This weekend I attended my first NAME event--Indiana State Day in Shipshewana. It was wonderful. I drove up to Shipshewana Friday afternoon, so I could participate in the evening events. There were some make-it and take-its as well as the Shoebox Sale. It was great fun. Then on Saturday, we had a wonderful breakfast followed by the morning workshop where we started building our shelving units for the emporium. We also received a kit for creating a very elegant hatbox and other boxes and were instructed on completing the hatbox. All of the luncheon centerpieces were quite creative--I particularly liked the bright colors of Alice in Wonderland centerpiece... But, I didn't win a centerpiece.
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| A Real Emporium |
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| An Art Gallery |
Then after lunch the emporiums created by the steering committee members and many of the volunteers were unveiled. Each one was different and each a treasure. And, of course, they were emporiums so there were so many things to look at you just couldn't see everything in just one look. Then with lots of help from the committee and the volunteers we were all able to get our emporium shells put together. And, now mine is setting waiting for me to do something with it. What type of emporium does my heart desire? And, there were some great State Day Helpers, but I didn't win one. My favorite was this elegant little art gallery.
