02/28/2019
Morning confession time:
It’s taken me DAYS to wrap my mind around the wonderful, challenging, vulnerability-exposing time I had at Oak Cliff Wedding Market this past weekend.
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It’s been a wild ride building a business by myself—an odd mix of high self expectations and no road map to reach them. I showed up Sunday morning, bleary-eyed and not even sure where to put everything or how to interact with anyone. People are surprised to learn I’m deeply shy, but there it is!
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In the photo of me, my terror and discomfort shows, at least to me. Showcasing myself isn’t my strength, and the level of talent onsite had me thinking “whaaaat how was I even allowed in this room?” A lot of my day was spent battling myself and my own feelings of vulnerability at my first wedding market. It was all, just, so beautiful. We in south Dallas have a wild amount of talent and it’s so incredible to me.
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It should be obvious at this point, but all that pressure and self consciousness was all on me. Every vendor I met couldn’t have been more lovely.
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As a solo entrepreneur, it’s easy to think you work in a vacuum and not within a supportive network. But everyone is so encouraging, so kind, so complimentary, and so full of heart for what they do. I’m sure brides and grooms had a great time, but despite not being eligible for the raffle I walked away the real winner.
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Special thanks for Bespoke Settings for telling me what the heck was going on and providing her beautiful plates and glassware and Christina Childress Photography for taking photos and of course Oak Cliff Wedding Market for all the work you did to organize the event. @ Tyler Station
