Man oh man.

Okay, so as you all know, Come Out with Pride is on October 11th, which means I have approximately 10 days to get ready for the show!!!! I'm so freaking excited and anxious. My banner arrived on Monday and it turned out really nice considering I used an online company. If you ever need any banners, I'd definitely recommend them: www.halfpricebanners.com, they did an excellent job on mine and the shipping was super fast.

As far as the details go, I still have quite a bit to do. Being the genius that I am, I ordered bags with no handles on them, so I'm spending time making handles for my bags along with some tags to go along with it (hey that rhymed)... it's a party let me tell you. I've mapped out how I want my booth to look and made some sketches, so all I need to do is start practice setting up. I've been reading a lot online about what to expect and preparing for craftshows/festivals and it's definitely helped out a lot in terms of planning, items to bring, booth set up, and most importantly, customer service :)

Anyways, enough of all this boring stuff. If you all have not heard, a couple weeks ago, there was some serious flooding that went on in the South. Atlanta and its surrounding areas were hit pretty hard. I remember driving home from work and having to turn around 3 times because of blocked roads due to flooding. It was crazy! I live near the Chattahoochee river and the park near the back of my neighborhood was almost completely underwater. Scary stuff I tell you. I got lucky that it stopped there though. Some people in other counties were not so lucky. A lot had to evacuate by boat because their house was completely flooded. Schools were shut down for a couple weeks for clean up and a lot of people couldn't go to work cuz they couldn't get out of their neighborhoods lol. Out of the years of living here, I have never seen flooding to this extent. I was almost compelled to invest in a raft of some sort, but thank goodness the storms have calmed down and the water levels are back to normal.

Okay, I think I've written enough for tonight. It's dream time... peace!

MJ Tribute

Just watched the tribute Janet Jackson did for her brother, MJ. It gave me chills just watching it cuz it was that amazing! What a way to pay a tribute and show her love for him. Here's the link if you haven't seen it :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGEsXb-3xn0

If you look closely, you can even see some women in suits dancing... awesome. Haha. I've always loved MJ and his music. It's sad that celebrities get crucified for being different or when they have to deal with emotional turmoil. We are all human, nonetheless, and being famous is not an exception. Regardless of what anybody says, I believe that Michael Jackson was one of the greatest performers that ever lived. May his music and spirit live on and people remember him for the talented, kind and generous person he was.

Much love to you MJ!

Counting down the days

Just realized I haven't written in awhile. Man, I really need to start getting better with my blogging!

Anyways, just to catch up on some things. Unbound is officially going to be a vendor at Come Out With Pride 2009 in Orlando, Florida on October 11th!! Here's the link if you want to check it out:

http://www.mbaorlando.org/pages/come-out-with-pride.php

I'm extremely excited and nervous since this will be my first show, so of course I've been running around with my head cut off trying to make sure I have everything sorted out correctly. I'll be getting my last batch of shirts in next week (WOOHOO!) which means I will be fully stocked after the 15th! Just bought myself a tent for the show and have been making bags, packing buttons, making signs, price stickers and planning out how I want my booth to look. I know first impressions are a big deal so I'm not taking this lightly. Hopefully things will turn out well, but I'm sure I'll have a great time either way! So far the shirts have turned out really well, I am nothing less than impressed with the printer I have chosen!

That's pretty much a full update on what I've been working on. Everything is coming together pretty smoothly so far but I know as the day comes closer, I'm gonna be freaking out lol. Hopefully I'll be able to get a more blogs written in the time being ;)