So, you’re fired up about hosting or being involved in Super Saturday.
Here’s the next step- Planning it out
7 Weeks out: Meet with 3 or 4 sisters of your ward in which you each bring a few craft ideas. Because I’m hyper-organized, I created a sheet that involved the craft name, materials needed, cost to make and the cost to charge, and the total time anticipated it would take.
We selected the ones we wanted to do or that we thought we would work best.
This works out nicely because you’ve got samples of your products already made up.
If you need some good ideas, I loved this blog: http://www.u-createcrafts.com/2013/09/33-super-saturday-ideas.html
6 Weeks out: Create a Facebook Event for people to register/join on. But don’t add pictures. Starting on Super Saturday this early makes it a soft, slow pitch. Right now the Facebook Event is more of a ‘save the date’ than an actual reminder of what to do.
4 Weeks out: Time to add pictures, make announcements, talk the event up. This is when you want to start your big push!
2 Weeks out: Meet again with your committee so you can trouble-shoot. At this point your crafts have undoubtedly been criticized or some crafts have no interest. Address these issues now so you don’t have last minute changes.
The Night Before: This is it! Make it a dress rehearsal. Set up at the church and walk-through what you expect people to do. You may find that some crafts take long and will clog the entryway. Or the food is too far away from the sewing tables. Map it out.
The Day of: I’ll go into this more in the next post. But here’s the key to success: Keep your cool. Don’t melt-down or freak out. If some craft turns into just hot glue and bad stitches, laugh it off, take a few funny photos and move on.
Finally, here’s some general pieces of advice:
- Think that all sisters in your ward are Christlike angels? Well, they’re not. You may even get attacked from your Relief Society President not liking the way you participated in an announcement. Just keep going. Don’t sweat the small stuff. Just press on with what you’ve planned.
- Someone in the ward is craftier than you. And they’ll pop up out of nowhere. Or perhaps you know about them but they refuse to help. Just go into it that you’re not the best, but you’re the most willing to help.
- Be adaptable. One idea I had was 34 Freezer meals. I was really excited about the recipes, but the sisters in my ward were not. So after weeks of no interest we modified to 10 Freezer meals with more “American” ingredients. I’m bummed, but I can still make them on my own.
Alright. Good luck! Press on.