Changing things up

I have self diagnosed myself for years and have always claimed to have ADHD when it comes to crafting. Take for instance,

I rarely make 2 of anything. I make things that are similar but unless it is an ornament, or some magnets - I usually only make one. Why you may ask?

Because I get bored - I mean why would I take the time or energy to make 2 of something. Sometimes when it comes to making albums I simply don't have enough stuff from the same line to make more then one album.

But I bet that bit is slightly exaggerated too since my stash of used paper kits is growing by the minute.

See I am rambling again...Back to the original idea behind this post...

This photo down below is of my most recent craft show booth set-up

This is how I set my space up or somewhat similar to this. Let me be clear I usually do large shows - once or twice a year and I add some stuff and take some others out...But I have never really felt that my space flowed well.

Most vendors have 1 table and a backdrop

I guess I always feel that I have to display it all and make space and use props to make sure I can display it all.

Which equals a busy and jumbled space -

I am participating in a new to me show this weekend and well I have to pack up my own car at the end since my husband will be at a dodger game with the kids. SO I have to be able to carry things and lift them - that's usually my husbands job (frown) So that big wooden thing in the back with the wings is staying home. I am only taking one 8 foot table

Leaving my mannequin LOLA at home and some other props...

I am anxious to see what my new space will look like and I can only hope that it is functional.

I will photograph it this weekend and share the photos next week.

Here's wishing you a creative outlook on something old

xo

p.s wish me luck.

Curb side Change up

Sometimes I find something on the side of the road that I pick up that I think I can do "something" with. Take this curb side find I recently found which the owner told me was a "winerack display" in grocery stores. Cool right?

 

I started painting before I took a good "BEFORE" pic but here is what it looked like it was a plain wood piece with the shutters and not real clear but there are metal sides which could hold a shelf or something like that.

 

I had my husband add those picket fence post to the front to cover the base so that it could work as my bagging & money station. Gotta tell you that I love the way it turned out. Here it is in my both a 2 weeks ago.

 

Here is an up close photo

I also had my husband add some chicken wire to the shutters so that they could work as a place to hand things from.

 

Here is my booth set up at the @Gypsysroadshow this past weekend.

Aren't those wings pretty awesome - I think I may need to make more and sell them...I had a lot of people asking about them. But they are meant as BOOTH DECORATION!

 

I think I finally have found my true BOOTH set up.

 

I will be linking this up to the parties above:

 

Happy Crafting...

The Show

was a total success. Thanks to all my lovely customers friends who stopped by and visited for a bit, shopped and those of you who hung out and talked with me. I really enjoyed seeing you all and appreciate your support.

 I have a problem with taking photos of my booth before sales start and especially one with me in it. So I have shots of my booth during a quite time with a lot of things already sold - hence the  emptiness of it all.

 

the bottom rack of pillows (with words on them) was filled with burlap pillows - simply made but quickly desired...weird and I only made a few. Hate when that happens.

 

Here are the table tops and whats left of my products.

 

 

 

Here is that cool booth set up I made with not much left on it for display.

 

Here is the left over scrapbooks I had - I was so considering not doing them this year but I'm glad I did because people loved them and bought them.

It warms my heart to know  that people are still scrapbooking.

 

I wanted to share another cool project I made for Halloween scrapbooking...

 

I found a super cool white metal easel and made some scrapbook pages to fit and hang from the easel so you could easily share your Halloween past photos or add this years to it.

 

If you used some repositionable tape you could totally use this year after year

and add new photos to it...

 

I love the colors of this and the details - and so as not to overload this post I only shared 3 layouts but this comes with 10 total.

I have it listed in my ebay shop if you are interested in it.

 

Well here's wishing you a wonderful Halloween night and a crafty week.

 

I will be linking up my scrapbooking easel to the parties in my linky up top.

 

 

Handmade table cloths

I have something to share with you today.  An idea I am sure you have heard of or seen before but something that came out of sheer necessity - Isn't that the mother of all inventions? I mean isn't it when you are the most desperate that you come up with the most amazing ideas.

 

 

 

Here is how my idea came about.

I do craft boutiques and was borrowing a friend of mines burlap table cloths for about the last year and 1/2 or so - when she asked for them back last Christmas I figured I need something just as cool - while burlap is inexpensive it doesn't come in the right width or length...so I looked around and didn't really like any of the other fabrics out there. then I remembered that I had heard people were using drop cloths for pillows and curtains...so I went to Home Depot to look for a drop cloth and they come in several sizes I bought 9 ft. by 12 ft which if cut in half you can cover (2) 6 foot tables with plenty of over hang on all 4 sides. I bought an extra 6ft by 9ft to make ruffles with

 

 

I gotta tell you that I thought drop cloths were a cream color almost like a canvas but this one was kind of grey-ish and really thick - kind of vintage & French in look. LOVE IT!

 

 

 

I know its hard to see the true color and texture here but its quite nice.

 

Here is the table cloth with ruffles in its true colors

 

Here is an up close look at the ruffles.

Can I just say that I think I should have thunk it through a bit better...

doesn't lay as nicely as I had hoped.

 

I love this material and I am just thinking up the projects I can do with this - maybe some shabby French pillows oh the ideas are endless and this was way cheap....

 

 

I am linking this up to the following parties this week:

 

MARKET YOURSELF MONDAY

CRAFT-O-MANIAC

FROM DREAM TO REALITY

MAKE IT PRETTY MONDAY

CRAFT-TASTIC MONDAY

sew cute Tuesday

handmade Tuesdays

one project at a time

show me what you got

too cute Tuesday

 

happy crafting

xo

tina 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

not an INFO-MERCIAL

I know you have had to heard of  SQUARE by now. Well if you do craft shows and sell your wares then it's super easy now to accept CREDIT CARDS at a sweet LOW price....and best of all NO bulky machine---just hook it up to your IPHONE and wham - sale=money in your bank account. No, this is NOT a paid write up but I need to share this awesome gadget...SQUARE and its free to join and free to get your own little square swiper

anyway why am I sharing this??? When you your reader they send you a small sticker that shows your clients what kind of credit cards you take. But it was was to small for me so I thought I would try something like this...

cool I know but not a realistic goal - since my show is the 27th of October.

Then I thought of doing it in felt but again too much time involved and I am not precise enough to cut out each letter perfectly. So then I had a LIGHT BULB moment

why not stick to the medium I am most comfortable with and work best using:

PAPER

and here is my take on the above credit card display...

{winking & dancing}

I am so happy with the way this came out. Like I have been showing it off to everyone that comes over, happy, like I can't wait to display it at my show HAPPY!

All I used is paper, and stickers and a couple of punches...

Not to shabby right? and how incredibly useful. Nice and large so all my customers are able to see it.

I am linking this up to the following parties:

market yourself mondays

craft-o-maniac

made by you monday

made with love mondays

freestyle fridays

heres wishing you a crafty week

xo