Handmade Harvest Craft Show

So I did my first craft fair a few weekends May 4 th to be exact in a local town called Almonte, Ontario about a 15 minute drive from where I live in Carleton Place. The show is well known for local artisans, crafter's and foodies and for it's line-ups at least 1 hour before opening with approx 50-100 people waiting to get in. The show is called Handmade Harvest and runs twice a year spring and fall/winter. 

With it being my first time I didn't want to invest to much money/time seeing I wasn't sure if it was my style so I shared a table with my good friend Cynthia from Simply Yours. We had a ball from checking out the other crafter's to taste testing and especially meeting new people.

I seriously had so much fun and can't wait to do it again. I am taking on-line orders for the following items.

Large Felt Owl Bag $55.00 CAN
Medium Canvas Vintage Bag $35.00
Felt Owl iPad Holders $35.00
Felt Leaf iPad Holders $35.00
Felt iPhone Holder - Owl $15.00
Felt iphone Holder - Flower $15.00
Felt iPhone Holder - Crochet Flowers $15.00
Felt Hair Clips for Babies 3 set $12.00
Felt Hair Clips for Babies 1 large $12.00
Burlap Vintage Gift Bag $15.00

Shipping Standard $10.00, if less refund will be given

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Large Felt Owl Bag $55.00 CAD Medium Canvas Vintage Bag $35.00 CAD Felt Owl iPad Holders $35.00 CAD Felt Leaf iPad Holders $35.00 CAD Felt iPhone Holder - Owl $15.00 CAD Felt iphone Holder - Flower $15.00 CAD Felt iPhone Holder - Crochet Flowers $15.00 CAD Felt Hair Clips for Babies 3 set $12.00 CAD Felt Hair Clips for Babies 1 Large $12.00 CAD Burlap Vintage Gift Bag $15.00 CAD

My display at the show using a shelf on it's side love last minute ideas!

Felt Hair Clips for Babies $12.00

Close-up of Felt Large Bag with Owl

Felt Owl iPhone Pad Cases two styles

Super cute iPhone Cases 

Close-up of iPhone Cases

Burlap Vintage Gift Bag $15.00

Canvas Vintage Medium Size Bags $35.00

Canvas Vintage Medium Size Bags $35.00

Canvas Vintage Medium Size Bags $35.00

Canvas Vintage Medium Size Bags $35.00

Felt Hair Clips for Babies $12.00

Vintage Memories Using Flowers Made from Used Dryer Sheets

Preserving Memories for the Next Generation



I am not sure if it is the passing of my grandmother last week or this absolutely beautiful photo of her that got me thinking it would be nice to preserve a memory of her. So much time has passed during her life, I mean she was born 1910, she lived through World War I as a child and then depression. She married and raised her children alone during World War II with a husband overseas.

So many things were invented during this time:

1912: Lifesavers candy introduced

1913: the modern brassiere and crossword puzzle are invented
1915: Pyrex invented

1917: modern zipper invented
1919: short-wave radio invented

1920: Band-Aid invented

1921: 1st robot designed

1922: insulin invented

1923: Clarence Birdseye introduces frozen food

1928: Fleming discovers penicillin; Schick patents the electric shaver

1930: Scotch tape invented at 3M; first jet engine designs

1933: stereo records developed
1935: beer is canned for the first time

1937: photocopier invented
1938: ballpoint pen and Teflon invented
1943: synthetic rubber invented, along with the Slinky and Silly Putty
1944: synthetic cortisone developed
1948: Velcro and the jukebox invented
1949: prepared cake mixes introduced
1950: Diner's Club introduces first credit card
1951: Super Glue invented; so is first video tape recorder
1952: first diet soft drink developed
1953: transistor radio invented at Texas Instruments (TI);
1954: oral contraceptives invented; Ray Kroc starts franchising McDonald's
1955: tetracycline & optical fiber invented
1956: first use of computer hard disk
1959: important to generations of girls -- the Barbie Doll is introduced
1961: Valium invented
1962: audio cassettes developed
1963: pop-top cans
1964: BASIC computer language; permanent-press materials
1966: electronic fuel injection developed for cars
1967: first handheld calculator
1968: Douglas Englebert invents the computer mouse
1969: ATM machine invented
1970: Alan Shugart invents the floppy disk
1971: Intel's 4004 is first microprocessor design; dot-matrix printer, VCR and LCD displays also invented
1972: first video game -- Pong -- invented
1973: gene splicing invented; Ethernet networking invented at Xerox; BIC develops disposable lighter
1974: Post-it Notes and liposuction invented
1975: laser printer developed
1976: ink jet printing invented
1977: magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) invented
1978: Visicalc spreadsheet introduced for PCs; first PC models appear from Heathkit, Apple, Radio Shack
1979: Walkman invented by Sony; roller blades developed1980: vaccine for hepatitis-B invented
11984: Apple Macintosh popularizes the graphical interface
1985: Microsoft brings out Windows 1.0
1986: first disposable camera introduced
1989: first HDTV broadcasts in Japan
1990: Tim Berners-Lee develops protocol for both World-wide web (WWW) and the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
1991: first digital answering machine
1992: smart pill invented
1994: first Internet audio broadcast from Interop
1996: WebTV introduced
1998: Viagra developed
1999: Google.com is formed and the search engine goes into beta test publicly
2000: mapping of human DNA completed

Flowers Made From Dryer Sheets

Lately I have been trying new things and one of these has been reusing and recycling left over packaging soup bowls and one project I am dying to do is a coffee cup scrapbook. It amazes me what people can create using something as simple as left over dryer sheets, yes you heard it dryer sheets. Who would have thought such a beautiful thing can be created using a few simple supplies. I mean all those sheets I have "recycled" threw the year could have been turned into such a beautiful thing.

