1st Annual Colorado Lavender Festival - a raving success!

The 1st Annual Colorado Lavender Festival was a great success!!!  The hard work came together beautifully.  We had great weather, crowds of happy people, good music and about 40 vendor booths full of lavender products, hand-made jewelry, and so much more.  The feedback I heard from people who attended the seminars said they were excellent and very informative.  Sounds like the most fun was enjoyed by the tour bus group that visited several lavender farms in the area.  The tour included lunch and a wine & cheese reception at a local winery at the end of the tour.  It had sold out early.  The cookbooks sold out also.  They were smartly done in small notebooks with tabs and the first year recipes.  Each year a new batch of recipes will be available to add to the cookbook.  Author, Lida Lafferty put a tremendous amount of time , effort and love into the project and she can be proud of what she has accomplished. 

I sold a lot of my neck wraps, eye pillows, buckwheat pillows, pillowcase liners and sachets.  Angie, Con and Elly helped in the booth which made it possible for me to talk with people.  It was fun to see people that I hadn't seen in some time, including my high school friend, JoAnn, who lives in Palisade.

Customers are great at making recommendations for items they would like to see and I have a few new ideas to pursue.  Overall it was a fun and profitable adventure.  7/20/11

Spike It with Lavender! author, Lida and boxes of 

cookbooks to be collated by Lida, Rob, Kathy, Linda

and other volunteers.