I am hitting the road with Amy this weekend to attend the Mini-Cassia Craft Fair in Rupert, Idaho. This event takes place at the Minico High School. It is a big event with over 100 vendors. I think it will be the biggest show that I have participated in. Who would have ever thought that I would go to rural Idaho for my biggest show?
I have no idea where Rupert is, but Amy is doing the driving. I guess if you live close enough to go to the show, you probably know how to find it. If any of my adoring family or friends would like to drive 3 hours just to visit my booth, let me know and I will e-mail you a map.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
My Girlfriend's Closet
You can find Nadia's Place this upcoming weekend at My Girlfriend's Closet in Bountiful. This will be a really fun show with a lot of talented vendors. I will have my new scarves and washcloths there as well as a big selection of hats and toys. I will even have a couple of my earflap hats for little boys there. The address and hours of the show can be found on the right hand side of the blog. Stop by and check it out!
Friday, September 25, 2009
Scarfs
These are my latest babies. 
I used to HATE making scarfs. I would hate to crochet 5, then flip, then crochet 5, then flip. It was so boring and repetitive. But, as I have been sitting at outdoor farmer's markets and freezing my cute little buns off since the weather has cooled down, I have been inspired to make something to keep myself warm. It started with this fabulous (and horrifically expensive) alpaca yarn that I bought at a specialty yarn store in Carmel, California. I only bought one skein (as I said, it was horrifically expensive) and it was too chunky to make a comfy hat out of, so I decided to branch out and make a scarf. I started it and then unraveled it about 10 times until I finally figured out a pattern that I liked. Then I added some fabulous buttons for decoration and VOILA! This is what I had:
I actually had fun making it once I figured out that I need to crochet lengthwise instead of across, and it really played into my love of chunky, colorful yarns and unique buttons. So, being who I am, I couldn't just stop at one. I immediately ran to the craft store and bought tons of fun yarns and buttons to make more.
They are the perfect extra layer for days that are just a little cool and add a little extra flair to jeans and a tee shirt.
I will be selling them at my next few shows. (I am keeping my fabulous alpaca one, of course!) If they do well there, I think I will list them in my Etsy shop, too. YAY, scarfs!
I actually had fun making it once I figured out that I need to crochet lengthwise instead of across, and it really played into my love of chunky, colorful yarns and unique buttons. So, being who I am, I couldn't just stop at one. I immediately ran to the craft store and bought tons of fun yarns and buttons to make more.
They are the perfect extra layer for days that are just a little cool and add a little extra flair to jeans and a tee shirt.
I will be selling them at my next few shows. (I am keeping my fabulous alpaca one, of course!) If they do well there, I think I will list them in my Etsy shop, too. YAY, scarfs!Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Garden of Art
I will be participating in the Garden of Art show this weekend. It should be a really fun and unique event showcasing crafts from some amazing local women. If you live in the Salt Lake area, be sure to stop by and check it out!Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Mutton Hollow Country Barn Boutique
I am participating in the Mutton Hollow Country Barn Boutique this week. This show is in an old barn and has tons of fun vendors. Stop by and check out my booth on the second floor. I have lots of fun hats and toys there. I am sharing my booth with Amy who has her cute pillowcase dresses and yummy handmade soap there.
It runs:
Wednesday, Sept. 9 preview show from 4-8
Thursday, Sept 10 and Friday, Sept. 11 from 10-8
Saturday, Sept 12 from 9-5
It is located at 169 E. Mutton Hollow Road in Kaysville. Look for the big rows of flags. Hope you stop by and get some great stuff!
It runs:
Wednesday, Sept. 9 preview show from 4-8
Thursday, Sept 10 and Friday, Sept. 11 from 10-8
Saturday, Sept 12 from 9-5
It is located at 169 E. Mutton Hollow Road in Kaysville. Look for the big rows of flags. Hope you stop by and get some great stuff!
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Ted the Turtle and Baby Sweater
This is Ted. Ted is a turtle. He has a soft, squishy shell where he never, ever hides. Ted loves babies and he rattles when he shakes.
