Happy Halloween

I have the local tv news on while I am updating the blogs. This will probably be one of the coldest Halloween's ever in central Indiana. It is nippy out there.

Whatever your plans, have a wonderful Halloween. And please say a prayer for the millions of people affected by Hurricane Sandy. The tragedy doesn't seem to be ending any time soon.

Take care of you.
Linda

I've been a bad Blogger!

Hard to believe that I have not posted anything for three weeks, but the dates don't lie. Cathy and I have been tremendously busy, trying to get enough made to redo the large booth with all Christmas crafts.

On Thursday, while the weather was still warm and sunny, we moved the table, door, shutter and a few smaller pieces from Allyscraps to Gilley's Craft Mall. Our intent was to set the booth up on Friday, but we delayed so we could get "just one more thing done." By noon on Saturday, we had the booth looking as it appears in the photos above. (I so miss my little Canon Powershot. I have yet to replace it from the robbery)

We have a pretty good method for making all of this: I can't sew. It's a mental block from childhood, when my mom would rip out everything I did sew and redo it. Actually, she was doing that when I was in my 20's, so I just gave up. When you reach a certain point with primitive crafts, they have to be "grunged". This involves coating or painting the material with a mixture of coffee, cinnamon, and cloves. Or at least that's what I use. Some crafters add vanilla. As I've said before, this makes your house smell like stale coffee. I don't have a problem with that, but Cathy's allergies kick in, and she can get a blinding headache in a heartbeat. Sooooo, Cathy sews, I stuff, I grunge and paint, and she finishes. It has worked out very well.

Yesterday, Sunday, I went into Gilley's to get Cath a birthday present. Today is her birthday. I, of course, went by the booth to see if anything sold. All of the Santa's except the little guy with the striped hat were gone. We had sold anything that represented a primitive Santa in less than 24 hours, including the Santa suits.

Needless to say, this week will be very busy. Hope you have a good one.
Linda

A Quote

This says it all for dog lovers. Enjoy your day, hug your babies.

Linda

Halloween Tags, Part Two

With the economy such as it is right now, it's getting more difficult to find that niche in crafts. What do the women want, what will make them open the purse and pull out some cash? So we make what we like, and hope for the best. These tags are about 6 inches long, by 4.5 inches wide. I make 2 or 3 at a time, put them in the booth, and in a week or two they are sold. Which is a good thing, because I enjoy making them.

This is our last week to make anything concerning Halloween. We have hit it hard since the first of August, and if we don't switch over to Christmas NOW, the season will be upon us. Actually, it already is.

So onward. And I get to rest in January...maybe.

Have a good one.
Linda

Pumpkins

These are fake pumpkins. Sorry, just liked the display

Cathy and I went to Nashville, IN. on Sunday. I usually go down at least twice a year, simply because it's a beautiful drive from my house, and always a fun day. Besides, they have great fudge.

We have been making a pumpkin duo, one large, one smaller, that are attached together and sit wherever you want them to sit. I don't have any photographs of them, because those pics were on the camera that was stolen when the assholes took my purse. Sorry. Is it politically correct to call thieves assholes? Do I care?

Back to the pumpkin duo. These are made of muslin that I paint and then grunge. Cath adds spanish moss around the wood stick stems, and we're done. And can't, literally can't make them fast enough. We decided last night that we will do 4 more sets and call it a season. These suckers never made it to the Etsy shop, they sell the same day we put them in our craft booth. Forgot to mention, we do not paint them orange. No, the larger one is black, the smaller one is cream color.

So we were thrilled to find cream colored pumpkins, for real, on display in Nashville. I also found two small ones that were naturally black. We're now trying to figure out how we could grow these. Pumpkins need a lot of room. I kind of think my neighbors would complain if I had pumpkin vines encroaching on their property.

Something to consider.....
Linda