Personal Post Monday..... Kind of :)

Well - I guess this has a bit to do with stamping :)  Last weekend my daughter Heidi, our friend Christel and myself did the Simi Valley Snowfest Craft fair.  It is a wonderful family event with 80+ vendors and mountains of snow for the kids to play on - which was good because temperatures were in the mid-80's.

We had a great booth though with cards, papercrafts, homemade natural candles, body scrubs and bath bombs and more.

 Heidi set up our booth and it really looked great -

And we did pretty well - most every other vendor we spoke to sold little or nothing - but we did fine.  I think the heat was causing people to not buy - but our little nook was shady and cooler :)

 We also got several contacts for future workshops and stamp camps -

 And sold a bunch of cards and other items -

So like I said - a GOOD day!!  Those of you who live local - we'll be having a stamping open house and craft fair at my home on December 14 - so watch for details!! ~Maureen

Crafty Candles

I found a bunch of these cute little fall candles with copper like tops on sale at a local grocery store - how weird is that - and they smelled amazing!!  So I decorated them with some pretty fall colored ribbon and Stampin' Ups! Copper buttons and the leaves from "Gently Falling".  Here is a sampling.

They turned out so lovely.  Here is a close up of one of them below.  First I wrapped coordinating DSP around the candle, then wrapped the ribbon - but the bow together and tied the ends of the ribbon through the button to hold it all together.  You can see I added a couple little twigs with hot glue to each to give them that natural look.  I checked the store this week, and the candles were gone - but I have two left and unless I sell them they will definitely be gracing my home soon. 

Thanks for stopping by - see you soon - Maureen

Holiday Treats!

Today I want to share some of the treat tubes I made recently for a craft fair.  With Halloween this week - I'll be giving out those I did not sell to grandkids and student workers!! I think they are so fun and adorable. Here's a sampling of a few of them  - -

Ghost Poop (mini white gumballs)

Pumpkin Poop (candy corn)

Rudolph Noses (mini red gumballs)

These were so much fun to make and will be even more fun to give!!  See you soon!!! ~Maureen

I really love the look of clothespins covered in DSP.  Here are several packages I've made recently for gifts.  I did them in three different color groups - the browns and brights in the first picture and pink pastels in the second.  Then added some adorable little embellishments.  These are just clips - I use them to clip my chips, coffee, even loose note papers on my desk.  How cute they look.  But you can also add magnets on the back and use them for holding notes on your fridge.  Hope you like them too!!

 

See you soon.  ~Maureen

Ribbon Book Markers

Today I wanted to share these precious little bookmarks I made using retired SU ribbon, gems and paperclips.  I love the colors - and how they look layered.  Cute little gift to give with a book or as a stocking stuffer.

 Here's a group of them.  Thanks for stopping by!

Stop back tomorrow ~Maureen