Craft Show Prep!

Good Evening Peeps!!

Hope you had an enjoyable weekend!  This week I will be prepping for my first craft show in quite a few months!  This one will be the I Love Junk Trunk Show in Byron.  I'm pretty excited for this one.  This week I will focus on finishing some displays for the booth and pricing all the new items.  I love doing craft shows!  I love getting my booth all dressed up like a mini store and meeting a lot of new people.  Craft shows are a great way to meet my customers face to face and to meet a lot of great vendors.  I am very lucky to have a husband who carves his schedule out around my craft shows, after all..he is the muscle for the set up and tear down.

This craft show I will be featuring a lot of my new items.  Such as:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/157313037/floral-etched-shell-necklace?ref=shop_home_active

$17

This necklace is made of etched shell beads!  I find this necklace a fascinating piece just because of the detail in each bead.  This necklace will be perfect for any formal occasion...or even a day at the office!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/157305304/grey-and-orange-tassel-necklace?ref=shop_home_active
$13
I would love to layer with this piece!!  I see this piece going great with almost any weekend or evening outfit.  This would pair great with any shorter necklace.  The orange beads add a pop of color and interest to this necklace.

I will keep you updated on the progress for prep this weekend!  Hope to see you there!

Catheryn

Venting about Bubble Necklaces...

So hopefully you noticed that I haven't been posting a lot...or that I didn't even send out a newsletter!!!  GASP!!!  I know...craziness!  Things around got a little crazy with work and my parents coming into town.  I had a small list of projects I wanted their help with and within hours of them being here, the list doubled!  I am so grateful to have such supportive and helpful parents.  I wished they could have stayed longer, but they had to go back home.  Now the hubby and I are getting back into a routine.  lol

In preparation for a busy Fall craft show schedule, I will be flooding the store with lots of new goodies!!  So keep an eye for new additions!  I will show off some of my new additions tonight.  But I have to tell you one annoyance that I have...bubble necklaces...I love the look of them, but hate how they are sold online...  I scoured suppliers looking for the right supplies to make such a necklace for my sister.  I eventually found the right supplies and was able to make them.  But the reason why I have an annoyance with these necklaces is because you can find them all over Etsy, but 99% of the time, the ones you find are from China and are not even handmade.  These necklaces exploded in popularity.  So now that I am making them, but not with the variety as many of the sellers from China, I am having to compete with faux-handmade shops.  I guess I just get annoyed at seeing the shops on Etsy that sell from jewelry from China because, to me, they seem fake.  I don't feel like the owner of the shop actually sat at a desk, designed the piece, and constructed it.

Well I'm done venting about Chinese Etsy shops...hope I didn't offend anyone!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/156945364/hot-pink-bubble-necklace?ref=shop_home_active
$15

https://www.etsy.com/listing/156952693/plum-bow-and-heart-earrings?ref=v1_other_2
$7

So it's a Monday

Hey Peeps!

So I definitely have a case of the Mondays...  So I won't be going crazy with the listings today.  Also you might have noticed that the newsletter is not out yet...Still working on it!  I got side-tracked with prepping for the parents.  Now that they are here, we have tons of projects lined up!  We are making a headboard, cornice boards, pillows, and hanging a bunch of stuff on the walls...yeah...we are pretty awesome like that.

I am also making lipstick pouches!  Right now I only sell them at craft shows, but after this next batch I plan on posting them online.  They are small quilted pouches that can be used to hold a variety of items.  I use mine to hold my ever-growing stash of chap sticks and lip-glosses.  But they can be used to hold anything...just wait...they will make an appearance on this blog.

But in the spirit of DIY house projects, here are pics of my new telephone chair!!  Some already know, but many do not...know what you may ask!  For years I have been obsessing over telephone chairs!  I love the vintage look to them and have been wanting one for so long!  Though mine might not be very old, I still love it and can't believe that I finally got one!

The chair was BRIGHT red and needed some repainting.

The fabric in the chair will soon become a pillow.  :-)
Hope you enjoyed my DIY!

Catheryn

Red, White and Weekend Plans!

Happy Wednesday Everyone!!

For some lucky people, this is their "Friday", for the rest of us, tomorrow will be a much needed mid-week break!  I know I will love it!  But my day will be spent cleaning, baking, and doing yard work.  Me and the hubby are doing all this for our very special guests this weekend...my parents!!  Yes, my parents are driving in from the great state of Oklahoma, to come to the current marsh lands of middle GA.  You won't believe the rain we have been getting.  (Which probably explains my lack of motivation for not getting the Newsletter out yet...)  Speaking of newsletter!  So glad you brought it up...The program I use is going through a major update into something completely different than what it used to be, that's part of the reason why it is taking me so long to finish.  But I promise to get it out very soon!  If you are not receiving my newsletter and would like to, just message me your email and I will promptly add you to the list!

I don't know about you, but I will proudly be wearing my red, white and blue tomorrow!  I will hopefully be out watching fireworks somewhere tomorrow, so I might not have time for another post.  So I will show you some pieces that will show off your patriotism is a stylish why.  You don't have to be dressed in the flag head to toe to show your love for our awesome country.

I love this red ring for it's bright pop of color.  Sure to be a statement with any outfit!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/155390001/red-flowers-ring?ref=shop_home_active
$6

Now I know I have done a lot of navy...but I just can't help myself!!  This would be a great subtle yet bold necklace to wear with your patriotic outfit.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/154386633/simple-navy-statement-necklace?ref=shop_home_active
$15

These earrings are so cute and perfect for Independence Day!  They are white and give a nod to the Navy.  

https://www.etsy.com/listing/154386633/simple-navy-statement-necklace?ref=shop_home_active

$5

Well I hope you enjoyed my selection and have a wonderful weekend!!

Be Safe!

Catheryn