08/24/2026
🌿 **Home from Beersheba Springs — with a very grateful heart.** 🌿
What a weekend! I’m home, everything is finally unloaded, and before I move on to the next thing, there’s something I really want to say.
**THANK YOU to Kim and the entire crew behind the Beersheba Springs Arts & Crafts Fair.** ❤️
It’s easy to walk through an event like this and see the tents, the beautiful handmade creations, the food, the people and all the activity. What you *don’t* always see are the countless hours of planning, organizing, answering questions, coordinating more than **150 vendors**, preparing the grounds, solving problems and doing a hundred little things behind the scenes to make a weekend like this possible.
As a vendor, I can tell you — **that work matters, and it is appreciated.**
One of the things I especially love about Beersheba Springs is its commitment to keeping this a true **arts and crafts fair**. The vendors are makers, artists and craftspeople bringing things they have created with their own hands. That gives small makers like me a place to share what we love doing alongside other incredibly talented people. 🫖🌸🎨
And there’s something even more special about this event: **the proceeds go right back into the Beersheba Springs community.** When you come out, shop, eat and spend the day with us, you aren’t just supporting the individual vendors — you’re helping support a small community that works incredibly hard to keep this wonderful tradition going.
To everyone who organized it, volunteered, worked behind the scenes, helped vendors, directed traffic, cleaned up, answered questions and probably handled a thousand things we never even knew about — **thank you.**
And Kim, a special thank you to you. ❤️ Coordinating an event of this size is no small task, and I hope you know there are many of us who see the work you put into it and are grateful for everything you do.
Finally, THANK YOU to every person who stopped by **Tea Garden Whimsies** this weekend. Whether you bought one of my creations, stopped to chat, complimented my booth, asked me how something was made or simply wandered through and smiled — you made my weekend.
I came home tired, happy, inspired... and already looking forward to the next one. 🌿💚
**Thank you, Beersheba Springs, for supporting handmade, supporting small businesses and supporting your community.**
Until next time. 🌸
