I had SO much fun at the Handmade Brigade yesterday! Thank you to everyone who came out to see me! Nina hand picked some really fantastic vendors, and here are a very few of them ( I think I skipped some photo ops on accident).
Here are some lovely bits from By Belinda- very charming and very sweet and subtle. I love her lace appliques!
I somehow didn’t actually take a photo of Delightful Trinkets ( I think someone was standing in the way) but please go check her out- I basically want one of everything Ivy makes. And Oh her booth- SO cute. You know how I love cake stands. It was like a sea of candy colors and cake stands in the lightest, brightest colors. Mmm.
Look at them! Like candy. Like little sugary wafers! Little Chirpy Bird’s shop is just as cute as her booth!
Sweet Petina, how much I love Krank Press! Especially the Tokyo Taxi Cabs and the patterned books and the backyard fauna- Ooohhhh I want them ALL!
As for photos of my own booth- they’ll have to wait because lovely Eric has them on his camera. He tends to hold them hostage. BUT I do have something else to show you!
Soon to be in my etsy shop! And here’s a little something that already is in my etsy shop:
Polly Danger in person-num num num! I’ve got a whole slew of new bags and goodies that I’ll be unveiling at this little jewel of a craft show in Laguan Niguel, California this Saturday! If you’re driving distance from the show definitely come visit because there will be some LOVELY vendors there! Num Num Num! Click here for more information and directions to the Handmade Brigade.
AND- don’t forget that this Wednesday is the deadline for the Bias Tape Raffle! To enter send photos of your crafty projects featuring Polly Danger bias tapes (or buttons) to Polly@PollyDanger.com I’ll be announcing the winner next Friday, right here on my crafty blog. The winner will receive their choice of 5 Polly Danger bias tapes!
Just in case you need a Monday morning pick-me-up, take 5 minutes and hear her Capucine’s story about about les hipopotames- one of my very favorite things EVER!
Well, the sun finally came out and I finally took photos of some goodies that I’ve been stockpiling. And now, after much struggle and strife (my graphic designer is a busy man!) Eric finally made me a lovely, lovely banner and I’ve listed a bunch of stuff in my new shop! Bias tape and buttons abound- and I’ll be adding TONS more stuff. I’m in the process of making 7 new bias tapes from lovely, lovely vintage fabrics. So go on over to the new shop and take a gander!
I’m not exactly a candle person, but holy moly are these adorable or what!!!! Can you believe it’s not real? It’s a yummy key lime scented candle. I want to eat it!
It sounded like a dream. A machine that would do all the ironing for me, releasing my poor right wrist from the suffering of ironing hundreds of yards of fabric by hand. How awesome would that be?! Like magic! As soon as the $30 off special went into effect at Joann’s I was there. I scurried to make my purchase before any quilt-making so and so’s could get there before me. I scurried home and read the directions front to back and back to front and lovingly went through the steps that I was prepared to take for granted as a daily ritual. sigh. If only. Now, if you know me then you might know that I have very little faith in technology. Sadly this is a perfect example of why. A fantastic idea. A promise, really. And then a horrible failure at execution.
Look at it. It promises to do so much work! What a time saver! I can’t tell you how fast this little puppy is (it does about 4 yards of tape in 60 seconds)! But that’s exactly the problem. It’s a little too fast for the heat to do its magic on the fabric. So what I ended up with (after following the directions to a T) was this:
Not quite the crisp fold promised by the photos on the box. The time-savingness of it is also distorted by the fact that you have to roll the bias tape onto a spindle by hand. Sigh. It would be fantastic if you could control the speed of the motor at least. Maybe the next model will be a little better.
Needless to say, I’m returning it.
I hate to share any not-positive stuff on my blog, but I really couldn’t hold back my disappointment on this one. My compromise is to follow it up with a LOVELY thing that happened along with the yucky. Big sale at Joann’s this weekend. I found this fantastic decorator-weight fabric to use for a tent cover ( I can’t stand the icky colors they come in) and it had no tag. I knew it was on sale, but I didn’t know if it was $3, $6, $9, or $12. I figured six or nine maybe if I was lucky. NOPE. I got it for $1.50 a yard!!!!!!!! Mind blowing! I slapped the counter so hard that the fabric cutter jumped! I just love a deal. Who doesn’t? Check out my score- and keep your eyes open for it at craft shows because it’s about to be my new tent!
Another Sunday, another Rose Bowl Flea Market. I think one of the nicest things about not working at the craft center any more is that I always have Sundays off, which means I never have to miss a flea market if I don’t want to. Yesterday I had a lovely day out with my sister. She bought some (exxxxpensive) scrumptialicious pajamas and I bought . . . fabric!!!!! Here’s a little peek at what will soon be buttons and bias tape and maybe welting or piping!
Sadly no cutting today, I had to take a couple of the muttleys to the vet and now I’ve got to catch up on all those errands I didn’t do yesterday!
