You may remember that I was invited to join a farmers market this last summer. I prepared SO MUCH for it, but then when the time came, Brady got his job 💜 I have no ill will about that. I LOVE Brady’s job SO much. But with that, there was absolutely no way I could do the farmers market. It would have been WAY too much. I would have absolutely always needed childcare. I would’ve needed to borrow a vehicle every single week. It would not have worked. So I let it go. I was embarrassed to back out the way I did SO close to the date. I felt awful. There were people who were working to donate products for me to sell in order to help me earn more money. People were backing me left right and centre, and I bailed on everyone. I felt so sick about it, and didn’t talk about it.
Now, in my quest to make my house more liveable and less cluttered, I had to address the elephant in the room, which is a HUGE pile of crocheted products I made for the farmers market that lived in my room. They were heaped on a desk that I really need to get out of our room anyway, and if I ever want that thing gone, I need to get it cleaned off. So I did.
This is just some of the stock I put together.
Its not a great picture. Bear with me here.
I have roughly:
30 plant hangers
20 towel hangers (with the wood rings)
50 ish bunting flags in 8 different colors
50 face scrubbies
10 cloths
12 pot holders
15 dish scrubbies
Multiple market bags, baskets, blankets, scrunchies, etc.
There are a variety of different plant hangers.
The towel hangers are a more modern take on the dish towels with the crocheted top. Both are awesome, but there are a bit more versatile.
The bunting flags are like banners. Some are connected, and many are not, for the sake of mixing and matching.
The face scrubbies, like almost everything else here, are 100% cotton and do SUCH a good job!
The cloths are awesome. I had WAY more but I sold some and used some more for our house and our camper. With cute colors like I used, they were perfect for the summer.
Pot holders are luxurious and thick, using two strands at once, and then double thick even after that. They are really really nice!
The dish scrubbies are SO effective, and are a lot cuter than those green and yellow scouring pads.
I worked SO hard leading up to this, and I will admit, it was a tough pill to swallow when I let it all go. But It was a time, and I had some awesome drive. I still do 💜 I hope I get a chance to do a different market another day, but for now, these are all lovingly packed away in storage, therefore allowing me to free up some space in my room and hopefully make sense of the furniture in there someday soon.
But for today, this counts. Its a strong start.