What did I do yesterday? Organized a craft fair!

That's right, as Guild Master of the Texas Artfire Guild I organized my first ever and Texas Artfire's first ever craft fair. It was small and intimate; more of an experiment but I feel confident stating that it was a success and everyone involved from sellers, customers and venue managers ended up happy with the results. You can read about it on the Texas Artfire Blog complete with pics of the attending Houston area artisans.

I started Texas Artfire with the primary goal of networking Texas artisans. If we pool our knowledge and resources we can create our own low/no cost venues and long term business relationships. Most of us love customs orders and what better why to find and create future business that networking with each other. If each of us has only one great idea think of the potential since great ideas tend to breed environments for more great ideas. That's the mission of Texas Artfire.

work, work, work...work, work, work- hello boys!

I haven't had much time to blog this week. I've been busy at work, taking another continuing education class and making more jewelry for my shop and upcoming fairs. To the left is my latest necklace; trimmed peacock feather with all sterling silver and swarovski crystals on a braided black satin cord. It looks even nicer in person!

At least it's been an easy week on the ambulance. By easy I mean a lot of transports that consist solely of medical taxi rides. You place the patient on the stretcher, load and hook them up to the automatic blood cuff. You ask a lot of personal questions then chill out for 15 minute ride to the hospital. No muss, no fuss, easy shmesy way to earn a living. And I got to sleep most of the night last night. It may sound a bit boring but you learn to be grateful for boring shifts because you next several probably won't be and if things are exciting for medics then they're really bad for the public.

I've also gotten several details worked out with The Terrace in Clear Lake for an upcoming Craft Show I'm organizing for local artisans. It's on Sept 26 and we're all getting really excited about the event!

BTW- who got my reference to Blazing Saddles in the title?