Craft Day 2

Ok, finally here’s the pics of my booth:

I took these yesterday morning before the customers started coming. I sold several things yesterday, but today was a little better. We had an almost contant stream of people all day. They still weren’t buying much, however. The last few customers I had bought several of my higher-priced items, which made the amount  I made today a little more than I made yesterday. I gave a few items away to some of my fellow vendors and their children. And, most importantly, I came home with a couple of empty boxes! That’s good! Now I have room to store more items that I will be able to make now. 

It was another nice day and we had a lot of fun talking and visiting with the customers as well as the other vendors. Hubby came down and sit with me again almost all day. We were allowed to shut down at 3:00 this afternoon so we didn’t have to load our cars and drive home in the dark. They had a drawing for a door prize among the vendors and guess who won? My favorite hubby!! The prize was a cookbook full of recipes by the ladies of the church. They were selling them at the Fair and I almost bought one. They were $8.00, and I really have way too many cookbooks already. But I like small local cookbooks like this because the recipes are the favorites of the ladies who contributed them. Just good ‘o fashion cookin’. Needless to say, I was tickled when I saw that Hubby had won the prize!

At one point in the day yesterday, the nice lady in charge of the Fair came by and took our pic at our booth. Today she came by again and gave us the pic. Here’s the pic she took,

Pretty nice, huh? They are the nicest people and so friendly! I signed up and paid for a booth again next year. Now I’m all hyped up to start working on crafts for next year.

One more thing to mention. Hubby’s niece got married today at 4:00. We knew we wouldn’t have time or the energy to try to make it to the wedding after tearing my booth down and getting everything home. It just happened that the church she was getting married in was just about a mile from where the Craft Fair was going on. So Hubby took a break and run up there for a few minutes. He took the gift that we got her and was able to visit with his brother for a little while. I’m sure the wedding was beautiful (how could it not be on a beautiful day like this!) I was a little sad that we had to miss it, but the important thing is that she had a good wedding, their parents were able to be there and now they can start the rest of their lives together. Congratulations Ashley and Matt!

Craft Day 1

Well, guess what? I forgot to bring the camera home! It’s still at the church. I did take some pics of the booth this morning. But, alas, I can’t show them to you. This was also the day that I had to take my quilt block-of-the-month to Merrily’s to pick up my next and last block for the year. I had to be there at 5 pm and the craft show wasn’t over until 6 pm. Sooo, Hubby pitch hit for me at the craft booth while I left to go to Merrily’s. What a guy! I left in a hurry, took the cell phone with me, (duh!) and left my camera. I couldn’t call him to bring it home with him, so it’s still there.

It was a very quiet day. We didn’t have nearly as many customers as we’ve had in the past. We suspect it had to do with the road construction down the street from the church. They’re widening the road and had the intersection so torn up that people weren’t allowed to turn one direction at all and the other directions were down to one lane. What a mess! Of course the absence of customers might have been due to the beautiful day. In the 70’s and sunny, people! In November! Of course it might have had to do with the economy being really tight and people not having jobs and money to spend on luxuries like crafts. But, whatever the reason, there wasn’t very many customers. The other vendors, including myself, were customers also. I sold a few things to other vendors and I probably spent as much as I made. It was fun, though, and nobody is as friendly as other crafters. We had a good time.

I actually sold a few things. I sold several pieces of painting, a crocheted scarf, and some small items including some Christmas decorations. Nobody seemed interested in the little candleholders that I spent the last minute making. Well, you never know what people will be interested in. Besides, we still have another day, so we’ll see what happens tomorrow. . . . . . . . .

New Crafts for the Booth

Here’s some of the new crafts I’ve been making for the craft booth:

These are real Christmas light bulbs that I bought on clearance after Christmas one year. I’ve had them for several years. There’s four different designs painted on them; a gingerbread boy, a lamb with a star up above him, a house in the woods, and a snowman in the snow. It took a while to get them all done but they were fun to paint.

These little candle holders are made with the smaller clay pots. I used two for the candle holder by turning one upside down and glueing the other one on top of it. After I got them painted, I glued the raffia and greenery on them. Quite pretty, I think. I saw this idea in a  magazine several years ago. I changed how they’re made just a little. I used what I had on hand. I also painted the pots because the directions  just used them as is and I think they look a lot more festive painted. I have two more painted and ready to decorate with the greenery but I think I’ll see if these sell first.

Hubby went with me to the church to help with all my shelving, the screen for hanging some of the items, and all the crafts. We got it all set up, everything priced, and a list of some things I forgot to bring, which are in the car ready to be taken tomorrow morning. Oh, and I forgot to take the camera, so you’ll have to wait until tomorrow night to see the booth all set up. Sorry about that, but you’ll have something to look forward to seeing tomorrow. I can let you know how the first day goes too!  So, until then. . . . . .

Craft Booth Fun

It’s the time of year for our little church festival full of craft booths, food, and fun. This will be my third year to be in this craft fair. I’ve met some really nice people the last couple of years and am excited to get to see them again. I have the next four days off from work. Today and tomorrow are my regular days off, then I got the weekend off to be in the sale. I’ll be going through crafts, getting everything ready to take to the church today. Tomorrow we’ll take everything down there and set up my booth.  Fri., bright and early, we’ll go open up our booth at 8 am and be ready for everyone to start visiting us by 9.

Here’s the info about the fair in case you’re in the neighborhood and have a couple of free hours to run by to see all the neat crafts and taste some delicious goodies.

I’ve been working on a few new crafts to add to last year’s crafts that I had left-over. That doesn’t sound too exciting — left-overs! But everyone has them, I suppose. I’m going to mark the left-overs down a little more this year so, hopefully I’ll be able to sell them to make room for new crafts. It takes a lot of room to make crafts and store them! I give a lot of items away, too! It’s times like this that I realize how much I actually make.  But I can’t help it — I was born to make things!

I’ll post some pics of my booth after I get it all set up. I’m soooo excited! Hope you all can come by!

This is Fall!

I love this time of year! This is my favorite season. The hot summer is over. It’s getting cooler. There’s a crispness in the air. And the leaves of the trees start turning their gorgeous colors!!

These are the trees in our front yard. This one is on one side of our driveway,

and this one is on the other side of the driveway.

I took these pics a few days ago, but you should see the yard and driveway now. Most of the leaves you see on the trees here are now on the yard and driveway. I think it’s a beautiful sight. This is what Fall is to me. I remember walking through dry leaves on the ground hearing the crunch under my feet. Going Trick or Treating from house to house on Halloween and kicking the leaves that were ankle deep and watching them fly. The colors, oh, the colors! Only God can create such wonderful beauty!

It’s been raining almost non-stop lately. Hubby is anxiously waiting for it to dry out long enough to run the lawn mower over the leaves to mulch them up. But I’m going to enjoy the sights as long as I can.