreciated our town's effort in putting this day together.  My mother did our part of course by shopping for some stocking stuffers and ate at a local eatery.

-MJ

SATURDAY STRESS...

I ONLY HAVE 4 WEEKS........to get ready for my street fair event.   This will be my 1st showing of all of the merchandise/items Ive been working on since I had the baby in March.   I am participating in our yearly street fair and all the vendor are allocated a 10x10 space to sell merchandise.

I have my tent, and my furniture.....now I just have to finish up the details on all of my items and add the price tags.  Ugh I also have to print out information on my business and map out my display on paper.

Im a little nervous that I'll be there all day and not sell one thing!   That probably wouldnt happen because Big Daddy J is working the event (Police Dept) so he would buy something from me. lol   I also have great friends who Im sure would throw a poor girl a bone.

I havent posted any of the items on my blog or in my Etsy shoppe because I want to see how the fair goes first.  Then in October Im planning on throwing a launch party at my home and introduce the items.

I have alot of BIG ideas, let's see if I can make BIG things happen.