rocking the stitch

In my humble opinion, the first-ever Stitch Rock was a great success, not to mention lots of fun. The lovely miss Amanda & crew outdid themselves! So many creative & talented vendors...such a cool venue...I really enjoyed myself. I'm already looking forward to next year!


My mannequins did great in their big debut! (That's my wonderful hubby...on the phone...could've asked him to get out of the shot, I guess.)




My sis-in-law made me this rad owl softie for my bday...it makes the cutest card holder!


My super-sweet notecard/book rack that I got for $2! (I think next time I won't put it on the table, though, cause folks couldn't see the cards in the top rack....)


Cowboy pillowcase dress being modeled in the fashion show (fantastically coordinated by talented fashion designer Adrianne Ruffin).

Good times, good times. I'm super-grateful to my hubby for all his help & support not only during the day of the show, but the crazy week leading up to it. You're the best, Ben!

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.

new design!

Hot off the crafting presses! I've just created a new button necklace design.... (Please excuse the poor photo quality; this was taken with my cell phone this morning on my way to work. :) ) I'm super excited about this new style...I love the simplicity & elegance of the buttons with the silver chain. Especially with the vintage mother-of-pearl buttons.

I'll be doing lots of crafting in the car on my way to Georgia this weekend, so check in for more goodies next week...& better pictures!

vintage spools!!

spool jewelry is the new black.

thanks to a very productive day of yard-sale-scavenging, i've got a couple of these cuties listed in my etsy shop right now, & more will be up soon!

i just love the look of these vintage wooden spools...i never fail to get numerous compliments on my necklace whenever i wear it. many of the spools still have the manufacturer's labels on them! others bear an imprint rather than a paper label....

a spool necklace just seems like the perfect piece of jewelry for a crafter, no? or maybe a pair of earrings, for the bold.