Ted can't run very fast because he has stubby little legs. He has a cute tail that hangs out of the back of his shell.
Ted can be found in my Etsy shop.
Ted can't run very fast because he has stubby little legs. He has a cute tail that hangs out of the back of his shell.
Ted can be found in my Etsy shop.On another note, this is a baby sweater that I finished today. I made a similar one last winter for Nadia, but things always turn out much better the second time I make them. This sweater is no exception.
I love this pattern because it creates a really nice texture on the top and an interesting design on the bottom. It is kind of a pain to make because it requires lots of counting, but the final product is worth it.
I love this pattern because it creates a really nice texture on the top and an interesting design on the bottom. It is kind of a pain to make because it requires lots of counting, but the final product is worth it. This one is made to fit a really small baby, but I think I will make a bigger one for Nadia to wear on the cool fall days that will be coming soon. I think it will be really cute with one of Amy's pillowcase dresses and matching bloomers.
I don't think I will be offering this one in my Etsy shop because you really need to see it in person to really appreciate the beauty of it. I brought it with me to the craft store to buy the buttons and all of the ladies who work at the store were gushing over it.
I don't think I will be offering this one in my Etsy shop because you really need to see it in person to really appreciate the beauty of it. I brought it with me to the craft store to buy the buttons and all of the ladies who work at the store were gushing over it.This sweater will be available in my booth at the Mutton Hollow Country Barn Boutique next week. Stop by and check me out!
Friday, September 4, 2009
Curious George Puzzle Blocks
This is a project that I have been really excited to do for a long time and I finally had a chance to do it.
I recently taught myself how to decoupage and since then I have been fighting off the urge to stick cute patterned paper on every flat surface that I see. This project is merely an extension of that.
I found this great vintage story book that was published in 1947 at an antique shop in Seattle. It was a little battered and had some missing pages, but I thought it would be great raw material to work with. It had several stories in it, but the one that really stood out to me was Curious George because my Katie is a huge fan of monkeys. I decided to make some ABC blocks with Curious George puzzles on them.
Four of the sides have different pictures from the book. I cut them apart and decoupaged them onto some ABC blocks.
I have made similar blocks before using just patterned paper and stickers. I cut and sanded the blocks myself in previous projects, which was a super pain in the butt. I found some ready made ABC blocks for a really great price at a craft store, so I thought I would try those out for this project- much better!
I like the fact that the storybook pages become puzzles when you take them apart. The puzzle is harder to put together than one might think because you have to figure out which side of the block matches the picture that you are putting together.
The other two sides have ABC letters. My original plan was to fancy the letters up or cover them with paper, but they were such a perfect match for the pictures that I decided to leave them how they were.
I recently taught myself how to decoupage and since then I have been fighting off the urge to stick cute patterned paper on every flat surface that I see. This project is merely an extension of that.
I found this great vintage story book that was published in 1947 at an antique shop in Seattle. It was a little battered and had some missing pages, but I thought it would be great raw material to work with. It had several stories in it, but the one that really stood out to me was Curious George because my Katie is a huge fan of monkeys. I decided to make some ABC blocks with Curious George puzzles on them.
Four of the sides have different pictures from the book. I cut them apart and decoupaged them onto some ABC blocks.
I have made similar blocks before using just patterned paper and stickers. I cut and sanded the blocks myself in previous projects, which was a super pain in the butt. I found some ready made ABC blocks for a really great price at a craft store, so I thought I would try those out for this project- much better!
I like the fact that the storybook pages become puzzles when you take them apart. The puzzle is harder to put together than one might think because you have to figure out which side of the block matches the picture that you are putting together.
The other two sides have ABC letters. My original plan was to fancy the letters up or cover them with paper, but they were such a perfect match for the pictures that I decided to leave them how they were.I am happy with how these turned out and I can't wait to make more out of other old story books. I will be listing them in my Etsy shop, so be sure to stop by and check them out!
