Oh my Gosh! We had the most phenomenal reception launching ever. It was much more than I had visioned. There were so many positive, spiritual women and men. The experience was so calm, so motivating, inspiring and unifying. It was so filled with the SPIRIT that all you had to do is breathe in and you were captured. Everyone felt it.
I am working with two very special, dedicated women who are supporting my vision. There is just no way that I could have made this happen without them. For the last two days I have been stressed out wanting things to go well. They kept me reminding me that this was going to be fine and that we are already moving and shaking. What makes us a great team is, that we all bring something special and different to the circle. But the two of them are surely smooth operators. Already experienced as their family has done these events many times before.
My Mom was there, though she was not feeling well. Thank You Mother, for your support. (She says "Sonia is sweeter than Buttermilk Pie".) Oh Boi! LOL! Thank you Andrea and Brittney for your warm presence and support.
I am so glad to have Sonia and Deborah mentoring me. It's a great feeling when you have two friends that are truly and I mean truly looking out for you and have your back. Not to mention, are like minded about love for the Arts. It felt like I was tilting over backwards and they were supporting me from falling flat on my big head. LOL! I feel the love. I wonder sometimes, how I was lucky enough to find two women friends this dedicated to friendship. Not hating, just loving. Yes, ladies. It is possible.
Me being the overly anxious person that I am, always wanting things to be special and perfect for everyone else, is so filled with gratitude, love, inspiration and motivation. I am so grateful and eager to do great things in the world of art and to be prosperous working with all these new and under represented artisans in the community.
We had artisans, family members and many supporting friends. A supporter/friend/ entrepreneur with a fabulous home accessory business celebrated each of us with beautiful flowers. Thank You, Connie. There were several people who, after having joined us at the reception are eager to find their niche and become creative. What a Blessing that is! Yes, when you motivate, encourage and inspire others, they desire to look for or re-surface their gift of creativity. Just amazing. We all have a gift. We don't all know that. Someone was even interested in facilitating their book club in our space. Let the readers say "AMEN"!
Most of all I felt Blessed to have Reverend Renee Williams there to bless our Collaborative effort. When everyone in the building stood together in a circle and bowed their heads to the most powerful prayer of the day, I felt a soft wind blow through the air and a very mild floral scent flow past my nostrils, almost the scent of lavender, or some soft scented flower. I knew GOD was right there giving his approval. The Spirit of an Angel scurried the room of this 105 year old Victorian building that is now home of Sisters-Locked Artisan's Collaborative, as we stood united together in prayer.
Thank You Mrs Jones (94 years young) and thank you, to her mother who purchased this Victorian in the year 1930. I love you and will be forever grateful. I thank GOD for the relationship sent by way of my son.
When you ask GOD's permission for the success of something, how can it fail? If one person achieves a new opportunity then it is a success. It is a success because everyone in the room was sent there for a special reason. If you weren't there or didn't show up, you weren't meant to be included on this special occasion. No need to wonder why you weren't there. Sorry, but I am not in charge. Ya feel me?
Everything happens for a reason. There were even two ladies there who had not seen or heard from each other in over 40 years. They were reunited. Amen! One of them an artisan, the other a childhood friend of mines and an inspired artisan who has set a goal to become creative just to network with us. She din't know what her craft would be. She has a real deep love for dogs. My suggestion was that she create Doggie Birthday Baskets. People thought the idea was amazing. How did you just come up with that, I was asked. I said," everyone knows how much she loves dogs, right".
At the drop of a minute her new hobbyy was born. She will call it "Kirbys Creations". Named after her dog of course. When dropping her off at home, she left in tears thanking me for the invitation and the inspiration. She desires to be involved with wonderful, positive women being that she has triumphed some very low periods in her life lately and needs something new to look forward to. Shes;s excited about this new idea of doggie b-day baskets and so are we.
Now you tell me. Is this already successful? I say, "The answer was smelling sweet in the wind".
We have two upcoming Marketplace events coming. The first one is October 01, 2011 and the second one, the Holiday Extravaganza will be December 02, 2011. Please connect with us for your booth space and if you know of other artisans, share this info.
I wish you peace in the coming week.
