Happy Halloween

 

Here's wishing you all a Happy Halloween!

Mixed media DOLL

I have LOTS of hobbies. Afterall, its healthy right? To stay busy doing things you love? right? yeah that sounds good. At least that's what I tell my sweet hubbster everytime I bring something new home. So I like to visit lots of thrift stores & flea markets and buy little bits of "stuff" things  I know I will use someday. Well here - today I have something I used all those bits on and what transpired is the most amazing, completely magical not spooky at all, and quite the treasure {or so I think}

 

I had a few doll heads just itching to placed onto something and then I found this amazing oil can and oil spout and well they were made for each other. {right?}

then I added some extra bits like the wheels to the sides of the can to act as arms if you will

 

the pocket in the front is a metal piece I added and the knob on the front is another separate piece and that 50 is a nail head that pierces through the knob...and for stability I added a vintage camera wheel. I absolutely loved the way this came out and I gotta tell you that this was a TRUE LABOR of LOVE. Meaning I started this last year and just finished it up this year before last weekends show. So

yeah mixed media or not - it's still a bit tough to "PUT IT TOGETHER"

 

I am pleased to report that this little tin girl SOLD at my show, to a wonderful lady (friend) that I see yearly and she buys  collects my sweet creations.

 

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend...

 

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

 

made with love Monday

creative corner hop

market yourself Monday

craft-o-maniac

masterpiece Monday

make  it pretty Monday

 

 

have a crafty week

xo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRICK OR TREAT

I just LOVE Halloween - not to mention the season it falls in. LOVE....in prepping for the show that I am a part of this weekend I have been making & creating cool Halloween goodies. Here is one of them. While you may think WTH is this for - maybe there is someone you need to give a Halloween pick - me - up or perhaps a bag of candy to that someone special.

Hey maybe you have a Halloween Birthday - anyway its a cute gift bag and all it uses is some scraps.

sweet and incredibly useful and small enough to make it easy to fill yet big enough to hold

just enough candy.

 

Just take some fun scraps (literally pieces of left over scrapbooking paper)

cut them up into fun shapes and lay them out in a nice little layout.

add some cut-outs (these are by K & CO) they are glittery too. and a fun stiff bow and

filler up!

I would be tickled pink if I got this fun SWEET HALLOWEEN gift bag filled with some wicked LOOT!

How about you?

I am linking up this fun Halloween project to the following parties:

GOING GREY - HALLOWEEN

BELLI CHALLENGE - HALLOWEEN

CRAFTY CREATIONS - HALLOWEEN SPOOKS

FRESH  BREWED DESIGNS - SWEET HALLOWEEN

THE SISTERHOOD OF CRAFTERS - HALLOWEEN

INSPIRE ME FRIDAYS

happy haunting

xo

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

March of the snowman

Got my little guys ready for the show next week...love the way they look all in a bunch like this.....so shabby vintage!

The weather here in so cal is finally feeling like fall - it's about time!

Here's wishing you all a festive weekend - we'll be celebrating my baby girls 10th birthday
Xo