Monday, August 31, 2009
Lazy Daisy Tea Party
This is what I have been working on for the past few days. I had a customer request a tea set in pink for his baby girl so this is what I came up with. 
I think it is my favorite tea set that I have made. I have tried to do the lazy daisy embroidery stitch about a thousand times before and I have never been able to make it look quite right, but I decided to give it another shot.
I think I finally cracked it. I think my little lazy daisies turned out really cute and they lay much nicer on the side of the pot than a flower that is crochet and sewed on. (And they are much less time consuming too!)
I hope his daughter has lots of fun playing tea party!
I think it is my favorite tea set that I have made. I have tried to do the lazy daisy embroidery stitch about a thousand times before and I have never been able to make it look quite right, but I decided to give it another shot.
I think I finally cracked it. I think my little lazy daisies turned out really cute and they lay much nicer on the side of the pot than a flower that is crochet and sewed on. (And they are much less time consuming too!)
I hope his daughter has lots of fun playing tea party! Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Busy, busy busy!
I have not posted anything new for a while now. It's not because I have nothing new to post. It's because I have been busy, busy, busy with my little business.
Craft fair season is in full swing. I have done a few different types of shows with mixed results. I decided the best way to do it is to go into every one with no expectations and see what happens because you never know which ones will be a gold mine and which ones will be a bust. Oh- and I ALWAYS try to split the booth fee. That way, I am only out half as much if I don't do very well.
These are photos from a recent show Amy and I did. This picture is the inside of our booth. Since we are cramming three businesses in one booth, I took one side with my toys, Amy took the other side with her soap and dresses and we packed the back table with gift baskets. We hung flower clips and dresses along the sides with our cute decoupaged clothes pins. We were worried about not having a huge inventory, but it turns out that a 6'x6' space is not a whole lot to fill up.
Up until this point, most of our shows have been outside, so we have been able to just pop up a canopy and use that. But the weather is starting to cool down and soon the snow will be flying. We needed to come up with a booth that we could use for indoor shows during the winter. Most of the crafters out there just make walls out of pegboard or use metal grids and throw a sheet over it. However, Amy and I are both complete overachievers and when given a challenge, we go above and beyond. This is what we constructed in my backyard with no help from any boys (including our husbands and the intensely unhelpful Home Depot guy):
We call her the "Princess Shack" and she is fabulous. She is constructed out of pvc pipe and covered with yards and yards of fabric, tulle, ribbon and flower garlands. My favorite feature is the pitched roof with the chandelier. This picture doesn't do it justice, but trust me. You could see the sparkly pink chandelier hanging like a beacon over the tops of all of those other sad little booths.
As we were putting her together on the morning of the show, people were coming over to see what in the world we were doing. The structure looks a bit rickety when it is just a frame of pvc pipe. The event organizer even brought over her tape measure to point out how she thought the sides were not stable enough to stand through the entire show. We assured her that by the time the roof was in place, it would be quite stable but we could see that she was worried that it would look like a rickety piece of crap and ruin her show. When it was finished, she came back to take another look. She said, "Wow! It IS beautiful!", not bothering to disguise the utter shock in her voice.
Another woman dragged her husband over and said, "I told you that we could have built a booth out of that stuff!" Her poor husband hung his head in shame since a couple of girls managed to do what he told his wife could not be done.
Overall, the show was not a raging success from a financial standpoint, but the maiden voyage of the Princess Shack was fabulous.
On another note, A Tisket A Tasket is off the ground and running. We have already sold a couple of our gift baskets and have plans to add more to our line-up for the holiday season. Our most recent addition is the spa basket. Amy makes this awesome handmade soap. It is beautiful soap and it smells yummy. We decided to put it in a gift basket with some crochet washcloths. This is one of the baskets.
You can check out more of the yummy spa baskets and our baby gift baskets at http://www.tiskettasket.etsy.com/. You can also check out Amy's other soaps at http://www.amyspolkadotsnposies.etsy.com/.
