Craft Fair Fiasco leads to Crafter Rut

I just love this title.  It almost makes the weeks I spent crafting, money spent on supplies, and time sitting at the craft fair worth it. 

I signed up to participate in a craft fair in early November, it was a first year for this particular craft fair.  I probably should have checked out the venue because had I seen it upfront I would have saved myself a lot of work and time.  There was a much larger craft fair the same day but it cost more to participate and I wasn’t confident that I would recoup my investment.

Let me tell you upfront I didn’t sell a single item.  The few people who showed up had no interest in my stuff. This put me in a big funk.

Here’s my crafts and pictures of us making them for your enjoyment.  This was the start of my 30 day crafting rut.  I think it might have passed.  I had the urge to go to Michaels today.

My yarn wreaths. 

I made 2 of each of these rag wreaths.

Scented Pinecone Ornaments (some just have spray glue and glitter and others are painted with glitter)

I might pull all the glued on ribbon off the white ones and make a wreath. 

My husband was so nice for helping me out.

My 3rd degree burn ribbon station.

I still have all this stuff.  I put the wreaths all around my house but I want to give the pinecones to someone who needs decorations.  If you know someone in the Triad who needs decorations please email me or comment me your email address.

I made some other things but they are just too cute and I’m saving them for a future post. 

Janet

A hidden memo board from Thrifty Decor Chick

 

I have been totally burned out from crafting and projects, but I just saw this adorable post on Thrifty Decor Chick. I feel like breaking out the glue gun and hitting the hardware store.  This is so darn cute!

Last Christmas, I was in the middle of painting our cabinets and we had just installed raw wood floors so to say it was hectic would be an understatement.  Add to that the fact that I was doing end of the year accounting audits at work the past two Christmas’.  My husband was in Canada last year setting up the Olympics and only got back at Thanksgiving.  This year we are enjoying our trees and making lots of cookies and cleaning, cleaning, and cleaning.  My house is not perfect but at least there are no sawdust piles in my living room, paint cans all over, and paint brushes lining every sink. 

I have still been going room to room organizing and revamping our systems to reduce clutter. Today I am working on an pantry inventory. I need to start meal planning differently. I started couponing and I have many new and exciting foods in my pantry. My usual 10 lazy girl meals (Hot Dogs, Spaghetti, Hamburgers, Tacos, Salmon, Pulled Pork, Chicken & Dumplings, Pork Ribs, & Shrimp w/ Pasta) are getting boring.

My son has Asperger's and can be very picky and unwilling to try new foods. I have this awesome cookbook, Better Homes and Gardens New Dieter's Cookbook, that has great photos. Well I gave this book to my son and a bunch of those sticky page flags and told him to flag the recipes he would be willing to try.

He flagged a bunch.  I am excited because he is never willing to try new foods.  I’ll let you know how it works out, but so far it seems like a genius idea.

Janet