Farm Chicks Part 2

First off, I apologize for taking so long to get this post out. I have been having a hard time recovering from the show. I guess all that lack of sleep and overload of caffiene is finally catching up with me. As Joy and I were talking about yesterday, it feels like Farm Chicks was such a blur. It went so fast. I had so much fun, but felt like I missed so much as I was so very busy the whole time. That's a very good thing, but I wish I had had more time to get around to meeting more people. We met so many amazing people who came by our booth, but wish we had more time to chat with them all. Anyway, here's the re-cap.

Friday morning we left the house at 5:00am. I picked up my friend Kate who was nice enough to keep me company on the long drive to Spokane. We drove over to Isabel's house where she was rounding up the kids for the trip and off we went. Things were going smoothly until we got to Kennewick, WA where we stopped for a potty break. When it was time to head out again, Isabel's husband's truck (the one pulling the trailer) wouldn't start. Long story, short we ended up hanging out in the parking lot at McDonald's for several hours, eventually got the truck fixed and were finally on our way again.

Fortunately, I had gotten in touch with Serena (Farm Chicks) and she had made arrangements with the show security to lets us in to set up late. We arrived at about 7:30pm (we were supposed to be done and out of there by 6pm), and were greeted by several friends including Joe and Jermonne, Cindy and Barry, Jeff and Julie, Joy and Dave and Kate's sister, Sue who all rallied around us and helped us unload and set up. It was an amazing show of friendship and something that I truly love about this business. How we are all there to help each other in times of need. And boy, did we ever need the help! Thank you all of you for this wonderful display of kindness!

We were at the fairgrounds until about 10:30 pm setting up and were able to come in a little early in the morning to put on the finishing touches. Here are the results of our efforts. You can click on any of these pictures to get a more detailed view.

Pics of my booth Saturday and Sunday.

Isabel's booth next to mine. She has some more beautiful pictures here.

We were so crazy busy on Saturday I didn't get to take as many pictures as I wanted, but here are a few of the many amazing booths there.

Kris and Amy from Today's Country Store.

Joe and Sue's booth


Cindy's booth

Lisa Souer's booth. I have been of fan of hers for years! She finds the most amazing stuff and couldn't be any sweeter.

The fabulous Barn House boys booth. A word I used a lot this weekend sums it up, "Awesome!"

Beth and Vicky's awesome cowgirl glam booth.

And finally, Joy's booth. Super cute! She sold a ton of stuff.

I have to send a giant cyber hug to Joe, Jermonne, Cindy and Celeste from Chaps for the fabulous party Saturday night. I haven't had such delish food and laughed so hard in years. These gals are the reason for all the laughing. Okay, maybe the lemon heads were to blame. Sorry for the awful picture, but this is the only one I took.

(Terry, Timi, Laura, Donna, Isabel and Michelle)

Sunday at the show was a lot quieter. I did manage to step out of my booth for a few minutes to shop a little, but I forgot to bring my camera.

Overall, it was a wonderful experience for me. Even with the rocky start I am excited to go back again next year. Isabel and I have already been talking about what we will do differently.

On my next post, I'll share with you the few things I bought at the show. If you haven't had enough Farm Chicks pics you can see more at the links on this post.

Have a great Thursday!