Another end-of-busy-summer update
Wow, if summer 2022 Kate thought she was busy, she'd have to sit down before hearing about what summer 2023 had in store for her!
For starters: my husband Mark and I bought our first house! We closed the very weekend of Opa Fest, and moved in the following weekend. Yes - while crocheting up a storm in preparation for my first two markets ever, I was also in the process of packing and decluttering. To say it was a stressful time would be a pretty massive understatement!
stock clipart image used rather than a photo because I don't want to get doxxed with a photo of my real house ;)
When we bought the house, it seemed like it was in great shape and we were looking forward to replacing carpets, painting rooms - the fun decorating parts of homeownership. Instead, we found out that the basement was in need of waterproofing, which led to all kinds of plumbing and electrical projects. And while we thought the roof had about 5 years left on it, when we got a few small patches we learned that no, really it needs to be replaced in the next 1-2 years. Turns out, owning a 63-year-old house is a LOT of work and a lot more expensive than the down payment, mortgage, utilities, and taxes (as if all of those combined weren't expensive enough!!).
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Between all of the house stuff, we went on family vacation the week after we moved in and we both wound up with covid when we got home. Thankfully we both had pretty mild cases, since we're both quadruple-vaccinated and we wore masks on the plane, but boy was it a slog trying to unpack and settle in while sick! Thankfully, we were both healthy in time for my scheduled market events in July: Farmington Founder's Day Festival and the Berkley Farmer's Market/ Hippie Fest.
Earlier this year, I thought I was going to be taking August off from the crochet business in order to work on set of an independent movie, One Reckless Weekend. Unfortunately, the SAG-AFRTA strike in Hollywood has affected this production and we haven't been able to film yet. It's a very small, low-budget indie film with no distribution contracts as of yet so if we were to film it would not be undermining the strike; however, several of our lead actors are in SAG and so we have to get approval for them to work. As you can imagine, this is a pretty slow process with the union being on strike. Filming was initially pushed back to September, but the paperwork didn't get approved in time so now it has been pushed to October.
By the time I found out about the delay in production, it was too late to schedule any August events. I can probably squeeze in one or two events for September, so be on the lookout for updates! In case you missed my Instagram post, my fall calendar looks like this:
- Sunday, October 1: South Mitten's Kittens Rescue craft fair in Milford, MI
- Saturday, October 7: Fall Family Festival in Grand Ledge, MI
- Saturday, October 14: Michigan Maker's Market in Farmington, MI
- Saturday, November 5: Handmade Holiday Craft Market in Redford, MI
- Saturday, November 11: Warren Mott Band Craft Show in Warren, MI
- Saturday, November 25: Crafts n Beer in Detroit, MI (this is both Small Business Saturday AND the day before my birthday!)
- Saturday, December 2: Football Boosters Holiday Market in South Lyon, MI
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