Saturday, October 25

It's a Show!

It's been a loooong time since I sold my cards in a craft show. In the last couple of years, I would sign up for a spot but end up cancelling because of busy schedules. But this year, after several invitations, I made sure to make it to at least one.

And that's today.

I'm so glad to showcase my cards in their true form, where people can actually check them out. I always appreciate the compliments, meeting fellow crafters and seeing a lot of other original creations.  And then those moments click (again) which makes you say (again) "Why didn't I think of that?!?!".  Or you want to also say "I wish I can do that..." (again).

See, I like to go to craft shows as a customer. It's fun to go shopping and getting one of a kind goodies.  But it's another kind of fun to be the vendor as well.  It's nice to be on the other end of the table and have a different perspective of the craft show world.  Instead of looking at craft items, I enjoy seeing people and actually getting pointers on style, makeup and accessories. Yeah. Right now, I have added items on my non-craft wish list.

Well that's it for now as I go back to concentrating on my table. I'm having a blast right now.

Wednesday, October 8

Retake: The Most High

Sooo... we're starting to have weather in the 40s.  Not too thrilled about it, but I sure miss my fall/winter clothes.  September was unexpectedly warm in Northern Michigan.  In fact, DH mowed the lawn more last month than all of the summer months combined.  I think.

And I'm using the same old excuses.  Work.  Band.  But wait.  I didn't stop from crafting though.  Well, yeah.  My visits to my planet were less than normal.  After work, I'd stay in the couch and be lazy until I fall asleep.  Sometimes.  I know.  However, I had more visits to the craft stores.  Yeah.  I've been bad.  But I have sooo much to blog about though.  And so much more projects to do.  But I can't start with those until I fix this:


And that's just showing one corner of my planet.  Wanna play I-Spy?  I really need to clean and organize.  My muse goes awol when my planet is in chaos.  I really have to work on this because I signed up for a craft show at the end of this month.  Not funny!

While this was all going on, a co-worker's DF passed away.  I had to make a sympathy card.  And because I just had one night to do it, I cheated.  I still have "The Most High" card I made three years ago.  



Yeah.  Three.  But this card is special to me, because I made it when I was guest designer for Our Daily Bread Designs Stamping in Time Challenge.  That was back when I was super active in the online crafting scene.  I sure miss having all that time.

Back to my cheating story.  Here's what I did.  The size of the "revamped" card is 5.5 x 8.5 inches.  It had to be that big because all the staff members at work had to sign.



The sentiment inside is by Verve Stamps.  This is actually my favorite part of the card.

     
I'm glad that the card was liked by many, especially by the recipient.

'Til here for now... please think of me while you're having fun crafting.