Strawberry Shortcake

I had a couple of people request Strawberry Shortcake bows. After searching to no avail for printed ribbon to use, I decided to make some bottlecaps. I found some cute 1" circle images on Etsy and made bows to match the colors in the images, and here's the result...

I think it turned out pretty cute! Now on to my next feat of bottlecap greatness.... a necklace for a friend's daughter. I'll let you know how it turns out!

In other news, MARK YOUR CALENDARS LAS VEGAS FOLKS:

66th Spouses' Group Holiday Bazaar
October 16, 9AM-3PM @ the Aliante Library

Come out and support the vendors who support this fabulous group of military spouses. I'll be there peddling my wares, along with ladies selling Scentsy, Lia Sophia, tutus, Christmas ornaments, and much more! Come by, say hello, and get some early holiday shopping done. :)

I never learn

It's after 11 and I'm still up, in spite of the fact that I know my little guy is going to wake me in a few short hours. What can I say? This is my "me" time and I value it. Anyway, my friend T called me a few days ago and asked if I was interested in having a booth at a craft fair in a few weeks. I jumped at the opportunity, though I have no idea how much inventory to take with me or even how I want to set up my area. The jury's still out on the inventory question, but here's what I'm thinking for the display...

- a cute fabric tablecloth, of course
- instead of a boring bow board like everyone else uses, I'm going to take the ugly print out of a really cute antique-looking black frame that I have in the garage (yard sale leftover!), remove the glass, and glue some pretty ribbon across the open area to clip bows on
- for my clippies, I'm going to make a ribbon "collar" of sorts and put it on a small dress form, then have ribbon streamers hanging from the collar to display the various clips I like to make
- I'll also have 2 framed pieces of scrapbook paper with ribbons across them to use for my Halloween- and Christmas-themed bows and clips

What do you think? Am I getting in over my head? The plan is just to use materials that I already have to make bows and clips for this, so my only out of pocket expense is the booth fee. Exciting, yes? :)

Picasa

OK, so I need some kind of editing software to shrink my pics down for Etsy use. Here's one I played around with in Picasa. It has a "blog it" feature to instantly upload the pics here, which is kind of cool, so I'm trying it out. :)

feeling creative

well, i still haven't listed anything in my etsy store, but i've been busy in my studio (a.k.a. the dining room!). i made a set of bows and hair clips for a friend whose daughter is starting school monday and has to wear uniforms. she wanted something fun to give her a bit of individuality so i made some cute minnie mouse bows, ladybug clippies, and black/red simple boutique bows for her. oh, and a ribbon flower. i also got on a sewing kick for a few days and made two little girls' outfits - one for my sweet abby and one for another friend's daughter whose first b-day party was this morning. if only i knew how to post pictures! i guess i should figure that out soon. :)