SPARK

I am super excited about tomorrow, it's SPARK!

Not only do I get to attend as a student, but I will also be selling my wares at the Artisan Market.  This year the market will be open to the public.  Here's all the details:

October 21st-22nd 

11am-5pm

at Noah's

644 N. 2000 W. Lindon, UT

Here is a link to see all the artists that will be there.  Now, I must go to bed, I have to wake up at 4 am :)

Crafty kids

My girls love to make things, I'm pretty sure they took after me :)

Jade and Sage are ALWAYS drawings things, there are always papers with their little drawings all over the house, the floor, the couch, the fridge, their room, taped on the walls, everywhere.  One day, they were asking if they could make things to sell and we came up with these cards, they drew them, I outlined them in black marker and then I went and had them copied on cardstock, they even signed the back of them.

Kinsley likes to make these flowers on a little loom that she got for her birthday one year, they are hair clips.

All three girls like to make pom poms and they have started making hair elastics with them.

And they all love to hand stitch little bits of fabric together, so we came up with these headbands, I love watching them make these, they like to dump my big bag of fabric scraps out and search for the perfect fabrics :)

My crafty girls make me proud.

Put a bird on it

 A year ago I found this little chair.  It took me this long to get around to doing something to it :)

I painted it yellow and put a bird on the seat.  The fabric for the seat came from Ikea, I think it turned out just right.  I will say it isn't perfect, I think someone handmade the chair which I think adds to its character.  This little chair will come with me to Bella's Vintage Market because I can't justify keeping it for my girls that are maybe just a little bit too big for it.

Summer show schedule

 First up is Bella's Vintage Market,  this is going to be held at Wheeler Farm on July 9th and I am super excited, their will be lots of vintage and handmade yumminess!

 

Next up, starting on July 14th, every Thursday through August 25th I will be at the Twilight Concert series at Pioneer Park in Salt Lake City.  This will be so much fun, I get to sell my stuff and listen to music!

And last, but certainly not least, I get to be at Craft Lake City again!  This is definitely a not to miss event!

I am excited for all my events I am participating in this year, summertime events are always fun because I get to be there with my things and interact with customers.  Come and introduce yourself to me!

Party favors for Jade's Birthday

 My Dad showed up at my door one day with these in hand.  He likes to shop at this discount shop that is by his Popsicle plant.  

He thought I may be able to use them for something.  When Jade saw them, she asked if we could use them for her party favors, I said sure!

 So, I covered them in kraft paper (it actually was a recycled paper grocery bag).

 Then I added bits of Japanese tape and papers and stamped them.

 Then I had the thought of making small stationary sets to put inside.

Here's what I ended up putting in each one.  I purchased a package of round white sticker labels and stamped them.  I raided my stash of scrapbook papers and made cards.  I found little packages of tiny pens in the dollar section at Target, and I had the envelopes already.

Jade was pretty excited with the outcome as am I, it makes me happy when something like this turns out to be so much fun.

Now we just have a ton of cherry cola pop rocks :)

Tie necklaces

I have had this box of ties that I have been collecting for years, most of them are vintage.  My original plan was to make a tie skirt for myself, well that hasn't happened.  So I decided to make some necklaces out of some of them.  Sorry for the not so great pictures, it is rainy and dark today.  I am pretty happy with the outcome of these, we'll see if anyone else likes them when they make their debut this weekend at the Bijou Market.

This one is my favorite.  I made use of some of the doilies I bought yesterday.

Sage liked this one too, so we are keeping it.  She was being goofy and this was the best picture I could get :)

Just the after

My intentions were to take a before picture of this project. Yeah well that didn't happen, I guess I was a little too excited to just get it done :)

I found this little display shelf at the thrift store for $3.00.

I cleaned it up, spray painted it a lovely tangerine orange color, and mod podged vintage wallpapers on it. Some of which were sent to me so sweetly by Jessie. I have been saving them for the perfect project and this was it! By the way if you haven't seen Jessie's cute party supply shop, Shop Sweet Lulu, you should go check it out.

