Custom Orders

I have received a lot of these lately which is great for business and make me buy new colors of yarn for future projects. I am cranking through them. I have several to sew up and finish and only 4 to start. It's a good thing I don't make blankets :) ear warmers are much quicker.

Craft show display

With the help of lots of friends and my mother-in-law I was able to collect all the cuteness for my craft show display.
Thanks Ladies

Craft Show Success

So this past weekend I did my first craft show, out in the country in my friend's barn. Patty and Laurent live in a log cabin in the middle of a eucalyptus forest with a beautiful pond and a donkey named "Donkey". We had lots of neighbors and friends stop in to buy Christmas gifts for family members. The barn smelled of caramel and spice- thanks to a great candle at the entrance. We had Christmas carols playing and one young boy pretended he was on a Christmas train going through a winter wonderland. It was magical. I learned so much about hosting a show from Patty. There was hot chocolate, tea and cookies for all the guests. They made me a yummy lunch every day of the show, and even provided a portable heater so I could sit and crochet while customers milled around in the barn. Even with the rain and wind, it was a beautiful relaxing time. I loved sitting and sharing stories with Patty. I sold so much stuff too! Brainstorming and putting together my display was so fun and it turned out better than I could imagine. All in all I made $396 and have several custom orders I need to start right away so they are ready for Christmas.

Craft Show, what! I know right.

So I am doing my first craft show with the illustrious, generous and queen of creativity- Patty Kloss. It will be in her barn November 15-17. I am so excited! I have been brainstorming how to create a super cute booth that everyone will want to stop at. I am using the shabby chic theme from Ligia's wedding to display my items in a creative way. I have $552 worth of merchandise to sell and I am making more items all the time. Holly, my super awesome photographer, just did a photo shoot with a bunch of my new items and I am going to use some of her images in my display. I can't wait. It's going to be so fun.
Plus I get to list a bunch of new stuff on Etsy in the next 2 weeks. Maybe I do like this business thing after all, just a little.

Workspace is important

I want to have clean accessible areas to create and work. Challenging when other chores and tasks are calling my name. My desk in the office/library/prayer room is coming along. And gotta love the yarn boxes for inspiration.

Etsy inspiration

So checking out all the beautiful things people make and sell gets me inspired to try new ideas and especially learn how to sew. I would love to make fabric flowers and appliques for headbands and hats. Or learn how to upcycle old clothes into fun new items. Also using my embroidery and cross stitch skills to embellish items would be fun. I need a pretty bulletin board/chalk/magnet board in my craft room to put inspiring ideas and make notes. I would love to devote more time to being creative... It's all about the balance I guess. Sometimes I just feel overwhelmed with little things I have to do that I don't get to relax or dream or create. Guess that's when I really need to incorporate creativity into my day because it's a way the God renews me and restores my soul. He does that too when he teaches me new things about Him and me.

It's Springtime, time to bust out the cuteness

I put up several new listings and headbands seem the fastest and most painless thing to make. So they happen to all be headbands. I am really proud of my new headwrap in the knitted fashion because it took forever and it looks really classic. Enjoy

http://www.etsy.com/listing/98644588/crochet-celery-green-headwrap-with-large?ref=v1_other_2