Northwest Enterprising Moms Fall Event

by Sarah Bell

On the 7th we (me, my co-founder Megan and our intrepid go-to gal Sonya) debuted mamaswap at the NorthWest Enterprising Moms Fall Event. NWEM is a fabulous organization that exists solely to lend support to local mom-run businesses. They hold twice yearly events where members can exhibit their companies. It's a really fun time and there are always fantastic giveaways!

Our booth was, of course, put together at the last minute. That's our spiffy new banner (featuring Percy the hermit crab). Megan provided the merchandising for the table, complete with a basket of toys on the floor for the kidlets to play with while their parents learned about the site. Thanks Megan! Sonya and I brought our matching MacBooks and that's the white Williams Sonoma tablecloth I got as a wedding present on our table. I was up late into the night sewing the little sleeves for the PVC pipe structure I made to hang our banner. By the way, building banner frame from PVC pipe is cheap (I maybe spent $3.50 TOTAL) and easy to assemble, transport and troubleshoot. Should you ever need a way to hang a banner without a wall, etc. I highly recommend it!

Sonya, who really needs a proper title (WonderBabe? Head Amazing Person? suggestions?), worked the booth alongside Megan and me and we couldn't have done it without her. She troubleshooted creating a local network between our computers in the absence of internet access (event site FAIL) so that we could share user videos and screenshots. Genius!

We had a great time and met a lot of really wonderful folks who I can't wait to see again at one of our next swaps!

Tally ho!

-Sarah

Head Mama