Earth Gathering

Earth Gathering is an annual event that happens on the weekend closest to Earth Day.  It is a day long event promoting earth friendly art, music, food, products and ideas. This weekend was my first official juried show and I'm not going to lie, I was nervous!  The drive down to Chillicothe was eye opening, I have never really ventured into Appalachia before. There was a great variety of people from Amish to Hippies and everyone had a smile on their face.

This was the first time myself and Lindsay had set up our booth together. We were surprised at how full it looked! Next time we will defiantly be bringing another table! Luckily the overall look was much more cohesive than we first imagined.  Although in the beginning sales were slow around about 2pm things really began to pick up. I was happy, although a little sad, to see the first piece of Art I ever burnt found a new home.  It really created a sense of pride in me, that someone I have never met deemed my Art good enough to gift to someone they loved.

Lindsay's son Jaden had a fantastic time in the Kids Craft tent! He made me a rain stick, Lindsay a collage type magnet thing and grandpa got a new bird feeder. All of the projects the kids did that day were made from upcycled art supplies, what a great way to teach the next generation that our home is precious! 

We had the pleasure of meeting some real characters at this festival, bought some honey, listened to some very talented musicians and had delicious Mediterranean food in the most unlikely place. One of the great characters I got the pleasure of meeting was Lindsay's dad John Sanders. He was kind enough to open his home to me as a tag along daughter. Johns home is the most interesting I have seen in a while and really reminded me of my own home back in England. Big Thanks John, the food was great and I had a fantastic time. 

Like I said, "Some REAL characters!"