We have a Fair in Memphis every year and of course there are contest and competitions to enter. I started entering the Photography competitions over 12 years ago and received many ribbons and also the Best of Show ribbon for my dancer series I shot my last two years of college. Actually the Best of Show print was a digital image I created using photo shop at school and was the first of its type to win and because of that they created a new category for the photography competition!
I finally decided I need to retire from the photography side and start entering the craft and cooking competitions four years ago. I also encouraged mom to start entering too. She is such a crafty lady and had always wanted to enter the Fair but my grandmother never really encouraged her to enter and compete. She won a Best of HSow ribbon the first year for a beautiful set she made Sara. I guess she just needed me to push her into it! LOL
Last year, Sara Hailey was old enough to enter and now we had three generations entered, how cool is that! So much so, that The Commercial Appeal, our local newspaper, wrote a half page article on us and printed a huge picture of all three of us and another adorable picture of Sara Hailey surrounded by all the ribbons I had won over the years. I am going to contact the writer again this year and see if she will do another feature article just on Sara Hailey.
Let me tell you, I have one very creative kid! She is entering 14 categories this year, four are in the culinary division. We have been working hard for over two weeks getting her craft ideas down on paper and then deciding what she wanted to create. She has almost all her crafts done, just a few to finish up. She made the cutest paper bag puppet and finger print picture this year, just to name a few~
We also brainstormed a recipe of the Karo No Bake Cookie contest she is entering. Sara loves to watch the Food Network and came up with a great idea for her recipe using a top secret ingredient. Recipe will be posted after the Fair!!
Link to Mid South Fair: http://www.midsouthfair.org/
Picture will be posted later today~
No comments:
Post a Comment