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Earth Day & Hempfest

This was one crazy weekend! Hempfest on Earthday was Saturday, and I designed the t-shirts and posters for the event (see previous post for visuals) so it was good to get that finished. The shirts sold out, so apparently people really liked them, and money was raised for next year's event. Yay! I also had a booth and sold hemp & gemstone jewelry, home made herbal products like body scrub & candles, duct tape wallets, etc. I got up super-early so I grabbed a great spot and made some money, just in time for my birthday! This year marked the 10th annual Moscow Hempfest. It surprised me that a tiny town like Moscow has such an event, modeled after the Seattle Hempfest that I also attend regularly. Of course, ours is much smaller, but with much of the same spirit of the hemp movement. All the musicians were local, and we had poets, speakers, and vendors from all over. It was a beautiful day, too, so it was so nice to see all the hard work come together in a great event.

I'm getting excited for festival season, and finally got the barterfair.org site back up & running on my server. There's a lot of fairs and festivals this spring and summer, I hope to go to a few of them! I ordered tons of organic soap & oil making supplies, including some new bottles, so I'll be busy making herbal products and selling them at festivals. With the success of some of my recent designs, I've been motivated to get a cafepress store started so I can sell my shirt designs (most notably, ones from Hempfest and the Peace Coalitioon rally) online and at festivals this summer.

The search for the bus is progressing nicely. We think we may have found the dream car in Oregon. It's a camper van that's been running on bio-diesel. There's a few repairs to be made, but hopefully we can get it and start the grease conversion process. No more oil dependence for our fuel! I'm so excited, after a few months of searching we're hoping this one pans out. We may be headed to pick it up as early as this weekend if all goes well! I'm already planning to make colorful curtains to make it a little home sweet home on wheels! I never thought I'd be into RVs like my grandparents (ok so I'm sure I'll never be into the HUGE RVs they drive around) but I'm pretty stoked about this mini-RV greasemobile. Time to start planning camping trips, National Park stops, and festivals to hit this summer! Woohoo!

...And it gets better. Wednesday is my birthday! Yay! Not sure what the plans are yet, but I'm thinking a potluck will be involved. I have a big package from Mom & Dad waiting to be opened (aren't they sweet?!) so I'm trying to keep away from it until my b-day. Every year birthdays seem to get less and less exciting, but this year I actually get a paid holiday, so that's reason enough to celebrate! Ok, I guess I better calm down and get some work done now... :)

Labels: holidays

posted by Megan @ 1:56 PM