See, how cute are these polka dot straws?

and these striped candy cups?
Anyways...

One last picture of my little shelf, I had to see what goodies I could fit on it, I am going to use it for my product display, everything looks so cute on it!

Clothes pins

I have wanted to dress up some clothespins for awhile now, and I finally got around to it the other day. They took alot longer than I thought they would, but I enjoyed making them.
First I spray painted them, luckily I have quite the collection of spray paint.
Then I mod podged some paper that I had on them, when that was dry, I sprayed a clear coat on them. They are so colorful and springy, which is exactly what I need today, it is dark and rainy here today. I do love how the air smells after a good rain though :)

This week

Remember this scrappy table runner? Well, it's been sitting patiently waiting to be used, and I just haven't used it so I decided to list it in my shop. I am quite happy with my shop as of late, I have it well stocked and I have been selling a few things which is has been helping out with our finances a bit :) I am very grateful for all who have been making purchases.

Yesterday I was working on upcycling some ties, I had some bits left and decided to make some hair bows with them, here are some of my faves. I think they are so cute!

Currently, I have about 6 different projects in the works, does anyone else do this? They are not small projects either, they are very large batches of things. I think I get stuff cut out and then I am sick of it and have to move on to something else until I feel like going back to a project.
Here's what I have going at the moment:
receiving blankets
bibs
kid's aprons
girl's bags
tie necklaces
dish towels

And as I said they are in large quantities :) Sometimes I think I am crazy.

Now onto another subject. I have been finding myself enjoying cooking again. Once upon a time before I decided to turn my sewing hobby into a business, I use to cook wonderfully delish and healthy meals. Participating in Bountiful Baskets has helped me to do that again and I am loving it! Plus, we get to sometimes try new things that we may not have tried by ourselves.
This last week some of the new things I tried were: Mangoes (I don't know why I had never tried a fresh mango before, YUM!) and we also got to try sunchokes, we had them in a stir fry and I quite enjoyed them, to me they sortof taste something like a carrot and a water chestnut.

This weekend I hope to get some projects finished, maybe drag Casey to a Diabetic Expo, and just hang out with my family.
I hope you have a nice weekend!

A wardrobe for a doll

Kinsley's birthday was over the weekend. One of the things she requested was clothes for her American Girl doll. I decided she would also need somewhere to put all those clothes, so I modge podged a thrifted train case for her.

Not all the thrifted train cases I have found still have their little tray, this one did, it was perfect for shoes and accessories.

And the clothes fit perfect underneath.

I ended up buying a few things that I didn't want to make or couldn't make myself.

I ended up making two dresses. My favorite being the one on the right, I used a whole bunch of vintage lace and ribbons.

I made three different skirts, these were so much fun for me. Then I made a headband and a couple hair clips. And a bag with a little wallet.
I had to make myself stop making things, it was so much fun, and to see her face when she opened it up was priceless :)

Weekend happenings

We had a lovely weekend. I participated in Art Market on Friday. I purchased that cute owl in my valentines tree. Jeni Gochnour made it, isn't it so cute?!

I love it! It's the whole reason I even decorated for Valentines day :)
After I came home with my cute owl, I went outside and found a branch to hang him on.
Then I wrapped snippets of yarn around some of the branches and made some heart ornaments out of a felted wool sweater. I put the branch in a cute French lemonade bottle with some rice for some more weight.

The deer, oh the deer! I found these at a secondhand shop near my mother in laws house a couple weekends ago and painted them this teal blue color. I love them, the lady that owned the store said they were from the 1950's.

Look at the back of my owl, and those stripey straw legs! So, so cute!

Other weekend happenings:
On Saturday, Casey went to his Mom's house to help her with some things, the girls went with him too, so I had the majority of the day to myself to happily work on sewing projects. I cut out over 40 kid's aprons and over 40 girl's purses. Is it sad that I had more than enough fabric on hand to do so?