I have several other projects in the works that I am really excited about, so stay tuned for updates and I will try to post about them in a more timely manner!
Craft fair season is in full swing. I have done a few different types of shows with mixed results. I decided the best way to do it is to go into every one with no expectations and see what happens because you never know which ones will be a gold mine and which ones will be a bust. Oh- and I ALWAYS try to split the booth fee. That way, I am only out half as much if I don't do very well.
These are photos from a recent show Amy and I did. This picture is the inside of our booth. Since we are cramming three businesses in one booth, I took one side with my toys, Amy took the other side with her soap and dresses and we packed the back table with gift baskets. We hung flower clips and dresses along the sides with our cute decoupaged clothes pins. We were worried about not having a huge inventory, but it turns out that a 6'x6' space is not a whole lot to fill up.
Up until this point, most of our shows have been outside, so we have been able to just pop up a canopy and use that. But the weather is starting to cool down and soon the snow will be flying. We needed to come up with a booth that we could use for indoor shows during the winter. Most of the crafters out there just make walls out of pegboard or use metal grids and throw a sheet over it. However, Amy and I are both complete overachievers and when given a challenge, we go above and beyond. This is what we constructed in my backyard with no help from any boys (including our husbands and the intensely unhelpful Home Depot guy): We call her the "Princess Shack" and she is fabulous. She is constructed out of pvc pipe and covered with yards and yards of fabric, tulle, ribbon and flower garlands. My favorite feature is the pitched roof with the chandelier. This picture doesn't do it justice, but trust me. You could see the sparkly pink chandelier hanging like a beacon over the tops of all of those other sad little booths.As we were putting her together on the morning of the show, people were coming over to see what in the world we were doing. The structure looks a bit rickety when it is just a frame of pvc pipe. The event organizer even brought over her tape measure to point out how she thought the sides were not stable enough to stand through the entire show. We assured her that by the time the roof was in place, it would be quite stable but we could see that she was worried that it would look like a rickety piece of crap and ruin her show. When it was finished, she came back to take another look. She said, "Wow! It IS beautiful!", not bothering to disguise the utter shock in her voice.
Another woman dragged her husband over and said, "I told you that we could have built a booth out of that stuff!" Her poor husband hung his head in shame since a couple of girls managed to do what he told his wife could not be done.
Overall, the show was not a raging success from a financial standpoint, but the maiden voyage of the Princess Shack was fabulous.
On another note, A Tisket A Tasket is off the ground and running. We have already sold a couple of our gift baskets and have plans to add more to our line-up for the holiday season. Our most recent addition is the spa basket. Amy makes this awesome handmade soap. It is beautiful soap and it smells yummy. We decided to put it in a gift basket with some crochet washcloths. This is one of the baskets.
You can check out more of the yummy spa baskets and our baby gift baskets at http://www.tiskettasket.etsy.com/. You can also check out Amy's other soaps at http://www.amyspolkadotsnposies.etsy.com/.I have several other projects in the works that I am really excited about, so stay tuned for updates and I will try to post about them in a more timely manner!
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Dresses and Hats
I am excited to announce a project that I am working on with my friend, Amy. We are collaborating to create gift baskets for all occasions featuring our handmade work. Our joint venture is named A Tisket A Tasket. Our gift baskets will soon be available on-line at http://www.TisketTasket.etsy.com/. We had my friend, Melinda, do a photo shoot with Amy's pillowcase dresses and my hats to use in our listings and for promotional purposes. You can see more of Melinda's work at http://www.urforevermybaby.blogspot.com/. These are some of the photos that she took:
The bloomers with this little eyelet dress are so cute that it makes me want to cry! The photo shoot was crazy with the babies running around and so many wardrobe changes, but it was tons of fun and I am really excited about my new project! You can find the dresses and Amy's fabulous handmade soap at http://www.amyspolkadotsnposies.etsy.comOn another note, I have added a list of craft shows that I will be participating in. I have a few more that I am working on applying to, so the list will be growing soon. If you live in the Salt Lake City area, stop by to check me out and see more of my work!
