tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235411263470868280.post6720570839720620615..comments2023-08-21T09:14:56.911-05:00Comments on Finding My Way In Texas: How do you handle Disappointment?Jennifer Salterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07142510453887079787noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235411263470868280.post-29205801925297391512011-11-15T02:36:22.128-06:002011-11-15T02:36:22.128-06:00I'm so sorry to hear you didn't make it to...I'm so sorry to hear you didn't make it to that craft show. When's the next one? There's a saying in Hebrew that means "every delay is for the best". Maybe it was not meant to be. Hopefully the next craft fair will be so much better! Best of luck!Keren Duchanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05714455369141947796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235411263470868280.post-21780421643869271602011-11-14T21:40:01.936-06:002011-11-14T21:40:01.936-06:00Omg! I love this story! I am sorry for your loss, ...Omg! I love this story! I am sorry for your loss, but it takes an incredible amount of courage and vulnerability to admit how you were feeling. You did your best...and everything happens for a reason. One of my biggest disappointments I will never ever forget..being young and in design school (FIT in NYC) uber competitive and pretty cut throat. We have term garments that we are graded on from the first day of the semester and we drape them, cut and draft patterns, chose our fabrics, and eventually sew them...being my first semester I was sooooo proud and anxious and all of those emotions...coming into the final stages of grading (like a project runway moment) The teacher comes over to my garment on the form...the one I tirelessly slaved over, week after week, to perfect... And my teacher looks at it, nods her head.umhum...spins it around on the dress form uhmhum..I love it!...but she leans over very slow ( all 70+ years of her) and says...but honey you have made it on the wrong side of the fabric and therefore you fail....I completely lost my mind...but she says "if you turn it back in tomrw... I will reconsider" Mind you the whole class cut from the same fabric, so it would be a collection (damn white pique)...SO I called my mom balling..." I need money MOM!!! I have to run to the fabric stores before they close in the middle of Manhattan at 5pm!!! Crying like a crazy person!!! LMAO!!! BUT I got the fabric (similar enough to the pique) finished and turned it in and got a B+...But I wanted an A. I will never forget that ever...I will always check my fabric, the selvages, the grains...always and forever Amen...And you will always have it together at your future trade shows, and be prepared, and will never forget that moment...because you will triumph at the next one...and laugh at this story someday, like I do now! and that was 15 yrs ago and I remember it like it was yesterday!...coming by from chasing rainbow. :) come by and say hi! http://thebrookiecookie.blogspot.com/The BROOKIE COOKIEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02205333446379029851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235411263470868280.post-29791304328768247642011-11-14T18:19:52.428-06:002011-11-14T18:19:52.428-06:00I also think you did your best, and it's certa...I also think you did your best, and it's certainly not your fault if they didn't tell you that a vendor's licence was required.<br />Don't worry, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger (we say in Italy)... and you can always sell your stuff on the next market, you'll have even some more and you'll hit it off :)<br />CeciliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235411263470868280.post-85804260791480453212011-11-14T17:36:54.449-06:002011-11-14T17:36:54.449-06:00Gosh, I think you did a great job of turning yours...Gosh, I think you did a great job of turning yourself around. Even though you were disappointed by it all, your family knows that you did your best. Wishing for a successful run next time!Monika Wright | I Love It Allhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08359256107280909108noreply@blogger.com