Craft Show

I took my sweet time writing up this post about the craft show I did last weekend, but better late than never, right? I spent my week catching up on some orders, so now it's time to catch up on blogging. A woman's work is never done, but I digress!

On to the good stuff. After spending the better part of a week preparing for the show, I trucked all of my handmade goodness up to Round Lake Beach for their first annual craft show at their Beach Fest. I had the pleasure of sharing a booth with a friend that I met at the last craft show I did. Monica is an extremely talented, wonderfully delightful person who has a shop on etsy selling purses. It is definitely worth your time to check out her shop!

The show was a two day event at the new Civic Center in Round Lake Beach overflowing with talent from all different arenas. On the first day we were stuck in a dark corner that didn't get much traffic, but we made the best of it by chit-chatting and exchanging ideas and trying to soak in as much experience as we could. At the end of our first day we found out that there was an open space in a much better location, so we made quick work of making sure we could move there the following day.

Here is our little corner on the first day.

Our second day went much better than the first. We had better traffic, better light, better neighbors and better sales! We were beginning to feel like it was worth our while to be there! Monica did rather well the second day, selling quite a few purses and hand bags. As for me, I tend to have great expectations, so nothing is ever good enough! I learned a lot over the weekend though and am definitely looking forward to the next show.

Here is a snap shot of my table on the second day. Much better! Better lighting, better layout and much better display on my part! Unfortunately I don't have a picture of Monica's table on the second day, but luckily her free lance photographer hubby does! You can see his blog and additional pictures here.

Well, that was my weekend in a nutshell. Lots of fun, lots learned and lots of excitement about doing another show!

Thanks for reading!

Cuteable!

Yippeee! My nursing necklace was featured on cuteable.com - a site dedicted to featuring wonderfully cute handmade items! Check out the post here. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Linsey. You rock!

The necklace is for sale in my shop.

You can also see a previous post about it and other nursing accessories on my blog here

Deadly kitchen creation

Today I did possibly the most dangerous thing I've ever done in my kitchen. I was getting tired of the traditional lunch menu in my house which typically consists of a chicken or turkey sandwich. I went hunting in my cupboards to see what else I could dig up and came up with Nutella and peanut butter. So I did what any other chocolate/peanut butter lover would do - I made a sanwich with it! It's like a reeses peanut butter cup on bread!

Here's how to make your dangerously delicious sandwich:

Ingredients:

Nutella

Peanut butter

Bread (I used wheat to cater to my conscience a bit, but white bread would work too)

Directions: Lay your bread out on a paper towel to minimize clean up. Smear a good amount of Nutella on one slice and an equal amount of peanut butter on the other. Smoosh them together, pour yourself a glass of milk and enjoy!

Feel free to comment or add any suggestions! I'm always open to variation! :)

Rain, rain, you can stay...

...I've got lots to do today! As the weather continues to get nicer, I'm finding it more and more difficult to stay inside and sew. The forecast is calling for rain all week, so I'm going to try to take advantage and get some sewing done. Here's my to do list:

1.) Sew dress for me for upcoming wedding.
2.) Sew bloomers for Nadija to match the dress that she's wearing to the wedding.
3.) Sew apron for Nadija cause I just think toddlers in aprons are so darn cute!

With only three tasks, it's not a very long list, but with housework and a 14 month old lurking over my shoulder, it can be difficult to sit down and sew something from start to finish. I just keep truckin' along and tossing fabric scraps at my daughter to keep her occupied while I sew. Who knows, maybe one day she'll love sewing as much as I do. When she's old enough, I like to get her one of those child sewing machines like this one. How cute?!