Finished!

After all my talk about home sewn logo quilts and Farmer's Market applications, I finally set up my pretend craft show booth today. Hooray! What a load off my mind that was. I still need to actually make my table covers, and do some tweaking, but I'm happy with the results so far. And I must admit, I think my logo quilt turned out pretty nice. I definitely want to write up a tutorial on how I made it, but first things first. Tomorrow I walk my application into the Farmer's Market office for the jury selection on Thursday. I should know by the end of the week if I got in. I think selling my things in person will be a lot better than online.
And that's not all. I also received my package from Tamy yesterday for the Bucket of Sunshine Swap. This girl is on it. I haven't even finished my container yet and she's already mailed hers. I'm embarrassed. (Tamy, if you're reading this, I hope to mail your package tomorrow). I've tried to be good about not ripping into my pretty little package, but the temptation is getting the better of me. I think I will have it all unwrapped by tomorrow. Looks like there are some great goodies in there. :) Fun stuff.


Oh yeah, and check out Jenn's blog on Monday. A little bird told me she's having a contest of some sort. hmmmm

The Marin County Fair

This weekend we walked over to check out the Marin County Fair. I must say, I'm not a fan of "the fair" in general, but we couldn't not go with it so close by. It wasn't bad, but still not my cup of tea. I do enjoy the animals though. There were some lovely Jersey cows with big brown eyes, and these sweet piggies too. The artwork display was pretty big and mostly kids' stuff. I liked that. It's nice to see so many kids' things on display for a change.
Anyway, we sat by the lagoon and watched the fireworks & the hills were gorgeous as the sun went down. It was a nice evening out for sure. And while we're on the subject of farm animals, I thought I'd show you my second attempt at a Gadget Sheep. I think this one turned out really cute. I'm going to make up a pattern for him and perhaps sell it in the local knitting shop and probably in my Etsy store.
I've been super busy trying to get my booth together to apply for the Farmer's Market so I haven't been adding much to my shops. I hope to finish my logo quilt today and soon be able to post a tutorial so you can make one too. I spent ALL day yesterday just quilting the background, eugh. Maybe I should have just purchased a banner, hahaha.Tomorrow I get to start knitting my alpaca hooded scarf. Wish me luck! It's going to be a challenge.

Giveaways

Usually when I send out an order from one of my sites, I attach a pin-back button to my business card. If it's a monkey, I send a monkey. For everything else, I have some with images of fabrics. I'm running low on the monkey buttons so I just placed a new order for some of these from Kitty Crossbones on Etsy.

I kind of like packaging up my things to send out to buyers, though sometimes I think I spend a little too much time. It's nice to receive a little package all wrapped in tissue & ribbon, especially when there's a surprise inside. I've had two sellers send me little pin-back buttons, and I love it. Anyone else send little surprises with their packages? I'm always up for new ideas. Or tell me about some good ones you've received.

Success

I had my final beginning knitting class at Atelier Marin this Saturday. This hat is the only thing I've ever made that isn't a long strip of stitches. I love how the top turned out, with the color in a ring. I've really been loving the knitting class and I've signed up for another round. Next I'll be making a hooded scarf from this gorgeous and super soft alpaca. I chose a pretty hard pattern, hope I can do it.
My other success story for the day is my first successful trip to the thrift store in a long time. I found some really great old pillow cases in the linen section, all were 50% off too. YAY!!! This is just a sample of my good fortune.

In other good news, I sold two monkey items to a repeat customer, have 2 custom orders to work on and found this fabric shop, thanks to my swap partner Tamy. Have a great week.