A Busy April for SFE and Beads in a Box

New beaded jewelry from Guatemala.

This weekend is our "Signs of Spring" Craft Show at the Buffalo County Fairgrounds (Kearney, NE) and it is more than a craft show. We will have special items including hand-designed jewelry, purses including faith, western and fashion. There are booths with delicious food items, Mexican ironworks, handcrafted candles, and much more. If you are in the area stop by and spend time checking out our vendors.

Kyla and her family take on the major work load for the "Signs of Spring" show. Ryan spends the night providing security for the booths already set up and letting in vendors who arrive in the middle of the night to set up their booths. Sydney painted the new craft show signs, that we locate announcing the show and date. Sadie, Sydney, and Sage help their mom run the show. Tim, Kyla's guy, is there to help when we need him. We are blessed having the whole Martin family a part of our development endeavors.

After the clean-up Saturday night we will have a few hours to rest and recuperate than we unpack from the show and repack for the Nebraska Realtor Annual Conference (over 500 attendees) held in Omaha. It is a three day event beginning early Monday and ending late Wednesday. We will drive in Sunday afternoon and back home Thursday morning. Kyla, Misti, and I will handle our jewelry booth for this conference. While I was thinking about the long hours I realized that our team has an age span of 38 years. Misti being the youngest, Kyla in the middle, and myself being the most seasoned of the trio. *grin* This will be the first large conference for Misti; we know she will bring a new and unique style to meeting and greeting potential customers. Her energy and enthusiasm is a welcomed addition to our team. Conferences are incredible opportunities to tell our story and sell our handcrafted and hand chosen jewelry. I will take photos to share so you can see what it takes to set up our jewelry booth within the space/booth size we can afford to purchase. Many events provide a non-profit rate or make special accommodations because of our mission of ending poverty one bead at a time!

More later~have a creative day, Karen