my first treasury!

Ooooooh so exciting!! Lessthanthreedesigns included me in her sewing themed front-page treasury...which I never would have known about if Jess hadn't texted me in the middle of the night with the news! I was so groggy that I didn't get up & go look at it right then, but I woke up with a vague recollection of it, & thought I had dreamt it until I looked at my phone. And then, of course, I rushed to the computer to see for myself. There my little thimble necklace was, in all of its cuteness. It's up to 416 views now, a record for me!

Good thing I caught it then, cause there's a new treasury on the front page now. But I'm just super-excited to have been included, grateful for the extra exposure it gave my shop, & super-super-thankful that my bud Jess saw it for me!! Thanks, Jess! xo.

What a great way to start the day....

mannequins!!

These pretty little ladies are in the mail, headed for my doorstop right now! Aren't they great?! I'm really excited about them; I think they'll add some pizazz to my craft show display set-up.
Their only flaw is they don't have ears, which makes it hard to display earrings...so I'm going to try to pierce their ear-areas myself...let's hope I don't mar them permanently!

Ooooh, & today at the thrift store I picked up a great rack for displaying my notecards & such, so that's pretty exciting too! It's out in my car right now, or you'd have a great picture to look at, but you'll just have to wait for that. :)

But here's a pic of the 99-cent mannequin head I picked up at a Salvation Army with Jess last weekend:



(So she's a tad plainer than the other 2...you get what you pay for, I guess. But she's a hard worker & I'm sure she'll earn her keep...wearin handmade hats!)

p.s.

Did I mention I finally did some work on my website??
Nothin' fancy, but at least it's looking prettier! And I did it myself!
Check it out: cripplecreekhandmade.com

a day late & a dollar short.

I had every intention of posting this to Littleput Books' Studio Shot Tuesdays Flickr group, but time got away from me, & it was Wednesday before I knew it. Since this doesn't really show my studio anyway, I figured I'd just post it here & talk about what I've been up to. Studio pics next week, I promise!! (Oooh, maybe I'll actually paint my studio this weekend so it'll be all pretty by Tuesday....)

Anywho, what you see in that picture up there is just a sampling of the 100 postcard/coupons I made & shipped off this week. They'll go in swag bags to be given to the 1st 100 comers at Stitch Rock (Oct. 6 in DelRay Beach)! I've been crafting like crazy to get ready for it...it's gonna be my biggest craft show yet & I'm super excited. So my little postcards feature some vintage stationery that I scanned & printed. You can mail it as a postcard but if you bring it to my booth at the event, it's a 20% off coupon too! I also stuck in some of my new stickers for the goody bags.