:o*************** (that's a sigh of reief!!!)

Wow, we can totally breathe now!  I can't even begin to tell you how awesome Oglebayfest was.  We were so nervous going into it because we had no idea what to expect.  Sometimes the things that we love the most are the ones that sit in our inventory forever! But we could not be more pleased.  The overwhelming acceptance from the crowd, the pouring out of support from all of our friends, and the new followers of our fun little creations!
First of all, we have to send a HUGE thank you to Phil Maxwell for sponsoring our booth as "Up and Coming Artists".  That took a huge strain off of us and made our decision to participate an easy one! Also, to Rick Morgan for all of his help, words of wisdom and amazing dress-selling!
Then, of course, our families....I have NO idea how we could have done any of this without all of you.....my poor dad bending coat hangers for the hat display, my mom cutting out all of those circles, Aunt Christine's ideas and supplies, Carter's patience and my loving husband putting up with all of our late night crafting sessions and my constant sewing...you all are AMAZING.  We thank you very, very, very much.
We are not sure what our next step is going to be.  Sarah doesn't even want to think about crafting at this point in time.  Me, however, I have already started making a list of new ideas for next year.  We would really like any suggestions (especially for boys!) that you might have.  I want to contribute to this blog often so that we can build a better business.  We didn't get off to that great of a start.  There were a couple of contests that didn't go over so well....Thank you to Crystal Waters for her winning idea (I will be shipping your "winnings" out to you soon) and to the others that commented on our blog as well as all of the texts that I received. That being said....we look forward to staying in touch with all of you.  Please keep your suggestions coming and we will do our best to post some pics of our progress.
Here a just a few pics from Oglebayfest, in case you missed us up there!