I'm confirmed for one craft show on November 15th and am applying for a 2-day show for the following weekend. Nice huh? Another one that I applied to I never heard back from; I was going to contact them until I realized it was for next weekend (October 4th) and there is NO WAY I'll be ready in time. So I'm gonna skip that one and look for a different one.
So I've started working on my items and I already feel like I'm way behind. On top of that, I need to make 3 casserole carriers before next weekend. I started on one and thought, oh I can just freehand quilt it instead of doing straight lines. Well my optimism got the best of me, and let's just say I've been ripping out stitches for the past two days :( I won't even bother to embarass myself with a picture of it; yes its that bad. Oh well live and learn. But I promised to post pics of the finished product when I'm done!
Also in the mix of the craft show craziness, we are also practicing for the Grand Finale BBQ Cookoff next weekend (September 26th-27th). Here is a picture of a whole brisket fresh out of the smoker:
And here it is all sliced and ready for dinner LOL And yes, someone has already noticed the lack of vegetables on my plate. In my defense I was planning on having fresh cut fruit for dessert, but ended up crashing not too long after eating dinner. Smoking BBQ all day in the hot sun is hard work, folks. LOL Mmmm look at that smoke ring!
And here's the ribs. We cooked them a little too long so they started pulling off the bones. We've noticed a definite decrease in size in ribs so we are going to need to plan accordingly. But they turned out very good so I'm not gonna complain.
Sounds like we are going to practice again this weekend. I'm thinking that after the Grand Finale we are going to take a little break from BBQ-ing. I least I sure hope we do, because I think I need a break from BBQ in general. Which is funny because I really do love BBQ but like anything else, too much of a good thing and all that.....
So tonight will be ripping out more stitches (yay) and just keep plugging away at my craft show inventory.
Hope you're having a great week!
Vanessa
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