Wool Mittens and Christmas Cards

I worked on a few personal creative projects in December, and one of them resulted in being commissioned to do a custom order.  I had figured out how to make mittens from shrunken wool sweaters, so I made a pair for myself: I lined them with fabric from a thrifted bathrobe, and I put red suede…

Craft Area Gets Reorganized; New Items Made

Well, I've had a busy summer with household and family projects in addition to craft projects, thus the gap in between posts again.  However, today I was able to take a bunch of photos, and now I will catch you up on my progress towards the fall craft shows! One project I did was to…

Upcoming Shows and Works in Progress

Yikes, two months is far too long since my last blog post!  Time for a shows and works in progress update!! First of all, I found out that I have been accepted for a few juried craft shows in the fall!!  I am very excited about these.  Two of them are the Hand Made Art and…

Flower Appliqued Bags

I am working on some flower appliqued bags made from cotton, linen, and silk; so I thought I'd post some works-in-progress photos. The first set of photos shows the makings of some new reversible cross-body bags.  This time the bags will have decorated flaps, and these have been very fun to create!! The next set…

New Year, New Projects!

After a busy autumn, I slowed down for the Christmas season.  After that, I spent weeks decluttering my house!  And since I also home-educate my kids, I spent time reorganizing that whole project.  In between decluttering spurts, I worked on some personal creative projects, some of which you will see here.  And I also got…

Craft Fair Display Experiments!

I'm excited that I finished painting my thrift store finds (bookshelf, shelf, and mirror) and garage-found table in the deep, dark purple plum paint!  When they dried, I hauled them all upstairs and put them on my dining table.  I measured for a typical craft show table, and proceeded to work on a new show…

Need Craft Show Display Advice!

Can you give me some advice and feedback about my craft show display tables?  I have participated in craft shows since autumn of 2010.  But up until last October, I did not realize the importance of having vertical and multi-level displays.  I had always laid out my items on a table - a thought at…

Pink, Green, and Turquoise Works-in-Progress

I'm featuring works-in-progress-or-already-done in colours such as pink, green, and turquoise here!! I've created a new chevron cotton hat for sale.  This is made from cotton yarn and is edged with pink beads. I'm also branching out with my cards!  I will be experimenting with various types of art and media (all by hand, no…

Learning How to Watermark Photos

So my next project in this craft business journey is to learn how to watermark my photos.  This is so when I share them anywhere on the internet, my information will follow the photos. Let's see if this simple experiment worked (the photo is a crocheted cotton stuffed ball I made for a friend's baby):…

Learning Photography Skills; Works In Progress

Bear with me while I learn photography skills!  Enjoy some photos of more of my works in progress: Since I am preparing for selling at an event at the end of June, I will take better photos of my products as they are completed in the next few weeks.  Then I will post photos here…