Feedback ...

I had a wonderful time & met some incredible people this weekend at the St. Peter's Holiday Market. I sold some of my favorite pieces & absolutely loved all the sincere comments made about my artwork. Selling on Etsy is great & all ... but being face to face with customers, hearing off-the-cuff feedback & being able to explain my ideas behind my work was so so wonderful. Especially because everything I had out, I made. Me. Little ol' me. So it was fun to get personal.

I was so surprised by the caliber of the other vendors & booths - WOW. Like lots of fantastic local boutiques opened up a booth. Yet here I was ... a total "Mom & Pop" operation, or as I corrected myself when I said it to someone ... "Mom".

I may be a "Mom", but I was a proud "Mom" ... seeing all my cREaTions. :) I was proudest, however, when my wonderful husband marched in with 3 cute kids in mismatched clothes. Davis was still in his long sleeve camo shirt with the navy, white & orange gym shorts. The ones that when he asked if he could wear them together, I told him he could, but if he came to visit me at my show, he should probably change. [Sorry ... total eyesore. But don't worry, he didn't. :)] They all came running over to me "MOMMY!"

And the sweetest thing some people around me got to overhear, was Davis [age 5] looking at my booth & saying "WOWWW, MOM! You MADE all these????" as his little hand went from one end of the table to the other. :) He, of course, knew I did ... but like me, never really gets a chance to see it all together on display. He was proud of me. It was so sweet. It melted the hearts of the girls two booths down. [And mine.]

Then the next morning Kyle had Davis tell me what he said on the drive home [after visiting me at the Holiday Market] ... and he said "Mom - you're a good artist."

I got lots of good feedback, but his was probably my favorite.

[Totally makes up for the camo & gym shorts.]