Mission Mill & Greens Show

I found my camera cable so here are the pictures I took of Mission Mill show and the Greens Show. Both shows did really well for me, and I look forward to doing them next year.

Here are some pictures of my booth at Mission Mill

Here are some pictures of some of the other vendors at Mission Mill

Here are some pictures of my booth at the Greens Show:

Here's a picture of my mom - Hi Mom!

Christmas at the Store

I'm sorry I haven't taken the time to update my blog in a while - its that time of year... I took some pictures of my space at the Girl's Back Porch yesterday. The open house is only one day long - it's a week from today as a matter of fact. When I'm done with this post I will correct it in my show listing. Monday I drop off for Blackberry Junction and Tuesday I work set up. I'm not going to get even close to all of the things I want to get made made, but what else is new. Now back to work with me.

Primitive Black Angels

  I just finished up these fun primitive angel ornaments. I love how prim they came out. I made them using a pattern from Sweetpea's Primitives.

Enter to win this great snowman from Bittersweet Prims

Bittersweet Prims is having a drawing for this great snowman - just  click here and go to her October 14th entry to enter to win. He is just too cute
Good Luck!

Snowmen

I just finished up these cute snowmen. The snowman with the tinsel is wearing an outfit made from a vintage blanket and the santa snowman is wearing an outfit made from shop rags - unused of course. These darling guys are made from a pattern by Sweet Meadows Farm.

2009 Crafts shows & events

It's that time of year again....
Here is a list of where to find me this holiday season
The Girl's Back Porch    8030 Wheatland Road Keizer Oregon
   Nov 14th (10am to 5pm)  is the Christmas open house, but I plan on having my Christmas items in the store right after Halloween and I will be restocking weekly.
Blackberry Junction    Fairmont Grange Hall 835 North Albany rd, Albany Oregon
    November 13th through November 21st  10am to 6pm everyday
Aunt Bee's Old Fashioned Christmas  Mission Mill Salem Oregon
     November 20th and 21st Friday 10 am to 7 pm and Saturday 10 am to 4 pm
Polk County Fairgrounds Craft Fair    at the Polk County Fairgrounds Rickreal Oregon
   November 27th to 28th 9am to 5pm
The Greens Show  Oregon State Fairgrounds
  December 4th 5th and 6th - not sure of the times yet

I hope to see many of you at these shows and I will try to up date everyone as time permits.

Snowman Frames

I just finished making these frames last night, and really like how they came out -my son even wants to make one for his teacher for Christmas. The words are cut from vinyl using my cricut - which is such a fun toy - I mean tool , and the faces are sewn by hand with velvet scraps for noses. I only had four of the larger frames, I wish I had more ,but I got 16 of the smaller ones made. Each snowman has a different face . I will have these at all of my shows and the Girl's Back Porch when I start bringing in Christmas.

First Santa of the Season

I've been working really hard making handmades for the up coming show season. I've been making my grubby spice candles, more cocoa and cider packets (they are just darling this year), candy canes. some collage blocks with copies of antique postcards and I've been fixing up some vintage pieces as well. This afternoon I just finished 6 of these Santas. He is made from a pattern from Bird in the hand Primitives ( I have here blog on my favorites list). I am really happy with how this jolly old soul came out. I'll be making more candle cozies next and I have some fun ideas for snowmen.

I also picked up a new show at Mission Mill here in Salem. I will posting with all of my shows and dates soon. Well I better get these old guys priced.

Blackberry Junction

Today and tomorrow  I will be setting up at Blackberry Junction. This is such a fun show - it is so good I recommend going to it twice. The show begins this Friday and runs to Saturday September 26 th. I will be restocking several times during the show. Directions can be found at The Blackberry Junction blog.

More Crows

I finished up a couple of more crow projects yesterday and this morning. I still have a couple of more ideas that I will finish up later this week. I made a couple of crows on old ladles with waxed dipped pumpkins - really like how these came out. I also made some larger crows on vintage bobbins and hog scrappers - I really like how these came out too. I hope that they don't all sell so I can have one too. The crows on the ladles will be at Blackberry Junction and the crows on bobbins and hog scrappers will be at both The Girl's Back Porch and Blackberry Junction.

Crows on Knobs

I'm still working hard for Blackberry Junction. I making all kinds of crows. I'm finishing up these crows on vintage door knobs - I made some of these last year and they sold really well for me. I also made some on old bobbins. The star in the background are one of the ones I covered in paper. I made oodles this year for the Girl's Back Porch and Blackberry Junction. Gotta get back to work.