Friday, July 3, 2009
Flowers and Buttons
I had a couple of days this past week where I was all caught up on orders for my Etsy shop and I had nothing to do. I was happy to have the time to work on new projects so I went to my huge button collection for inspiration.
I love buttons. I think it stems from my childhood. My mom would throw all of her extra buttons into a big canister. When she was trying to entertain her little kids while she worked on sewing projects, she would pull out her button collection and let us play with them. I loved looking for matching pairs and picking out my favorites. I still love finding unique buttons. I look for them in craft stores as well as thrift shops and antique stores.
So I pulled out my button collection and picked out a few buttons to make matching flowers. Here's what I came up with.
I love this book because it has patterns for tons of flowers as well as interesting braids and trims.
I love buttons. I think it stems from my childhood. My mom would throw all of her extra buttons into a big canister. When she was trying to entertain her little kids while she worked on sewing projects, she would pull out her button collection and let us play with them. I loved looking for matching pairs and picking out my favorites. I still love finding unique buttons. I look for them in craft stores as well as thrift shops and antique stores.
So I pulled out my button collection and picked out a few buttons to make matching flowers. Here's what I came up with.
I am kind of new to making flowers, so some of them didn't turn out as well as I would have liked, but it was fun to just experiment a little. I usually never use patterns, but I did for these. Most of my patterns came from this book:
I love this book because it has patterns for tons of flowers as well as interesting braids and trims.This is a project that I made with some of the flowers that I made that night. I have made tea sets before, but it was fun to do it in colors that were not pink.
I make my teapots hollow with a lid that buttons shut so that you can store all of the pieces of the tea set inside the tea pot.
This is the button that inspired the colors and flower for this tea set. I found this button at a cute little yarn shop in Carmel, California named Knitting By The Sea. Carmel is the cutest little town that I have ever been to. The entire town looks like it was taken directly from the pages of a storybook. I highly recommend visiting if you ever have the chance.
This is the flower that was inspired by the button. I tried to mimic the colors and the layered effect. I actually crochet this with embroidery floss because it offers so many color options.
Here is the complete tea set with the cups and cookies. I was really happy with how it turned out. I think that I will put it out at the People's Market this weekend. If it doesn't sell, I will list it in my Etsy shop. I can't wait to do more projects with my buttons and flowers, but for now, I have new orders that need to be filled!
I make my teapots hollow with a lid that buttons shut so that you can store all of the pieces of the tea set inside the tea pot. 
This is the button that inspired the colors and flower for this tea set. I found this button at a cute little yarn shop in Carmel, California named Knitting By The Sea. Carmel is the cutest little town that I have ever been to. The entire town looks like it was taken directly from the pages of a storybook. I highly recommend visiting if you ever have the chance.
This is the flower that was inspired by the button. I tried to mimic the colors and the layered effect. I actually crochet this with embroidery floss because it offers so many color options. 
Here is the complete tea set with the cups and cookies. I was really happy with how it turned out. I think that I will put it out at the People's Market this weekend. If it doesn't sell, I will list it in my Etsy shop. I can't wait to do more projects with my buttons and flowers, but for now, I have new orders that need to be filled!Saturday, June 27, 2009
The People's Market
I am excited to announce that I will have a booth this summer at The People's Market this summer. It is a farmer's market that is held on Sundays at the International Peace Gardens in Salt Lake City. The market is from 10-3 and will have all sorts of craft vendors selling handmade goods as well as farmers selling fresh, local produce. I will actually only be doing 11 out of the 20 markets this summer because it is my first year doing this, so I didn't want to over-commit myself. I am so excited to step out of cyberland with my stuff! Click on the link above for more information about the market and be sure to stop by and visit my booth! (Just consider it a service project if you are concerned about going on Sunday!)
Friday, June 26, 2009
I found inspiration in Panama!
