CRAFTED Handmade Market

I'll be a vendor at a first year show called CRAFTED this weekend. The show looks very cool! I signed on very last minute because the timing just worked out well and it just looks like a fun show. My in-laws who live in the Chicago 'burbs have offered to watch my kids for the day so that my husband can go with me to this one. Yay!

Here's the lowdown:
WHAT: CRAFTED! Handmade Market of Exquisite and Curious Things
WHERE: Durty Nellies in Palatine, IL
WHEN: Sunday, November 4, 9am - 4pm
CLICK HERE for more details and a vendor list!

If you're in the Chicago area please stop by!

mod birds and flowers

mod birds and flowers - ornaments
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These are the new ornaments I've been dreaming up this week. I finally made a few prototypes!

new cards!

fly away notecard
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Finally, new card sets! I seriously messed with the design on this for hours before I finally decided on this simple classic looking card. I'll be offering these in sets and although they could be used for any occasion and are blank, I think these have a holiday feel to them. For the first time I am also going to offer to add a custom message in these cards. So if someone is looking for holiday card sets and just needs a "happy holidays" or any other greeting added inside or out, they've got it.

More cards coming soon. I'm also working on some fun Christmas ornaments tonight. It's a total experiment so I have no idea if it'll pan out.

Okay, off to craft!

xo
andrea

brilliant birds

BRILLIANT BIRDS Magnet Set
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I almost forgot about these new magnets. I love how they turned out - the birds are stamped with jet black ink against pulpy, vibrant handmade paper. It makes for such awesome contrast. I am planning to make several more sets of these in different color combos and also plan to stamp these beautiful bird images onto delicate tissue paper to use to decoupage picture frames.

elvisframe
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This Elvis frame was made with repurposed calendar pages. It's not new, but it's a favorite. I have been dreaming up ideas for frames this week and hopefully I'll get some new ones cranked out this weekend.

I have a couple of holiday shows coming up and have a lot of work to do before I will feel prepared! My husband and I are planning to make some holiday card sets with the gocco, I want to make at least a dozen picture frames, plus lots of other goodies. About now is when I had better get really organized, do my supply shopping, and then craft full force!

Hopefully I'll have a few new things to share after the weekend!

I'm getting my 3 year old a REAL camera for Christmas. Taking pictures is all he wants to do! I think this is fantastic but I have to be RIGHT next to him when he is using my expensive digital and it just makes me super nervous. Oh, plus I miss all of the good shots I want to capture because he has the camera! I let him use the holga the other day so I'm excited to see how those turn out. Here are some shots of him playing with grandma's camera this weekend. Cute.

lotsa lovely ladies

lotsa ladies
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I've been snipping images from fun 1950s books this week. I hit the jackpot with one book about "101 ways teenagers make money." Look at all the lovely ladies I found! I can't wait to make these into cards!