so where have I been you ask...

NOT RELAXING!!!!

I have issues!!! The time that I can take a little break, before my next show, I decide it is time to start painting my house. I have gotten slow in my old age, when I first bought my house 5 years ago, I painted almost the entire house in a day....and now I swear I have been working on the living room and hallway for three days!! If you have been to my house you would laugh,because it is not big.

I have gotten rid of a big comfy chair that I have, and bought two smaller chairs to re-upholster. got rid of the coffee table and using my big ottoman (with a big platter on top, soooo cute!).

I have a Burgundy wall, and I am changing the color, I am a bold color person.....

so here is a tiny tease... I felt the urge to have a stripe on this wall, it is going to ROCK when it gets done! (whenever that is). The shrine to sabrina will be all this wall, all black frames (I think)

No work tomorrow! shopping with my mommy :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

I'm in LOVE with a vampire!!

OMG!!! I will admit that I was one of the few that has not read the book yet, but could not resist going to the midnight opening with a couple of friends. It was us and all of the kids, we were some of the "old people" there LOL The movie was fabulous,but I did feel a little left out at the end when everyone was talking about the differences between the movie and book, soooo... this morning I ran out and got the book. Typically I am not a reader (you can't read and craft at the same time) but I am in LOVE.

Crafters Market over, Ready for #3

Wow, what a week! I was soooo tired,but it was totally worth it! We spent 8 hours yesterday sorting vendor tags,and cutting vendor checks. This show generated a lot of interest for the next show, and I am amped to get busy as soon as a date is confirmed. Here are a few more show pictures:

My house is a TOTAL DISASTER!!!!!! and the sad thing is that I don't want to clean it LOL. I have two more craft shows scheduled for the year and I can't wait to get my house in order so I can move forward.

Plans for my house:

Paint the living room, hallway, and Kitchen ( that's the plan anyway)

COMPLETELY re-do my craft studio ( I can't even work in there)

Clean my garage, I seriously need to clear everything out and start over ( I would show a picture,but it is too embarrassing) I used to have a small path,but now I can't even walk in there. You know those people you drive by their house and you see a wall of junk!!!!! I am now that GHETTO-FABULOUS person.

This all needs to be done by the end of January LOL.

Tomorrow I will be going to work a shift at Behind the Picket Fence Craft Boutique. A friend of mine has been doing this show for years and it is one not to be missed! Go and check it out.

And the winner is .....

ROBBIE!!!!!!!
you must have done something nice for Sabrina this time,because she chose your name for the boutique apron CONGRATS!!!

CRAFTY GIVEAWAY #3

I can barely keep my eyes open!! the craft show was great today, I just finished processing credit cards (at least the ones I am doing tonight) and now I NEED my pillow. I woke up at 4a.m. (just worrying about show stuff, I am a TOTAL worry wart). Tomorrow the show runs from 10a.m.-4p.m. and then it is tear down and clean up :(



My crafty giveaway is one of my new Boutique aprons!


if you don't have kids I am sure you know someone that has a little girl who loves to stand out in a crowd.
Leave me a comment by 11/17/08 and you will be entered to win this apron.

Good Luck!

Show and Tell Crafters Market Day #1

Today was AWESOME!!!! and we had LIGHT!!! the lights came on about 9a.m.

We had lots of customers, and I hope tomorrow is even better. Here are a few pics of my finished booth.

I have got to go to bed... it has been a long day:)

Day three of set up

DRAMA!!! I was feeling sooo good about the way setup was going, I was relaxed, no stress...and then..... I called the Realtor to find out when the power would be on, because the last time it was on two days before. Well this time she forgot to put in the order!!! agghhhh!!! She called and we are praying that it will be on tomorrow.Keep us in your prayers (as if God does not have bigger things to deal with)

On a happier note the show is starting to look great, a few of our crafty friends came and started their booths today. Here is sneak peek........

If you want to buy handmade this hoiday season, you do not want to miss this show!

Day two of set up

I put in a 10 hour day today! We are so excited about this show,sooo it is all worth it. I have most of my booth set up. Here are a few pictures of our start.

I might post before the weekend is over, if I can keep my eyes open :)
hope to see you all there.