It has been a long time since I have posted because I was vacationing in Panama with my family. My adorable mother-in-law lives down there so the entire family went down to visit and to help her celebrate her 90th birthday. No, that is not a typo. She really is 90. She is an amazing woman and I was so happy to be able to bring the kids to her home to visit.
I love traveling outside of the United States. I always find inspiration for my art in the colors and patterns of different cultures. My baby brought home a nasty case of salmonella, but I brought home pieces of local folk art.
These are molas. They are made by the Kuna Indians who live on the San Blas Islands of Panama. They are a relatively new art form that was inspired by ancient tribal body painting. They were originally used on the blouses of the women as part of the traditional tribal costume. Now, you can find just about anything made out of molas when you are in Panama. Most of the larger ones have complex geometric patterns, but they also use many motifs inspired by nature.
I bought a ton of these small ones to use in my work. I thought it would be fun to crochet beach bags and attach a molas to the front. My baby loves to look at them, so I thought it might also be fun to make quiet activity books for babies out of them.
I'm not sure what I will do with them yet, but I'm sure it will be fabulous. I will post pictures of my finished projects.
This is the place where I purchased most of the molas. This is Panama Viejo, which is a historic site which has a lot of ruins from the 1600's. There is a huge gift shop where local artisans sell their goods to tourists like me. I bought my molas from a Kuna woman who had a little shop there.
I was also inspired by the bright colors that are found everywhere in Panama. We were walking around my mother-in-laws neighborhood and Katie announced that she wants us to paint our house lime green with a purple fence. I don't know if I will go that far, but in my neighborhood, every house is a different shade of beige. I do think that we need to bring color back into American culture!
I loved the public transportation! OK, so I didn't like riding it so much, but I loved to look at the different buses. Each bus was painted with a different colorful mural. It was art for the sake of art. The buses here have murals too, but they are all advertisements for sports teams or plastic surgeons.
I love traveling outside of the United States. I always find inspiration for my art in the colors and patterns of different cultures. My baby brought home a nasty case of salmonella, but I brought home pieces of local folk art.
These are molas. They are made by the Kuna Indians who live on the San Blas Islands of Panama. They are a relatively new art form that was inspired by ancient tribal body painting. They were originally used on the blouses of the women as part of the traditional tribal costume. Now, you can find just about anything made out of molas when you are in Panama. Most of the larger ones have complex geometric patterns, but they also use many motifs inspired by nature.
I bought a ton of these small ones to use in my work. I thought it would be fun to crochet beach bags and attach a molas to the front. My baby loves to look at them, so I thought it might also be fun to make quiet activity books for babies out of them.
I'm not sure what I will do with them yet, but I'm sure it will be fabulous. I will post pictures of my finished projects.
This is the place where I purchased most of the molas. This is Panama Viejo, which is a historic site which has a lot of ruins from the 1600's. There is a huge gift shop where local artisans sell their goods to tourists like me. I bought my molas from a Kuna woman who had a little shop there.
I was also inspired by the bright colors that are found everywhere in Panama. We were walking around my mother-in-laws neighborhood and Katie announced that she wants us to paint our house lime green with a purple fence. I don't know if I will go that far, but in my neighborhood, every house is a different shade of beige. I do think that we need to bring color back into American culture!
I loved the public transportation! OK, so I didn't like riding it so much, but I loved to look at the different buses. Each bus was painted with a different colorful mural. It was art for the sake of art. The buses here have murals too, but they are all advertisements for sports teams or plastic surgeons. My last thoughts on Panama: I am happy to have had the opportunity to visit, but I am happy to be home. When I travel to a developing country, I realize how fortunate I am to have been born in America and to have never know the poverty that so many of the people in Panama live with every day. Now I am off to my studio (aka Raymond's dream TV room that looks like a yarn factory explosion) to create!
Thursday, May 28, 2009
First Birthday Cake
My baby turns 1 today. This really has nothing to do with Nadia's Place, except for the fact that this little business would not exist if it were not for her and the 10 weeks I spent in bed while I was pregnant with her. This cake is the creation that I made t0 celebrate her birthday. I wish I had taken better pictures of it before it got mangled.
