Main Street Festival: Almost Here!

The Main Street Festival is almost here! Handmade goods, festival food, carnival rides, live music, and more! My booth is located across from Baskin Robbins on Main Street, just off the square. So stop by, say hello, and see what I've been up to! I'm selling chalkboards, jewelry, art prints, stationery, and more.

Here are a few pics of some new necklaces...all made with new and old pieces.

Giveaway!

I have been a busy little bee lately. Making jewelry night and day. Designing some new prints. Making chalkboards. Getting ready for Main Street Festival.

I started a new facebook page to encompass all my designs and products. On May 5th, I'm drawing 10 facebook fans and giving away a necklace to each. Go like my new facebook page here.

I'll be adding my new necklaces to my etsy shop in the coming weeks. There are tons to choose from, so become a fan!

Fabric Knot Necklaces

At my crafting passion house church last night, we attempted to make fabric knot necklaces. Monica had this lovely idea and showed me where she found a tutorial. I say attempted because my sewing machine decided to be uncooperative and quit working on us. So next week, we'll be tackling these. But here are the ones I made...

To make your own, go here to Amy Butler's site and scroll down to the Fabric Necklace. Download the pdf and follow the instructions. I adjusted the directions a little - I used 90 inches of fabric (pieced together is fine) that was about 3 inches wide and I just sewed a tube and flipped it inside out and started adding beads and knots. I didn't mess with all the bias tape instructions...and mine turned out great. So skip that stuff if you don't understand. It'll be just fine.

Any questions? Leave me a comment.

The Idea...

While I was driving around (my best thinking time) this came to me. I present to you the Vintage Ephemera print and Vintage Ephemera stationery...available in all 26 letters and a few additional symbols.

The print is available in 3 sizes: 4x6, 5x7, and 8x10.

And two lines of text can be included beneath.

The stationery is sold in a set of 10 flat cards (5x7) and envelopes.

It is printed on both sides on fine art paper.

Can't Stop Thinking About It

Do you ever have an idea that you just can't stop thinking about?

I'm there.

I went to sleep thinking about it. I woke up thinking about it. I ate breakfast while daydreaming about it.

And I haven't had any time to sit down and get to work on it yet! It's making me crazy. So I think I'll take 5 minutes now and sketch it out, jot some notes, and try to hold on to all the excitement and motivation.

Actually, I'll have a few hours to work tonight on getting this idea out. Until then, I have a list of emails to send and a to-do list waiting to be tackled.

And I have a couple projects I need to photograph so I can post them. I'll get to them, I promise.