Tools and Supply

1. Recycled dryer sheets (after they have been through the dryer).
2. Glimmer mists. (I made my own using Stampin' Up Classic Ink Refills)
3. Shimmer Paint Frosted White (2 tiny scoops mixed with tap water in a Mini Mister)
4. BigShot Bigz L Die Fun Flowers from the new Occasions Mini Catalogue
5. Chunky Essentials Silver
6. Crystal Effects
7. Misc flower
8. Heat gun

Step-By-Step Instructions

Creating the Flower:

1. Using the BigShot and Fun Flowers die and your two clear cutting pads use as many sheets as you wish depending on how big or full you wish your flower to be. I did approx 6 dryer sheets and it cut perfectly.
2. Next you will want to die each flower, for mine I did two, one was using just a shimmer spray and for the other I used Bermuda Bay. Let them dry completely on paper towel. You may also use a paper towel to blot the excess liquids.
3. Next using a circle punch based on the size of the flower (I used the 1 3/4 circle punch) punch a piece of card stock (for mine I used Bermuda Bay). Using a glue gun and a small amount of glue scrunch together and glue down continue using a white then Bermuda Bay, remembering to shift each flower off side to give more depth. Using the die Fun Flowers allows you to create a complete flower, with different size pieces.
4. I then dotted the flower with crystal effects and sprinkled with Silver Chunky Essentials.
5. Last but not least I added another flower in the middle to cover the center.

Happy Sunday - Dad - WOW SWAP 2010

Happy Sunday!

Gosh it has been seriously to long between post and I apologize, things have calmed down a little for now. Dad is healing well and will be starting radiation treatments which means more trips to Kingston. All I am praying for is that he makes it through these treatments, and that he isn't to tired, nor sick from it and that he feels loved. Each day I tell him how much I love him and what a great dad he is, each moment with him is so important to me and I want him to know that. I find lately I have been telling people how important they are to me and that I love them knowing that tomorrow is another day and with that are changes. Life is to short and I want those to know how important they are to me. So if I haven't told you, thank you and I love you, thanks for being a important part of my life.

Stampin Girl's Convention 2010 WOW SWAP

Today's share is from our local Stampin Girl's Convention 2010 WOW SWAP. Each year our group gets together, we have a guest speaker, this year it was Andrea Walford and she was fantastic. All morning was spent, watching demo's, sharing and working on make and takes. After lunch we do a WOW SWAP, for this you are required to do anything you want as long as it is not a card, or cards, it should WOW and be different. Each year I try and do something unique last year I did a key chain see here using 5th Avenue Floral and the year before that a necklace.

For this years project I thought I would do something modern and totally different. I thought to myself what is something everyone has and uses everyday and can't live without. And then I thought why not a cute little iPOD Touch case and even better why not use my Big Shot? So off I went to the fabric store, I knew what I want and that was felt soft bright felt. There are many online company's that are selling rolls of felt for card making and scrap booking (e-mail me privately if you want to know) but I was able to find it locally at Fabric land in Kanata, just 1/2 drive from Carleton Place. And here is what I made:

Island Floral by Stampin Up!

Each person who participated in the swap also received a FREE iPod Touch with there case! OK it was a print out cut out of card stock but it was so much fun to say, here is your FREE IPod Touch and your case. LOL!

I used Velcro circles for the flower so that you can make different ones and change it up everyday, the ideas are endless.

I hope to be holding a local class on this and will soon add a supply list and instructions on how to create. This project is super simple, and a great thing to show your customers on how versatile the Big Shot is!

Odds and Sods and a Few Pics

Today was a Good Day - Chores and Some Pics

Today was a good day. The sun was shinning and the list of chores not that long. Latley we have had a lot of rain and the days that have been good well you guessed it I was stuck indoors working. I have been trying to get at the backyard for the last couple of weeks with no luck. All the plants have been sitting there itch'n to find there new homes. And frankly I want the backyard finished so I can enjoy it.

Unfortunately my hands have not been very co-operative. You see I am having a bad case (going for x-rays to confirm) of carpal tunnel in both writs and in fact it is in my arms and hands. So, I haven' t been able to do a lot the past 4 weeks. Honestly it has been tough and I have been very crabby, wouldn't you if all you could do it sit there. I haven't felt at all creative, the pain has been too much and constant. In fact I have a whole punch of new items from Stampin Up that I have wanted to get at but waiting. Today I said enough and I sucked it up and worked on the garden, of course my wonderful husband had to help me. Basically lifting pots, digging holes, moving things here and there. Sometimes I think he thinks I am getting him to move things just just for the fun of it. You know the old move the piano here the plane there. (I was doing a photo shoot couple of years ago using the company jet, and kept having them move it a few feet.)

Anyway here are some pics from today.

Enjoy drop me a line let me know what you think.

J

I am really into container gardening, our backyard is not very big,
and I find these easy to do any very decorative.

This is my wonderful husband, after I stopped bugging him
doing what he loves to do, can you guess?

This is our BIG garden, it probably measures three feet by two feet, but its all ours!

More container gardening this time it is herbs.

This is our new patio furniture, which we love but frankly I would never order from Sears they have terrible customer service. One of the responses that I received back regarding a complaint was:

"We have documented your concerns regarding this experience for internal review and future product consideration, as it is through comments such as yours that help us to stay in touch with our customer's needs and to improve our service and standards."

I have ye to hear from anyone.

These are the Arctic Poppies in our front yard, when I first planted these I had two - three buds, today I have 14 coming in. These poppies last maxim 3-4 days, and yes they are this bright it looks so fake.