I turned 31 years old
We woke up late for church yesterday, Casey declared that it was my birthday and we were going to head up to Park City. So, Casey made us some lunch, then we headed to Park City where we found some cute striped cardigans and cute denim vests for the girls for a super deal.
I purchased the cutest floral cardigan that I have had my eye on at Old Navy, lucky for me it was 1/2 off. Have I mentioned before that I have quite the extensive cardigan collection? I have a weakness for them :) We also went to the World Market, I love that place, we always pick some yummy treats when we go there.
After Park City we went to my parents house where we had strawberry shortcake, yum!
Tonight we get to go to dinner for my birthday at Rainbow Gardens, I'm excited, it's yummy!

I hope you had a lovely weekend!

A sweet little heart and a new crush

This is one of Sage's favorite pair of leggings, and they have had a hole in the knee for quite some time and I finally put a patch on it, I was sick of seeing her wear them with a hole :) I think it looks so cute.

Lately, I have found myself having a little crush on civil war fabrics. Mind you, I am very choosy about which ones, but I have a crush none the less.

Pom poms

Yesterday I bought myself a pom pom maker. I love it, I made up a whole bunch and made them into these hair pins.

Then Jade and Sage asked for headbands.
Jade wanted a flower.

Sage wanted three pom poms.

I'm officially addicted to making pom poms, and tomorrow I am going to get some bigger pom pom makers. Now if you will excuse me I think I am going to go make some more :)

A train case and a snow ninja

I finished this train case the other day, I am really tempted to keep it but alas, it will be making an appearance at the Beehive Bazaar and then it will probably find another home to go to.

And here is a pic of Casey shoveling the snow, he is kind of a weenie when it comes to being cold, so he bundles up :) I laughed really hard when I saw him.

Good mail day

It was like my birthday in the mail today, I got to open four different packages :)

Of course some of them had fabric. Most of the fabric I got from Hawthorne Threads, I LOVE the measuring tape and vintage catalog fabric.

And I got lots of supplies for earrings, hair pins, rings, and headbands.

I will be busy gluing tonight.

Mmmm bean dip and other things

We made this 9 x 12 pan of seven layer bean dip on Saturday and we have almost consumed the entire thing, delish :)

Kinsley likes to use the smaller loom I bought and hasn't been using the potholder loom, so I decided I wanted to make some, it is pretty much what I did all Saturday night and yesterday, it's kindof addicting :) So now I have 13 pairs of potholders to sell at the Avenues Street Fair on Saturday, I am sure I will have some left and will list some in the shop next week, unless you really really want some you can email me (they are $10 plus $3.50 shipping in US).


I have been trying to notice and remember more the funny things my kids do and say, cause they are growing up super fast. The other day we went to the craft store and they gave my girls some balloons, we were walking around and Kinsley found another balloon before we left the store. Kinsley told everyone that it was just in case someones balloon popped. Well, let me tell you something about my Kinsley, she likes to think that if she gives someone something that she can tell them how to play with it or use it. So, Kinsley was at a party and Jade's balloon popped and I guess she felt the need to write Kinsley this note to explain that now the extra balloon was hers :) She spent alot of time on it, so cute :) I love how she wrote "poped" in parenthesis.

Other things heard around our home: I steamed some fresh from the garden green beans as part of dinner the other night and Jade and Sage threw crying fits about how much they hated beans, I told them to go cry somewhere away from me cause I didn't want to hear it. Jade went downstairs and a couple minutes later I hear her singing a song about how she wished that she lived on a farm and had cows so she could throw her beans at them. I was sitting at the top of the stairs with Sage (who was still awnry about beans too) and I asked Jade if she was just singing a song about throwing her beans at cows and all we could do was laugh :) After that there was no issue about eating beans :)

We still have one day left in our 3 day weekend and we are going to go to lunch, and later I think we are making tin foil dinners and rounding up smore makings and heading up to the canyon, fun! I hope you have had a lovely weekend!