Nadia was happy with her cake. I have never claimed to be a cake decorator. I have never taken a class or been taught the finer arts of cake decorating, so I was pretty impressed with myself when I managed to throw this little masterpiece together. (I'm not above bragging!)The bottom layer was a marble cake with a banana cream filling. The top layer was a strawberry 7-up cake with a chocolate chip buttercream filling. The cake was big enough to serve about 70 people, but the 40 people at the birthday party devoured every last crumb of it, so I guess it tasted OK. Or maybe I just didn't serve enough food. Hmmm....
This little bear on the top was my favorite part. She was reserved for the birthday girl, much to the dismay of all of the children at the party. I had a hard time making her face turn out right, but I think she turned out OK in the end. I didn't notice that the 1 was backwards until I looked at the pictures of it. Ooops!
This is Nadia, enjoying, or rather destroying, the fruits of my labor!Sunday, May 17, 2009
May Day Festival and My Latest Work
Yesterday was the May Day Festival at Wheeler Farm. It was my first outdoor festival and it was tons of fun. I always love seeing people's reactions to my stuff. It really feeds my ego when their eyes light up and they drag other people over to show them my stuff.
This is my table in my booth. I was really proud of my display this time. I found some really great display pieces at antique shops and thrift stores. I was going for the look of an old fashioned bakery.
These shelves were wooden crates that I found at a thrift store for $1 each. I thought they would be perfect for displaying my toys, so I threw a coat of paint on them and decoupaged patterned paper on the shelves. TAA-DAA!
This is a quilt rack that I found at a thrift store. I just strung ribbon across it and hung hats with cute clothespins that I decoupaged with patterned papers. It worked out really well!
My tea cups and cupcakes were the hit of the show. I love this tea cup holder. I wish this picture showed the frou-frou top. I found it in an antique shop. When I brought it home, Raymond asked me how much I spent on it with great trepidation. He was very relieved when I told him that I bought it for my booth at craft fairs. He thought that I bought it to display tea cups in our house. I think he was afraid that I was going to make our house look like that of a 90 year old woman.
This is me. Amy made this awesome eyelet apron for me. Isn't it cute? She is so amazing!
Moving on to another topic, these little ladybugs are my latest original creations. Raymond and Katie were both very concerned about the lack of a face, but I think that is part of the charm. They are rattles. I love the look on babies faces when they see that they rattle.
These little guys are just a variation of the octopus that I sell in my Etsy shop. They are such popular baby gifts that I thought that I would try variations that would go well with gift baskets. I think they are cute.
This is my table in my booth. I was really proud of my display this time. I found some really great display pieces at antique shops and thrift stores. I was going for the look of an old fashioned bakery.
These shelves were wooden crates that I found at a thrift store for $1 each. I thought they would be perfect for displaying my toys, so I threw a coat of paint on them and decoupaged patterned paper on the shelves. TAA-DAA!
This is a quilt rack that I found at a thrift store. I just strung ribbon across it and hung hats with cute clothespins that I decoupaged with patterned papers. It worked out really well!
My tea cups and cupcakes were the hit of the show. I love this tea cup holder. I wish this picture showed the frou-frou top. I found it in an antique shop. When I brought it home, Raymond asked me how much I spent on it with great trepidation. He was very relieved when I told him that I bought it for my booth at craft fairs. He thought that I bought it to display tea cups in our house. I think he was afraid that I was going to make our house look like that of a 90 year old woman.
This is me. Amy made this awesome eyelet apron for me. Isn't it cute? She is so amazing!
Moving on to another topic, these little ladybugs are my latest original creations. Raymond and Katie were both very concerned about the lack of a face, but I think that is part of the charm. They are rattles. I love the look on babies faces when they see that they rattle.
These little guys are just a variation of the octopus that I sell in my Etsy shop. They are such popular baby gifts that I thought that I would try variations that would go well with gift baskets. I think they are cute.
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