Show & Tell Crafters Market

Day one! the count down is on! Crystal and I started getting ready for our craft show this weekend. We have done everything possible to prepare and it is finally here. We went in and taped off spaces, it only took us about three hours ( a far cry from all day for our July show).
Tomorrow will be a long day, getting display walls ready, setting up the check out, prepping signs, and getting our own booths ready, Whew! We are so excited about this show we are already making plans for next year.
Check out our show Blog for a sneak peek of our show vendors.
If you are in Vegas, check out the show this weekend!

Can't win them all

So this weekend I participated in the pomegranate festival in Logandale, Set up was on Thursday and the show was Friday and Saturday. My mom was out of town so Sabrina had to come to the show both days.

We will just say that the show had a MATURE audience, I think I was the youngest adult there:) I was told that on Saturday there would be a younger crowd,because kids were performing and their parents would be there to watch, well...... Saturday was pretty much a replay of Friday.

We did have a giggle on Saturday... there was this girl, maybe 12 or 13 years old, she came to my booth several times by herself, then brought some of her friends, came by herself again, she was asking for the price of things and if the signs were made in smaller sizes. After about two hours of back and forth, my brother said to me "I wish she would go ahead and steal something already, so we can stop watching her" LOL. She brought another sign to us that was six dollars and asked if we had one that size for girls, I didn't. Then my brother says "I think she wants to buy something". HE WAS RIGHT!!!!! this girl only had $6.00 and was dying to buy something from me, and was bringing all of her friends to see my stuff!!!!

I felt so bad for thinking the worst of her, I let her buy the sign she originally wanted ($13.00) for $6.00. The look on her face was PRICELESS, she said "you would really do that?" . it was a sign about sisters, she was giving it to her older sister who just had a baby. It was soo sweet.

So that and these pictures were the best part of the weekend.....

Sabrina got her face painted both days of the show, it turned out sooo cute!

The Halloween candy is taunting me!

I try to look away.... I swear I do, but that orange bag keeps calling my name. I swear my child has had three pieces of her loot (seriously)!

I keep digging out Tootsie Rolls, Skittles, and even chocolate ( I don't even really like chocolate!).
I eat the sneaky candy, the ones that I can pop in my mouth and Sabrina can't see, and ask for some ( it's all about being a good mom you know, I don't want her teeth to rot).

I really need to toss this orange candy bag, I swear Sabrina wouldn't even notice, what I really need is candyholics anonymous! HELP!!!

HISTORY IS MADE!!!!

I bet, none of us will ever forget what where we were and what we were doing 11/4/08

Dresses, Dresses Everywhere

As promised a photo of the dresses that I have been working on, I have about 22 finished ( sorry the photo stinks, I took it as I was running out of the house). I have been sewing all day on aprons.

I have been glued to the television all day and it is now getting tense. I am sitting at my parents house waiting for the results. This has been an emotional day.

Boutique Aprons Anyone?

I have been sewing up a storm the past few days. I will have to show you photos of all of the dresses tomorrow, but today I want to show you some pics of the new apron I made, it is so much more than an apron,it is a fashion layer for everyday. Sabrina is wearing the one I made for her in this picture. I can totally see this with some black leggings and a black long sleeve shirt in the winter, or just a pair of denim shorts in the summer. I can't tell if she loves the new apron or just posing for pictures.

And the winner is .....

Amy!!!!! Robbie you can blame Sabrina, she picked the name out of the cup ( such pressure for a three year old).



where are all my peeps at??? it is a FREE GIVEAWAY! :)



So those of you that are not entering to win I am going to assume you are making plans to come to my next craft show and buy :)



I will be posting some pictures later tonight of some of the new things I have been working on.

Crafty Giveaway #2

Crafty giveaway #2 is this decorative glass plate with vinyl lettering that I made. The plate reads "sweet dreams sleep tight, we love you good night" it comes with the plate stand that can also be hung on the wall.These have been popular at my craft shows this year, so I wanted to give one away to my blog readers.
Post me a comment if you want a chance to win and I will choose the winner 11/3/08. this would make a great holiday gift if you don't keep it for yourself :)