My mom and I have an interesting tradition... it happens each September... it's called, The Yellow Daisy Festival. It is a HUGE craft show held at Stone Mountain Park, just outside Atlanta.
I remember going as a kid with my mom and some of her friends. All the kids would walk around the winding trails looking at booths, asking our moms for all kinds of stuff, and ultimately carrying all their packages around the park and back to the car.
There are so many booths there... all along this trail!
Times have changed, and I no longer ask my mom for nearly as many things, and we both carry our own packages to the car. However, each year we go back and see a few different booths that we remember fondly from years past.
There's the personalized lap desk booth. My brother and I both got one of these desks for Christmas one year, mine had ballet shoes his had baseball stuff. Or, the booth with the wooden foldable chairs, my brother and I and two friends hauled those chairs all over the place one year (we were basically pack mules). My favorite however, is the booth with the wooden stamps. We used the stamps to make "sleep shirts" for my birthday party... the start of my craftiness!
People as far as the eye can see!
The Yellow Daisy Festival reminds me each year that no matter what happens, some things always stay the same, it is a strange comfort each September. I look forward to next September when we can do it all again.
Now, for my favorite vendor this year (and last)... Jann Pietso. I bought one of her pictures last year and a couple more this year. She has the cutest prints about college towns. She told us she talks to people of all ages who attended college there to figure out what to put on her design. Then she compiles all the words to make a collage... it is so fun! It definitely takes you back to your college days! Enjoy!
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