Ladie's Day Out Expo

Our show last weekend was a huge bust!  Very poor promoting and management!  It was so unbelievably disappointing that I really don't want to get into it.

However, we had a wonderful dinner Saturday night.  We went to The Olive Garden and had a couple drinks and some wonderful food and then took dessert back to our hotel.  It was nice having a child free meal, a child free weekend!

Here are some photos of our set up:







The soaps you see there are made by my friend, C, who I do the shows with.  They are wonderful for your skin and smell so good!  The most recent one I have smells like chai tea, mmmm.

We are doing a small, local show on May 12th and are planning on frequenting a couple local farmers markets this summer.  Hopefully we will be able to make up for this past weekend!  We are also looking into other shows, but it is hard to know where we will do well.  I guess if we don't try we will never know.

Have a great day!

Christine

Busy Little Bee

Wow, it has been over two months since I last posted!  Things around here have been a little crazy, that's probably an under statement!  We've moved and I've been getting ready for a big craft show.  So yeah, hopefully after this weekend I will get back to posting more frequently.

If any of you are in the Chicago land area my friend and I will have a booth at the Ladies Day Out Expo at The Odeum Expo Center in Villa Park, IL.  It's this weekend, April 21st and 22nd, from 10-6 on Saturday and 10-5 on Sunday.  There will also be a gem and jewelry show and a home remodeling show going on at the same time, under the same roof!  So come out and see me, I would love to meet you in person!

What I've been up to lately (on top of moving!):



A custom order for 20 crayon rolls!

Excuse my piles of fabric in the background, I haven't had much time or will to pick up!

Getting ready for the expo, which includes making:

34 crayon rolls
18 drawing/note pads
4 comp. book covers w/ pockets and button closures
3 baby quilts (was shooting for 6, oh well, 1 not pictured)
25 covered button bookmarks (not pictured)
10 pouches (not all pictured)
50 coffee cup cozies (not pictured)

All of that in the past two months, that's a lot for me!

And a BIRTHDAY!  My little man turned 4!  I can not believe he is 4 already.  Where has the time gone?!

Hopefully I'll be back soon!  Until then...

Christine

A Craft Show, Christmas Gifts and A Cookie Sale

My craft show last Saturday went pretty well, for my first show I think it was perfect!  Considering it was cold and rainy I figured it could go either way, but people came out, well, at least in the morning they did.  Despite that it had pretty much stopped raining by noon it was dead the rest of the day.  But that was fine, it gave my friend (who made the soap you see there, I love it!) and I a chance to chat and make a game plan for future shows.

Space was a little tight, but I think we made it work!  Thanks to my box hoarding (I think I have a problem) we were able to create some dimension by placing them under the table cloths to make little raised platforms.  I think it worked out great!  Plus the tall box in the center was open to the back so we were able to put our money box right in there and it made a great little cubby to keep things out of sight.  We talked about getting/making different displays for future shows, but for now this was perfect.

All in all, it was a good day!

Now I need to start focusing on Christmas, with only a couple of weeks to go I think it's time!  My mom and I are going shopping this Saturday.  I don't really have much to buy.  Some K cups for my sister, a gift card for my bro-in-law, something for my mom...(any ideas, $20 or less), kitchen gadgets for niece 1 and containers to hold the hot chocolate and cappuccino mixes I made for nieces 2 and 3.

I also need to get some aprons made.  Just something fun I am doing.  My church sponsors a MOPS group (Mothers of Preschoolers) and we are have a Christmas Cookie Sale this Sunday to raise funds for our group.  Last year was our first year doing it and it was wildly successful.  All of us moms and our moms and some friends make dozens and dozens of cookies and treats then set up a giant cookie/treat bar and then folks come in and make up their own cookie/treat platters and pay by the pound.  It's tons of fun!  Well, I'm making aprons for everyone who is working the event this year.  Just a little extra touch of fun!

My apron is based on this one, but made out of a couple fat quarters and some jelly roll strips I got from Connecting Threads.  My construction is different, other than sewing on the strip along the bottom, and I added a pocket.  They're cute little aprons!  I will try to post pics after the sale.

After not posting for a while I can't stop rambling! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Sewing Away!

Lots of sewing happening around here!  These little crayon rolls, plus many more, have been keeping my busy today.  I only have a few days left so I better get back to it!

Hello...

...is anyone still out there?  I hope so!

You know, I really don't have a good reason I haven't been  blogging lately...just excuses.  I've been busy.  I haven't been motivated to sew much.  I had family in town...  Blah, blah, blah.

Truth...  I've just been lazy.  I have a few things that need to get done, like yesterday, and instead of taking on one task at a time I'm choosing not to work on anything.  Do you ever get that way, you get a little overwhelmed and you just shut down?

So maybe it wasn't a great idea to take on my first craft show two weeks from Saturday...  I've been working on things here and there, but not enough.  I am quite excited about it though!   I have a lot of small things, but I would like to get some totes and larger bags done so I need to get my butt in gear.  It's just a small booth with one 8ft table and I'm going in on it with a friend who makes soap so I don't have to have a ton of items, but I would like to have a nice display.  We'll see.

Anyway, I really do need to get busy.  Here are some key fobs I did a couple of nights ago.  I have a lot of work to do...



Thanks for sticking around!