Purcee the Pumpkin Man and fall garlands

I've been having fun with my cricut. I several vintage style garlands for Halloween and Harvest. They are at the Girl's Back Porch.

I also just finished these fun pumpkin guys from a pattern by Chestnut Junction.

These primitive fellas will be at the Girl's Back Porch and at Blackberry Junction.

Fall at the Porch

I've been busy making fall goodies for the Girl's Back Porch and for Blackberry Junction. I hope I have enough things made. I will be dropping off new goodies every week at the Girl's Back Porch and several times during Blackberries. Blackberry Junction is in Albany and begins September 18 to September 26. I have a link to their blog on my blog list.

Most of the vendors at The Girl's Back Porch have brought in their fall goodies with more to come this weekend. I took some pictures of my space and through out the store.

If the pictures are too small - you can click on them to make them larger.

Jacks on old bobbins

I've had a nice productive last couple of days. I framed some more vintage flash cards for Blackberry Junction, got some fall stitcheries framed and finished up these fun looking pumpkin Jacks on old bobbins. Each face is hand stitched and I made sure that the buttons that are their eyes don't match as well. I like how each one ended up with it's own personality. I had all of the orange ones cut out and then decided to make some ghost pumpkin one's as well. I got 18 of these fun guys made - some of the orange Jacks will be available at the Girl's Back Porch, and the rest will go to Blackberry Junction. All of the white one's will be at Blackberry Junction. I'm selling these fun pumpkin guys for $9.95 each.

Scarecrows

I just finished up these great scarecrow shelf sitters. I will have them for sale at the Girl's Back Porch in a couple of weeks and Blackberry Junction in Albany in September. It feels so good to be craftin' for fall. The pattern is from Chestnut Junction - just love her designs.

Cool Fall/ Halloween stamps

I was at Joann's today and came across these clear stamps - only $1.00 a package. I just love the designs! They will be great in my fall crafting and you can't beat the price.

Nadia

In December my son and I went to the Saturday market Holiday Market here in Salem to pick out a kitty. I let Aidan choose and he picked out a great cat and named her Nadia ( which is Aidan backwards). Of course the name fits her to a "T" because she is soooooo naughty too. We did our best to keep her an indoor cat, but she was just too passionate about going outside. When she learned to open the locked front door we gave up.

When we came home the other day my hubby snapped this picture of her - sometimes she is just too curious for her own good. When she came running to see us she even had more spider web on her face then in the photo - silly kitty!

Country Sampler

Whew - it's been a crazy last couple of days. I've been busy trying to get things ready for the fall and getting my house ready for the Country Sampler shoot. It's so strange to think my humble home is going to be in a magazine. It was so much fun watching Donna and Philip shoot the house and interesting too. The house was a little dark, however. After days and days of warm weather and sunshine it was so cloudy on the day of the shoot. But they have great lighting so it worked out all right in the end. When I saw the pictures of my home on the computer - I thought wow that looks like a home in Country Sampler magazine! It was like seeing my house through someone else's eyes.

Donna brought tons of lovely flowers and dill too. Now the smell of my house reminds me of my grandmother. She always had flowers from her garden in the summer and she used dill. When I close my eyes I reminded of her.

I really enjoyed sharing my goodies with Donna (even though I'm an only child) and moving things around. When mom and I went to the Farm Chicks show - I purchased an old pie safe and repainted it and Philip and photographed that as well. It always feels good when other people like what I like too.

I'm not sure when the issue with my home in it will publish - most likely in the spring/ early summer of 2010 - as soon as I know I'll let everyone else know.

Candle Wraps

I'm slowly, but surely getting ready for fall. One of the things I have been working on are candle wraps. I just love 'em. I made some up at the beginning of summer that are nice and prim for year round and they have been selling really well at the Girl's Back Porch. Now I'm working on fall, Halloween, Christmas and of course any time designs. The one wrapped around the candle is from a stitchery design from Twigs. They fit so well in my Longaberger vegetable basket. I got two last year at Goodwill for $2.99 each. I will be selling these at all of my shows and at the Girl's Back Porch. They retail for $11.95.

Neat Vintage Flashcards

As part of my craft room clean up I was going through my vintage flash cards and found these. I've had them for years and never noticed how unusual they are. The letter "T" is almost always for table and "I" is igloo. Anyway I had some frames that they fit into nicely and I thought they would be darling in someone's Thanksgiving display. I'm going to sell them at the September Blackberry Junction for $6.50 ea. I also am going to frame some more flash cards that fit nicely into the fall theme.