Was it worth it??? {Update on items for sale}

{UPDATE: several of you have contacted me wanting to purchase items , but some 
of you do not have your email linked up to your blog so there is no way for me to
 contact you. Please link your email  up to your blog or email me directly...the link is
 on my profile page here on my blog. I feel bad when I can't get ahold of you}

I kinda felt like I was getting ready for a wedding...you know...a big production.

Sewing, gluing, painting, creating, glittering, printing, cutting,scrunching, packaging...
for days weeks on end and then

POOF...

It is  over with...done...fanito!

I am one tired lady and I have decided that once a year is about all of this that I can handle. ha!
{Kudos to you who do this every week or even more...my hats off to you!!}

I got many, many compliments on how nice my treasures were and some people even
purchased an item or two.

But when you get right down to it...did I sell very much??

I sold a few of the burlap bags and several stockings
{but still have some left}

 
...a few candles and ornies

 one of these Eiffel towers sold

the star boxes didn't sell...two cloches did

I think I sold maybe three sets of candles at $ 6.00 a set...all my number tags went except one set.

I didn't sell any of the old tart tin glitter ornies, {I think they were $6 each}
 but I did sell some of the music ornies with angels on.

All three paper trees sold

a few nests sold 

some music sheet angel wings sold, the beautiful white script ones didn't 

Sold one bottle , none of the cabinet cards, none of the scrabble tile sayings etc.

...so the million dollar question is:

was it worth it???

Well...I am not sure.  If I wouldn't have had two
ladies that purchased a lot from me, then I would 
say it was iffy at best. Do I want to do it again
next year?   Time will tell. I suppose there is something
to be said for hanging in there year after year and
hoping my  "style"  grows on people.  Also, am I pricing
too cheap? I know I am not pricing too expensive. 

Lots of questions, but all in all it was still a 
great day. I met many wonderful people and chatted
up a storm with them! ha! Here's to small town living!!

{Note: If you see anything you want to purchase give me a 
shout out as I just may have it left} 

Simple blessings

I fell in love with this cloche on clearance at Home Goods a couple months ago. I passed it up the first time and just kept going back to it. I finally put it in my cart, paid and walked out the door.  I have not regretted it. It can be used so many different ways and in so many different settings, but for now...white mini boo pumpkins.

I have had the mercury glass bowl for a few years. I picked it up after Christmas clearance at Target one year...75% off...it was a deal steal!!

I think my blingy earrings add the crowning touch to these pumpkins.

Cherish simple blessings...that is what I want to do this fall and actually all year through. I want to focus on the simple things and not get caught up in all the drama and hooplah that sometimes comes along with the holidays.  Easier said than done I am sure, but I am going to try.



I don't think a person can ever have too many mini pumpkins. :)

Some of my mini boo's have a few blemishes, but that is okay.  I am not perfect either, but I am so thankful that God loves me anyways. I know that He loves me for who I am and who I am striving to be and not by what has happened in the past or what may happen in the future. He loves me unconditionally and that is the most perfect form of love.  Thanking Him for that love today and everyday!!

I actually got creative today and made a stocking from old feedsack fabric with a ruffle and matching roses so I will be showing that soon. Although it looks like it was made for King Kong as the pattern was 24 inches long!! I want to make my own pattern and make a few smaller ones soon too.

Linking up with Faded Charm today for White Wednesday. So sorry that I can't comment to everyone who leaves me a comment. My internet is just too pathetically slow these days. I do try to get to many that don't work out. I will keep trying though.

Cloche {of sorts}, ivy...and a question

I am still tweaking my back deck and have added

a few more goodies to it. I have had this basket for

several years and the big box store had a special

buy on ivy plants for $1.58 this week so I grabbed

several. I need to plant them yet, but for now I

thought they looked cute in the basket.

I don't know what this piece is called, but for lack

of a better word I will call it a cloche. How easy

would these be to make! I know we could whip

some of them up fast. It is just two pieces of glass

framed out and the ends are open. Love it!

Find some old white chippy wood and make

a few...I know I want to!

Still loving my vintage stand on rollers that

I purchased at a garage sale last year.

I made use of my antique shutter by adding it to this small table.

More ivy on my patio table.

I brought the old plant stand out and added burlap

to the table.

It is getting done slowly , but surely. Yesterday and

today we have been deluged with rain so I have

been inside playing. Hopefully the sun will return

soon!

Now I have a question...for those of you who

print on fabric for pillows etc. HOW do you do it

and have it turn out nice? I am lucky to get

50% of mine that look decent. Mine come out of the

printer with black smudges here and there and they

are not pretty. I am using a HP psc 1210 xi all in one printer, scanner , copier.

I have tried the freezer paper method and also

just tried spray adhesive on cardstock and then

adhering it to the fabric and sending it through

with the same sad results. :(

Help please?? :)

Thank you!!

A bevy of mini cloches

Aren't these the cutest little cloches you have

ever seen?

When I found nine of these at the Goodwill I

immediately scooped them up.

I am guessing that they were once used to hold

candles, but the shape is perfect for a cloche.

Just for fun I put some of my eggs under them and

added some white crinkle ribbon.

Unlimited possibilities of what you could put under these cuties!

Hope you enjoyed my tiny cloches and that you will

be on the lookout for your very own.

Happy Sunday! Blessings~

Mini cloche love

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer,

it sings because it has a song.

~chinese proverb

Did you ever see anything so cute as this tiny cloche? I found this glass piece a week or so ago at a resale store

and just knew that it was destined to hold a tiny nest

I also added some of my dried hydrangeas and schlepped

it up to my booth. Now I am thinking maybe I should have

kept it. Hmm...

I don't think this is any bigger than four inches in

diameter. So tiny and cute and just perfect for

one little egg.

Blessings~

A new cloche

I played around a little today on bighugelabs and made

a mosiac. It took awhile since I am on dial-up internet,

but it was fun. I haven't made one for quite some time.

Do any of you ever watch Katie Browns workshop

on pbs? I happen to catch it once in

awhile. More by happenstance than anything

else. I was in Meijer and saw that they are now

carrying some of her items. The above cloche

is one of them. I love it! It also has a wooden

stand that you can purchase separately, but I

opted not to.

Hubby worked 10 hours yesterday so I had to figure

out what I wanted to do and I decided to go shopping.

{imagine that.lol.}

I needed a new watch and a few groceries and along

the way I picked up these flowers too.

Aren't they so pretty?

Wishing everyone a blessed day today!! Hugs~

P.S. You might want to pop over to the Old painted cottage and enter this amazing giveaway that Jennifer is having. She is giving away a Alles bag (german grain sack bag) made by Kymberley. It retails for $365! Be sure and check it out!

I am also linking this post with Kathleen again over at Faded Charm for White Wednesday this week. Okay I will quit yacking now and make my way over to some lovely blogs. lol.

Before and After...which do you like best?

I finished this piece yesterday and was pleased

with how it turned out.

I received my Vintage Charm magazine a few days

ago and in it was a tutorial from Gail Schmidt over at Shabby Cottage Studio to make one of these cuties. I had always wanted to do something with a cheese tray

and dome because they tend to be found at resale shops

quite often.

Here it was in it's former life...

somehow it just didn't do a thing for me in this state.lol. But it does now... Enjoy the day ~