Crafting Projects Underway

Good evening! Hope you're all well

on this chilly Sunday.

The sun was shining today, it was

beautiful, then suddenly

it started to

snow heavily as we sat at a pizza

shop, having a late

lunch early dinner, it looked

so pretty

but the temperature dropped

suddenly and the

winds picked up and all of a

sudden I changed

my mind on how lovely a day it

was! Oh well.

But I am happy to have one of

my Craft Show

projects finished. Remember

those papers

on my last post? No,

well, then here it is once

again

I LOVE scrapbook paper,

almost too much.

I buy them when they're on

sale, just

because, and I justify it

that one day

I will use them and I do,

honestly I do

as you can see in the following

pictures

(Here's that pretty lilac

one I really

like)

I've made this one twice

and its sold

quickly, so I had more of

this paper,

the last one so hopefully

it'll sell as

quickly as the other times.

I only made six,

two large and 4 mini's.

I have two more

larger ones already made

but I have no picture

of, sorry.

I like to keep them fairly

simple,

I'd like my clipboards

to be used

and I feel if they have

too much

stuff on them, then you

can't write on

them, and I don't want

people to find

them just pretty, I want

them to be

practical as well, but

that's just me,

I know those who've purchased

them have stated

they're for someone who needs

something to write

on because of their occupation

so that makes me feel

good. They'll be

put to good use.

So I feel good getting

these done,

I am making some brooches

to take along,

and they're almost done,

but they need

just a few more finishing

touches, then I'll

show you.

I'd love to be able to make

some purses

and aprons, but not sure if

I'll be

able to, I have some made

but I'd hope

to make some more, maybe I

will, we shall

see what this week brings.

Well, good-bye for

now.

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Make Your Monday

Crafting Today!

This winter is the first

winter that

we've used this fireplace

everyday!

Its been so cold this year

and we've

had plenty of snow as well.

But today

we're dealing with violent

winds that I'm

expecting at any moment to

be Dorothy,

but instead of having a dog

to travel with

I'll have my three kitties

going for a ride.

Wouldn't that be exciting!

So after breakfast,

(yes I'm having a very slow start

today)

I will attempt to walk outside

to my workshop

without getting blown away and

work on my crafts

for the Show that is coming up

in a week!!

a week!

Don't panic! It'll be OK! HMMM!

Well, I'll do what I can.

Want a sneak peek?

HMMMM, what will I be using these

for?

Well, you'll have to wait and see.

(Oh, Oh, I think I just gave

it away! STINK!)

Don't you just love

the Lilac paper, OHHH, how I yearn

for the smell of

Lilac's, the smell of spring. I have

one of these bushes, just

one, I know, I need more. I am

determined to plant another one this year

every year goes by

and I say that, so this time I mean it.

Well, need to have coffee

and some food, then I can get to work.

Hope you're having a

good day today, and if you're in the NE

hope you're not getting blown

away too bad.

Relaxing Evening

I've had a busy day today, it's been nice

to be able to do

a little more. DH had to work today, his

one Saturday every

six weeks, which stinks but it has to be

done. So I thought

I'd play in my sewing room for a little.

Looks like it exploded, paper, glue,

embellishments, stamps

everywhere, oh my!

My Sewing table, fabric squares all

neatly spread out by color.

I'm using some of these to make my

brooches out of.

My ironing board out, ironing fabric before

cutting them.

And all that on top are scrapbook papers.

Going through my

stash, oh, and I just realized my dresser

drawers are wide open.

So yes, I was in there, playing and making

a mess, which I always do

when I'm getting ready for a show coming up.

Sadly though, this is the first

craft show that I'm really not looking forward

to. I know its because I can't

do as much as I'm used to. All the sewing I do

and cutting and glueing.

Can't do that this time, so I'm just going to take

what I have and make things

that will be easier

on my recuperating body. My dear friend and

craft show parntner, Valerie, tells

me not to worry.

We'll have fun like we always do. I know

she's right.

The craft show iscoming up rather  

quickly, I try not to

think about it but

it's hard not to, its the first Saturday

in March. It'll be here

before you know it. But since I am still

so limited in what I can do

I decided to keep it simple. I have some

purses left to sell,

I'm going to alter some clipboards and

notebooks, I'm also endeavoring

to make some fabric

brooches. I have leftover fabric and

didn't know what I

should do with them, then I did some

research and found books

on Brooches.

How excited I was, then I went online

and saw others were

making them as well, so many pretty

ones out there.

I made these over time. They are so much

fun to make!

So today I spent time cutting fabric. Lots

of it. I can do that sitting

down, so that is good for me.

I purchased two books on brooches and

I plan to purchase

another one for more ideas. Can't wait!

So, after that, I was craving

Scones!

It's been over three weeks since I baked

anything and I thought

I'd try it. It was nice to be able to bake,

I miss it, but now I

am tired.

Oooo!

I hear my tea kettle, time to make some tea.

Have a good night!

Spring Craft Show

So we did our Spring Show last weekend. Sadly, it wasn't the best show we ever did. The crowd was very slim. What were we thinking!!! It's spring, people are landscaping, planting their flowers and their veggies. That's what I would of been doing if I were home then. I never even thought about it. I just got excited about doing a show. We do well at craft shows and I thought, great another one to do and sell!!! So from now on, no more shows in mid spring or early summer. People are vacationing in the summer time as well. So note to self "do shows that are in the fall time and late winter/early spring".

But as you can see we did have a pretty booth. I love all the colors it's just cheerful.

We're looking forward to the next one. Which is in July, if we choose to do that one. Otherwise there's one in August as well. We'll see.

Project Finished

So here it is, the finished product. I'm excited. They were so much fun to make. Of course I'm still feeling that high from the glue and spray...lol. My hands were covered in glue and I think I got it on every surface of my workstation. So clean up was not fun, but all worth it. Now we'll see how the craft show goes this Saturday.