The Holiday Craft Boutique

I would hate to name names, but one of our family members stayed up until close to midnight last night baking chocolate chip cookies and rose somewhere around 6:30 a.m. to begin frosting cupcakes for the "Holiday Craft Boutique" today at Cornerstone Community Church.

At 8:20 a.m. this morning, I tossed that same someone a banana and said "Eat" as we began our drive over to Cornerstone.  Bless the men and women who helped us carry everything in just before it opened!  We were set up in record time . . . and so began a day of fun and fellowship with old friends and new!

We were blessed to be at a table across from my college friends Deb and Jay and right next to my former roommate Heidi.  Oh, the people we saw and loved!  Heidi's friend, Becky . . . our Joyful Noise friends Deb and Kim and Sue and Marilyn . . .our family David, Jeanette, and Aunt Lenore . . . my swimming buddy Carla . . . my co-worker Julie . . . our neighbor Bernice and her daughter Donetta . . . a former co-worker Becky . . . Heidi's sister-in-law Ellen . . . I'm sure there were more!

Then there were the new friends . . . Heidi's boss John and his wife, who I did not know was a good friend of Carla's . . . Katelyn who made Micah and I the lanyards we wanted . . . Rachel who announced cookie discounts as the end drew near . . . and all the people who stopped by our booth.

I can't tell you how many people said to us, "Those cookies are a real temptation," to which I responded, "Go ahead and yield to temptation.  You're in a church where there is forgiveness."😁   

We sold out of all the chocolate chip cookies, all of the ginger snap cookies, almost all of the regular cupcakes, but not nearly enough of the gluten free cupcakes.  So Micah texted our friend Jane and asked if she'd be interested in some because she has purchased gluten free items from Micah before.  Bless Jane's heart!  She bought two packages of gluten free cupcakes from Micah for family and one package of regular cupcakes for small group tomorrow night.  We dropped them off on our way home . . . and Jane TOLD Micah she was going to pay full price because she wanted to support her business!  

An awesome day.  If you missed it this year, there's always next . . .