Mini Spiral Notebooks for Boys

Below are some of the spiral notebooks I made for boys. Boys are alwasy harder to make for, and I always have requests for more boy items.

Mini Spiral notebooks for girls

I have also been working on some new Mini Spiral Notebooks. These are always popular at my shows and sold out completely last year so I wanted to be sure to have enough for this year.

 Cheyenne's favorite - she LOVES giraffes!

Stay tuned for some boy designs!

Crafting time

It's that time of year again! I am busy creating for my next 3 craft shows which are coming up! I have shows the first 3 weekends in November. I will have some new items this year and some oldies but goodies in more styles and colors.  Some of the items I have been working on are:

 Post it note keychains featuring some retired Stampin' Up Designer Series Papers.

Key Fob wristletss which seem to be all the craze!

 and mini clipboards made from coasters!

I have so much more already created, but for the sake of being able to get around my craft room, I packed them up so they are ready to go.  I had my first show in September, but with a bunch of activities going on in town, including a Fireman's Parade, and hospital patients being transported from a local hospital that is closed now, to the new hospital they just built, the traffic was horrible!!! So there really weren't a lot of shoppers.

Well back to crafting! Hope to have more to show you soon!

Craft Fair items

Cheyenne likes to be a part of creating for the craft shows. This year she made up the Showman soup bags which I then decorated. She also made some of these cute candy trains. She was so proud when someone bought one! Then in December she made them with her girl scout troop as a craft project. She said she loved being a craft teacher! :)
Here's a picture of some of the candy boxes I made for the sales. I made a bunch of them and lost track after I sold 27 of them. I also had a special order for more of them. So easy to make, although they do take a little while to get everything cut and assembled. One woman bought some and said they were perfect for her place settings for Christmas eve. :)

Items for Craft Show - Visitation

I had to take these pictures from above, while behind the table because it was just too busy to go out in front to take them!

In the top picture I have some ribbon weaving wreaths, post it notes holders, snowman soup, and ornament money holders.

In the bottom picture I have some post it note holders, gift card holders, and skinny tablets. These tablets are PERFECT for keeping track of your holiday shopping lists, to do lists, etc. I had some requests to make some for next year in non-holiday, so I will be adding those for next year.

Visitation BVM Craft Sale Nov 18 & 19, 2011

This year I was able to secure a spot at Visitation's Holiday craft show. I was both excited and a little anxious. I heard how busy their shows are! The first picture is one of the crowd on Friday night. And this isn't even at it's busiest!!!! When I went to set up I was a little overwhelmed. I expected an 8 foot space, this was closer to 10 or 12 foot. They used their lunch tables for us. I just kind of stood there staring at the tables, not really sure where to start. Then I was afraid I was not going to have enough stuff to fill the space. I ended up just fine, and still had stuff to put out. The pictures of the tables are from late Friday night, I can tell because there are boxes of cards there. When I first set up, I didn't have room for the cards. I ended up doing pretty well, making almost 4 times the sales I ever made at craft shows! I will absolutely be back next year! Oh and while I was there, someone from St Sophia's approached me to be a vendor at their sale next November! All in all a very successful show!!!

Craft fair items

Here is the last photo of the items for Oaks Fire House sale. Here we have lollipop holders, altered starbucks candy jars, Snowman soup, and candy bar holders all in the back row. Towards the front we have more coaster calendars, post it note holders, post it note key chains, mini composition books with matching pens, and spiral notebooks with matching pens. This year I opted to put the books into bags with toppers with my information. For one it kept the pens together with the books, keeps them clean and keeps little fingers from drawing on the pages. :)

PS Today's my birthday! Whoo Hoo! Nothing special planned.

Craft Fair items

Another view of some craft fair items. Here are lip balm holders, gift card holders, coaster calendars, and ornament money holders.

Craft fair items

Here I have pictures some altered composition books, decorated rulers, gift card holders, gift tags and corner bookmarks. These composition books I made into Holiday planners. Each one has handmade paper beads on ribbons which are great bookmarks. I also added tabs in little baggies so that when the person bought it, they could add dividers if they wished. The corner bookmarks are great for holding your space in a favorite book, and they aren't bulky so they wont mess up the spines of your books (I hate that). The gift card holders are probably one of my best sellers.

Oh and the rulers? What better way to keep track of your ruler! I bet no one would dare try to steal your ruler now! You could tell by looking at it that it was yours! Perfect gift for teachers, crafters or anyone in school!

Craft Fair items

I was so glad I took pictures of these before the sale! No lie I sold out of both of these items within 5 minutes of the doors opening! Luckily I had brought more of the little snowmen to make with me. The popcorn holders hold a sleeve of microwave popcorn, and would make a perfect gift! Want to kick it up a notch? Add a Movie theater gift certificate! The candy bar snowmen are filled with Nestle crunch, kit kats or hershey bars. There are also a couple more coaster calendars pictured here.

Items for a Craft Sale - bookmarks

This is what I have left of these cute Iguana Bookmarks. I forgot to take pictures of them before the sale. These also used the set that I picked up at the craft store in Ohio. I just love this set, and I am sure you will see it again!

Stay tuned for more craft fair items....

Items for a craft Fair - Pencil holders

On a recent trip to Ohio, I visited a craft store, and found this cute set of stamps. And how cute is that saying? What a cute gift that a teacher could give to a Star Student, or maybe just a reminder to your little one that you love them? Slip it into their book bags for a little reminder during the day. I forgot to take pictures of these before the sale, and this is the last one I had left.

And just wait until you see the matching bookmarks....