Cindy M and I went to the State Fair!
And it was Awesome! It was everything a fair should be! The Arts! The Crafts! The Animals! Squee! Our feet were numb by the time we were done!
There were lots of beautiful decorated gourds – this one being our favorite.
Here’s the Miniature Basket winners.
Quilt Displays.
The Cakes were spectacular – I actually have tons of pictures.
I was really interested in how things were displayed - especially after my disappointment with our local show – and I was thrilled! You can see above how the quilts and cakes were done. The gourds were on a large island pedestal surrounded by a picket fence (decorative and secure!). Here’s the display for the canning categories.
And the 2-D Art display…
Most of the Knitting/Crochet Items were in waist high glass display cases – as were the baked goods. The needlework section was a combination of glass cases and 2-D boards like above. The Spinning and Weaving entries were on an island pedestal like the gourds.
It was so awesome!
And then we went to through the animals! And I am so taking my Baby Buns next year – and we’re going to take 1st, 2nd, and 3rd! There were tons of English Angoras but only 3 Frenchies (there may have been 2 more but they had wandered off apparently). The 1st place bunny was beautiful but the other 2… well I wouldn’t have brought mine if they looked like that. I think one might have been sick.
So next year… I’m going, bunnies and crafts and maybe some veggies and gourds too! I think we should all go and participate – whose with me?!
2 comments
Dad says:
August 30, 2009 at 11:49 pm (UTC -6 )
looks like it was a lot of fun. I really like the feline gourd……..did you taste any of the canning entries?
paperfox says:
August 31, 2009 at 10:58 pm (UTC -6 )
Nope – unfortunately not. May have been a good thing tho’ – I think there would have been fights over the baked goods!