For real this is it

I think it does not like me ...bleh!
What an exciting time I had at market..the IQA functions and quilt festival ...best time ever!
People have been asking me what I bought. This might be a perfect time to share how my brain works...read on at your own risk...my brain can be a scary place..wink!
When I am at the trade show I don't shop to stock a store... so I am more looking at
color tends ...more lights to arrive in your stores for spring
Designers and authors... great new people for me to share with you
and biz meetings... watch for some new partnerships and events!
All the "work" above means my brain is in "logic" mode. Remember I was a computer nerd for over 20 years...it is in my blood
So when I finally got to festival I took my time seeing the quilt exhibits..loved it!
And walked the show floor absorbing all the great energy.
But my logic brain was still engaged so it is difficult to shop. I just can't switch into create mode on a whim. I need time to decompress and move the biz thoughts aside.
I did get very excited to buy the show CD of the Hungarian blue white exhibit. Those took my breath away!!
Now we are on our drive back to VA...stuck in traffic in Louisiana at the moment
How do you decompress? How do you shop?
Pat

Comments

[DianeP]

As a computer nerd too, I find I am the same way - techie mode or crafty mode.

At quilt shows, I tend to go through the exhibit really quickly and then I walk through slowly - taking pictures to remember special quilts. After that, I'm permitted to buy stuff - lots of stuff!

At home, I decompress by reading or walking. Both help to clear my head so I can come back to my quilting and/or craft projects and play away.

Housekeeping puts me in zombie mode - not helpful at all to the creative process.

[dorothy]

thanks for posting your photos of Market--always fun for us "amateurs" :-) so i can't seem to download your podcasts off itunes these days--it's been a couple of weeks--i miss hearing your voice! :-) do you know what's up with that? anything you can fix on your end or is it my computer?

[Dixie]

Well, I never have to worry about being in logic mode LOl I'm always in shoppping mode. I go thru look at everything. Make notes either in my head or write it down. I look for new, exciting, something that puts me over the moon. Always have to come home with a book, a pattern, a kit & usually some fabric. But, believe it or not, fabric is not a must. But, have to have something new to look at. I decompress, with an adult beverage & my new book :)

[Linda in Calif.]

I really understand what you mean about being in "logic" mode not "creative" mode. I think that's important when you are at a big trade show. We go to Fencing shows (you know wood, wrought iron, etc.) So the first time around is business, second time around is for me! I decompress by picking one item to think about, or work on.

[Jocelyn]

My problem is that I go on overload when I see all the beautiful fabrics, patterns, and QUILTS!!! Yes it does take time to digest it all after something so overwhelming. I remember the first time I went to a major Quilt show. Like WOW!!! Vendors, designers, fabric, QUILTS!!, more vendors, and oh did I mention fabric :-) Well you get the picture.

[Laurelle Shirley]

HOw do I decompress? One word QUILTING!!!