Oh Goodness Festivals!

So I figured it was about time for me to start doing a festival or two if I could get in and branch out from my just parties routine and have people see what I can do. I thought I'd have no chance of getting in any where because I thought they'd have regulars from years gone by who would get in right away. I sent in my applications and I heard back from 2 of them today. One of them is a really good sized one! I'm so excited and thrilled and terrified.

Now I'm freaking out. I'm thinking "what have I done? parties are one thing, but festivals? I have no idea what I'm doing. I'm going to make a horses behind of myself. what if the little fair has more than just me there face painting and the other face painter gets all huffy and wants to start a turf war?(i already know that won't be a problem at the big one)" Yes I've really been thinking these things because I'm that weird.

So I'm trying to calm myself down by making lists to make sure i'm overly prepared for these things. My tent got delivered today too and i got my email the my stuff from the forum shop got shipped today so today has been all kinds of exciting. I almost don't think my little heart can take it lol

So here's my question: What is something that a festival newbie would easily overlook but you've learned you can't live without?

thanks so much. i've just got the jitters. it's being made worse by the fact that i've got a good chunk of time before they happen that i have too much time to think about it lol

See! I never thought of an extra mirror and it never crossed my mind to use a white board to write down breaks lol our white board is being used to keep our boarder collie out of the living room when we're at work lol
thank you so much you rock!

Thank you thank you everyone!
Mandi my mom is actually getting me an early birthday present of the tall director's chair I want because I looked like a question mark after the last birthday party I did. That party was just 3 and a half hours imagine what i
d look like after a 12 hour fair! lol

Tra, I worry about my breath all the time! lol you're not alone lol I have IIH and my meds give me wicked dry mouth so I'm always chewing gum or something. I totally didn't think about tissues (or more specifically toilet paper) it seems like every port-a-potty i pick has nothing in it! Must past toilet paper.

Isabelle, thank you so much for the sheet idea. my husband was telling me last night "baby you have to make sure you take breaks" and all i kept saying was "people will touch my stuff!!"

You guys are so fantastic thank you thank you thank you

I put this together a little while back... hope it helps
http://perrynoia.blogspot.com/2011/05/festival-set-ups.html

thanks Perry! BTW you're like the cutest clown ever! i can help but smile when i see you all done up

Riana, i hope it will be fun like you say I'm so relaxed at parties (excited before i get there but once i get there and start painting i'm totally chill) because I know exactly how it's going to go down. I get there, i'm there for the time and if i stay a little longer that's my choice because I wanted to take a little extra time on a couple faces. I wind up getting a big old tip when i do that too. I'm worried about feeling all rushed at the Old Home Days and do cruddy work and having crabby parents if the line ends up long.
Which I don't get that anyway, I'm a mom and I tell my kids "we'll come back in a bit and see if the line has died down." the one time i didn't do that i waited in line for 45 min while a friend took my kids around to play and when i was one person from the front the painter said she was done and i swore i'd never wait in line like that again....which reminds me I need some kind of sign telling people when i'm ending or who the last person is so people aren't waiting in line for no reason lol

I know this may sound like a stupid question but here it goes
when it comes to the sign, should I have it in both English and French? the big Old Home Days I'm doing is during peak beach tourist season and we get a lot of people from Quebec and while i know a lot of people from that area speak English there are some who don't (or pretend they don't in some cases lol i've met those ones too)
If i have it in both English and French would people wonder why it isn't also in Spanish? I just want to cover as many bases as possible

oh Shannon I wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt that not all of them were pretending. Way to shatter my little delusion lol

My husband is pretty much refusing to leave my side bless his heart so I guess he has volunteered himself to be the line manager. He thinks I'm some delicate flower who needs protecting (which one of us was a Marine..oh yeah i was not him lol) It's sweet.