Another Craft Show!

So I have been quite busy lately getting ideas and projects together for an upcoming craft show, the Apple Harvest Craft Show in Winchester, VA. I am excited and nervous!  So I thought I would just pop on here for a quick post to show you some things I have been working on. Not sure what I will definitely do or not, I am seriously running out of time though!!!  Feel free to leave me comments about what you think I should definitely sell!
Hope you enjoy!!
Craft on!
Jean

Its not all about paper!

So I also made a few other things for my craft show that are not made of paper. I made some flower pens. I love these! They are really simple, but fun! When I carried a bunch of these at work, people didn't even know they were pens!

Next I made some feather boa monsters/bunnies. A couple of students made these for our Go Pink! Week at MHS, and they inspired me to make some theme ones - Easter Bunnies and Apple Blossom Monsters! These are still on sale - for $8 and $7 so contact me if you are interested!

I also made pins/hairclips with the Fun Flowers Die and the Big Shot from Stampin' Up! I love that die! I use it for a ton of things. I make the flowers crumply by spraying with starch, then ironing them, then while they are hot and damp from the starch, I crumple the and rub them in my hands. I let them dry this way. Then I use fabric glue to glue each piece together and then hot glue the pins on. I like the look of the crumpled flowers better then just cutting them out and gluing them together. I sell these as well, only $2.00 each! I can customize them to your want/need.

Craft on!!!

Jean

Last of the paper Craft Show items..

So here is the last of the paper craft show items! So I saw something like these on www.kerryspapercrafts.com. I decided to jazz them up a bit. I love these because they are super easy to make and are easy to just slip in your purse! I am pretty sure I got my measurements from thesouthernstamper.blogspot.com. I love her stuff! 

This is the inside - see just big enough to hold a pen and the sticky notes. I love compact things. Hope you all enjoy - and feel free to message me if you want to purchase some!

Craft On!

Jean

More Craft Show Stuff

So I know its been awhile, and I promised more right away. I got a bad head cold and have been miserable all week. But, I am back! I am quite busy trying to get ready for this cupcake challenge. I am half wondering what in the world was I thinking!

Anywho,  here are some cute treat bags that I created. I have seen similar ones on several blogs - but can't find any of them at the moment. As soon as I find them I will post! I made these with the bottom of the Matchbox die and the Big Shot from Stampin' Up!. Then I cut paper to wrap around. My craft room is major disarray, but as soon as its not I will find my exact measurements! I kind of played with the paper to try and figure out how tall I wanted the bag to be. Each strap is 12" long - so be careful with how tall you are going with the bag if you use paper for the strap. I used ribbon for some and paper for others, the picture only shows a few, the only ones left after my craft show! You can see all of the ones I made in my craft show pictures. I used brads and the Decorative Label Punch to decorate the bags. Then I cut a strip of paper to go around the bottom - and used SU's! white gel pen to do the stitches.
I will post more in a bit!
Craft on!
Jean

And it continues...

So I am still going on with more Craft Fair Items! I made a lot and I don't want to cram the blog with them all at once! The next item I just love! I got the new Petal Cone Die from Stampin' Up! and love it! I sat down with it and wanted to do something where I could take a piece of DSP and just put it through once and have exactly what I need. For a normal petal cone you needed two, to paste together. Well, one crank through the Big Shot - a little Sticky Tape and whalla!! I love this because it took half a sheet of DSP - one crank through the Big Shot - and I had everything I needed! I did add a little tag - but it was totally not needed. I just used the flip side of the DSP to do the accent pieces. And I added a button, brad, or sticky gem. If I used brads, I didn't need tape to stick the flag on - but with the buttons and the gems, I used sticky tape to hold it on.  These are all I have left!

I also made some adorable pencil containers for Easter. The decoration on the front is an eraser! I got the template for making the box from the fabulous Southern Stamper (thesouthernstamper.blogspot.com). I love these and will be using what I have left/making more for my students as their Easter surprise - so shhhh! When the cardstock was cut out but not together yet  I used the same color ink pad and stamped it using Holiday Blitz Easter stamp and Teeny Tiny Wishes Easter Stamp. Except that one So Saffron box - I did use a bit of Melon Mambo on it!

More later/tomorrow!
Craft on!
Jean

More Craft Fair Items..

Here are 2 more Craft Fair items from this past weekend. These were really good sellers too - especially the small ones! Super easy too! Just cut the notebooks, I did about an inch in on the little ones, and about 2 1/2 on the large ones. I used scissors and my hobby knife. Then I trimmed paper and glued it on with Tombow Liquid Glue from Stampin' Up! Make sure you put your ribbon on first though! I made two where I forgot, lol. Hope you enjoy! I have a few more, so feel free to message me if interested!

As always, Craft On!

                           Jean

Craft Fair Item - Desktop Post Its!

So this is one of the favorites at the Shen. Co. Arts and Craft Show. I originally had the price at $5. It sold a few but sold much better when I dropped it to $4.  I still have a few left if anyone is interested! I will be posting on Etsy soon. As you can see there are two styles - one with larger post its, and one with smaller ones, but with flags as well. Those were made on the smaller 3by5 frames, while the larger ones were on 4 by 6 frames. I got the idea from thesouthernstamper.blogspot.com, and I think she got the idea from www.kerryspapercrafts.com. Both do a lot of fairs so I thought they would be great to CASE from! The idea for the smaller one was purely mine though, of course based upon the other.  The ones pictured above are what I have left!

Craft On!

Jean

My First Craft Fair!

So yesterday I attended my very first craft fair as a vendor! I worked all week on my stuff, as I procrastinated way too much. I also think that I underestimated how much work everything was going to take. Not to mention I have to make sure everything is just right! Here are a few pictures of my tables. In my next few posts I will show off my creations!  I still have some items left, so if anyone is interested in purchasing them, let me know! I will be posting them to my etsy shop as well, paperbatterandstitch.etsy.com. The larger St. Pattys flowers were made by Erin Barker, a fabulous demonstrator! You can find her blog at http://www.stampingwitherin.blogspot.com/
Craft on!
Jean