McMinnville Wine and Food Classic was Full of Class!

I was a vendor at the McMinnville Wine and Food Classic this last weekend, March 7-9. All I can say is the McMinnville Wine and Food Classic was total class all the way. There were hundreds of vendors from Wineries to Food to Art. The set up and layout of the show was excellent and the setting of the show was superb.

The Picture of my Booth is without my Signage. Not as "snazzy" with out it, but I needed a pic. for a show without my Signage and then I forgot to take one with my sign up. Oh, well, can't win them all.

The Wine Classic is held at the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville, OR. This is where the Spruce Goose is located, along with many other vintage and modern airplanes. All the Vendors were located on the outside walls and the guests were able to walk through the Classic pick up a glass of wine wonder around the airplanes, have a little food and see what the art vendors had to sell. The Art was all hand made by the vendors, which is always nice. My booth was located almost under the wing of the Spruce Goose. What a cool spot that was.

From the beginning of the show to the end, the vendors were treated with nothing but respect and thankfulness. Each vendor had a booth that was sectioned off with curtains and had a skirted 8ft table ready to be used. Each morning and afternoon, there were breakfast and afternoon snacks supplied in the vendor room. There was always a pot of coffee on, which my husband and I loved. The many volunteers had everything organized upon arrival and departure for the vendors. I have to say this was one of the nicer show I have done. I also have to say that my candle sales were great throughout the weekend.

I will definitely put this on my list of shows to do again.

One funny thing that happened this weekend was that it was day light savings.... and you are correct I forgot!! My husband and I did not realize it until we received a phone call while still driving to the show. Opppsss!!!! The people in charge of the show were so understanding and when we got to our booth my neighboring vendors were running my booth for me. How awesome is that?! Like I stated already, the show was class all the way.

Right now I am heading down to cook candles and get ready for the Daffodil Festival this weekend in Junction City, OR. I will blog about this next week. Until then, enjoy the longer evenings.

Spring Candle Shows Are Approaching

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Today is another rainy day on the Oregon Coast. We have had quite the winter season, as I am sure many of you have had. Back in December we had what I call "Pioneer Days" at my house. The winter storm, with 100+ mile an hour winds, knocked out our power and phone lines. We lost 6 trees in our yard and thankfully none landed on our home. We did not have power, water, phone (cell or land line) for just about 5 days. At first it was fun. We lit candles all over the house, started the wood stove and fireplace, to keep warm. We gathered water in all our containers before the water was no more and cooked with our camping equipment. Most of all, I did not have to "work". I couldn’t make any candles.

After day three, this was getting old and I was I thankful I did not live in the Little House on the Prairie Days. I was also getting nervous, because I had a show to do the coming weekend and did not have a good supply of candles for the show. When we finally had our power, water, and phones back, I had a day to prep and pack for the show, which means I did not make one candle for the show, and went with what I had prepared before the storm. As it turns out, I had my best show of the season. My husband always reminds me that things work out, and one can only do what one can do.

Spring is on its way and I am glad. In 2 weeks I have my first outdoor show in Junction City, Oregon at the Daffodil Festival. This coming weekend I am at the Wine and Food Classic in McMinnville, Oregon. For those of you who are local these are great events to attend. The local wineries will be out in force in McMinnville and the Daffodil Festival is great for families.

Well, I need to get back to candling for my shows coming up.