I decided to enter two sections of my local produce show - the baking section and the craft section. Despite crafts being my first love I was more confident with my baking...I proudly placed my carrot cake down next to my other competitors and walked away confidently. Next, I placed my craft entries - first was a small piece of cross stitch I'd finished recently of a vintage sewing machine. As I put my little framed piece down on the table I looked around in horror at the other pieces. Intricate, traditional and huge my teeny, and relatively modern piece, looked completely out of place. My second craft entry was from a range of jewellery I've been developing ( see my next blog for more details). Remembering Kirstie's presentation skills I placed my felt flower ring down on a bed of felt leaves I'd cut out especially.
Then there was the wait. What had started out as a casual and fun foray into this world suddenly became serious and when the two hour judging time was up I hurried back in to the village hall.
The carrot cake that I had been so confident about won nothing and, worse than that, had garnered no comments at all! It sat there looking sad and dried up next to its prize winning adversaries : (
This did not bring me much hope for my craft entries, however.....
Second prize for my cross stitch and first for my jewellery!!! I was bowled over by these results got completely swept up in the sprint of the event (so much so that I didn't even care when I overheard two ladies questioning my second placed cross stitch!
Next year my aim is to win best in show for the craft section, and it's going to be a family event with my parents, partner and brother in law all wanting to take part in the various categories!! Overall I loved the experience, it was a great way to get a genuine, unbiased critique of my work and was as surreal and quirky as I had expected!!! Great fun. = )
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