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!

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.

where the magic happens.

due to recent fortunate circumstances (& the generosity of his parents), my hubby & i have moved from our darling little 32-foot 1986 travel trailer in a not-so-darling trailer park to a much-bigger-than-we-need house! although we still cherish the coziness of our little trailer, it is sooooo nice to finally have plenty of space in which to craft & create, especially after 2 years of living in trailers. i have a workshop! or studio. whatever you wanna call it.

you just don't make stuff as much when it is a complete hassle to uncover your supplies from their multiple stashed locations in cabinets & under couches & beds, & even when you get it all out in the open you have about 2 square feet of working space.... i'm not saying i can't create unless all circumstances are ideal...just that i find laying all my supplies for a project out on my new big table & leaving them there for a few days while i tweak a design or mull over a project is more conducive to ingenuity & inspiration. for me, at least.

anyway, last night i spent a couple hours organizing buttons (nerd!) & finally unpacking all my piles of vintage fabrics & paper scraps & yarn & spools of wire & findings & packing materials & laptop & printer & sewing machine & much much more that i could not believe was all actually somehow contained in our trailer. (my sweet hubby, he never complained about the skeins of yarn that were constantly rolling off their stack under the table & ending up underfoot, or the fact that no more than 2 people could ever sit at our kitchen table cause half the benches were taken up by bins of buttons & findings & my sewing machine was hidden underneath the table....) i also worked on some new earrings (they'll be available on etsy tomorrow!), messed around with some new ideas, & then--get this--i left off in the middle of it & didn't pack anything away!! reckless, i know. but it didn't get in the way of breakfast, because i have a workshop now!

yeah. so i'm just really excited about that, & all the fabulous new creations that are going to come out of my new workshop & the freedom that comes with it. maybe i'll post some pictures tomorrow. who knows. maybe i'll just make a mess. a mess full of potential.

alright, enough gushing. i'm off to list some new items on etsy!
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