SUMMER MARKET

So how was everyone's Memorial Day weekend? Did you everyone have a good one? We did. I did my first market for the summer on Saturday and it was pretty good. Usually the first one is slow, but this year was a little better. I sold a few of hubby's burl bowls that are new this year. I think they will do well.

We did have a disaster at the market though. We set up by the river and it can get quite windy there and Saturday we had terrible winds! There was even a high wind warning.

So I am sure you know what happened......yep..............tents flying everywhere including mine and we all have them staked down good too. What happened is a big gust of wind came along and picked the tents up and threw them around. One vendor even dove on her tent to keep it from rolling into the street! Luckily we were all taking down and packing up so all our items were packed away. So needless to say my tent was all broken up, but.....my trusty Mr. McGiever hubby as rebuilt it and reinforced it so I am good to go for next week!

Also wanted to let you know that the Old Farmhouse Gathering team celebration is still going on this week so you can click on over here to join us this week. Or just type SCOFG in the Etsy search bar to see all the goodies. :)

 Have a great week! :)

SUMMER MARKET AND SHOPPING

The past two weeks have been so hectic around here! I am wrapping up everything getting ready for the summer market season so I haven't been able to be here visiting for a couple of weeks.....bad, bad, bad. :(

I think I have most everything ready. Needed to paint a few of the props as the are getting kind of beat up. Look nice and clean now I think....

This is the last of the pot holders getting ready to be put into the plastic tubs. 

Still need to finish up these little ornaments. They are new this year. We always try to come up with something new each year. This year were the ornaments for me.....

And for hubby it is Alaskan Birch bowls. I think these will do real well or at least I hope they will. :)

So I think I got a good head start this year. The past few years I have spent most of my summer in my sewing room trying to keep up with products (which is a good thing!), but I miss out on my summer and being outside so this year I decided I was GOING to be ahead of the game for a change. 


Also wanted to let you know that the Old Farmhouse Gathering team is having their Summer Celebration staring Monday! There will be a lot of new items from this wonderful and talented team so I hope you plan on attending the celebration. I will be posting the link starting Monday morning so stay tuned. :)

Have a great weekend! :)

BUSY WEEK

Well I was busy, busy last week trying to get product finished for the summer market. I am going to be gone for a few days and the spring shows start when I get back! I think I am ready to go. I really want to be finished with the market merchandise because I would really like to get some quilting done. :)

A couple of years ago I started making these tote bags and people seem to really like them. They are fun to make so I have been making lots of them. I needed to add a few more to my stack of them so I finished these last week. 

I wanted something summery so I made this one with daisy. :)

Another big seller during the summer are my mug rugs/candle mats. Up here in the north country everyone wants moose and bears so I make lots of moose and bear things. 

What I like about making these little mug rugs is all the different fabrics I get to use from my stash. I like to match the colors and pictures of the fabrics.

So I am glad I have most of my stuff finished. It gets really hectic during the summer and the last two years I have spent most of my time in the sewing room trying to keep up with product so this year I was determined to have plenty of stock for the markets. Now.....let's hope it all sells or I will have to have a garage sale!!  So...what have you been working on lately?

Have a great week!  :)

CELEBRATING THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER!!

 

Well summer is finally upon us!! We made it!! It has been busy as usual. I can't believe it is just clicking right along....oh where does the time go. I have been busy with my local market, praying for the fire victims in Colorado and enjoying the sun. Yes.....we even have sun up here in Alaska the last few weeks and temps in the 70's which is unheard of where I live!!

 

 

I love to quilt and I just don't get much time to do that so I thought in celebration of the first day of summer I would do a treasury of summertime quilts! So here it is. Hope you enjoy and enjoy your first day of summer!!
 

 

 



                                                      

Celebrating the first day of summer!

Summer Time Flip Flop Quilt QuiltsbyLaTany... $300	Handmade Pinwheel Lap Quilt ... PatsPassionQui... $180
Original Contemporary Art Qu... LauraGlassArtQ... $325	9 Country Quilt Design Folk ... Taiga91 $10
Beautiful Handmade Girl'... LindsayJanesCo... $28	Bucket List Quilt Pattern SeaQuiltsShop $8
Bold Colors Quilt, Lap or Ba... PatsPassionQui... $135	Vintage Quilt Cover Butterfl... MOJEART $55
Baby Quilt Sale - Daisy Fiel... RobinsonPatter... $69	On SALE 50 Percent Off Origi... FlowerPatchDes... $49.95
A Narnia Summer Evening 15 1... RebeccasRabbit... $16	Flowers, Robins, Butterflies... QuiltMix $75
Garden Whimsy (Summer) Art Q... HartworkQuiltC... $60	Watermelon Tablerunner Kit kimsbigadventu... $23
MAGNIFICENT Vintage 1940 ... TextilesandOld... $325	Sunflower Quilt LaurasQuiltsan... $185

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WHERE DOES THE TIME GO!

 

My my.....where does the time go! It just keeps slipping away from me! I almost missed my blog posting today. So how was everyone's Memorial Day weekend? Mine was good. I had my first day for the summer market and I did fairly well for the first day. The weather was beautiful so I am sure that helped with getting the local people out. Normally we are sitting there in the rain and cold with coats and gloves on so the weather was a special treat. The tourist should be showing up in a few weeks.

 

We took our 4 wheelers down to the beach by our house and did some riding on Sunday. Now......if you are thinking of warm sand and beautiful sunshine and warm water...well you haven't been to the beaches of Alaska! Yep....that is right.....COLD! Actually we dress for the weather with hats, gloves,  and 4 layers of clothes! But it was still fun. What is fun about these beaches is that when the tide is way out there are miles of packed sand beaches to ride and ride for miles and miles which is so much fun. You just zoom along. 

 

 

This is a volcano that is across the inlet from the beach we were riding. You can see how far the tide is out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have been working on a few new items for the markets. The tourist like stuff with Alaska on them so these are a few new fabrics that I am using for pot holders. The tourist should be coming in a couple of weeks.

 

 

So I imagine most of the kids are out of school now. Is everyone thinking about summer vacations? We are going on a small vacation next week. We are going to Las Vegas. I know....it will be 110 degrees! Good thing they have air conditioning or I would die! :(

 

 

What are your summer plans?

 

 

Speaking of summer.......I almost forgot the Old Farmhouse Gathering Team is still having their Summer Celebration so come join us. I have a few items there. Just hop on over right here to see all the goodies they have to offer. :)

 

 

 

 

Don't forget to check out the new recipe I have for you. Thanks again for stopping by.

SUMMER MARKET STARTING

It is that time of year again. Can't believe it has been a year already! My local summer market season is starting this Saturday and the good old weather man says it is suppose to be sunny and 60 degrees which is unheard of for the opening day of the market. Normally it is cold and rainy and we are all sitting in our areas with coats, hats and gloves on. I sure hope he is right!

I will only have one market a week this year as the one in the nearby town is not happening this year. Last year the city said they were going to remodel the park that we used and we couldn't have the park this year and of course are they going to do that now.......NO! Too bad because that park was right by the river where all the salmon run so in July we had lots of tourist coming to fish and stopped by to see us. I did fairly well there. :(

I have a few new items I am taking this year. I need to come up with new stuff as the locals always stop by and if you have the same things they just walk by you as they already know what you have.



These bags did really well at the Christmas shows and I sold the few I had last summer so I thought I would make several different colors and see how they do.  



I did a few springs shows that weren't very good, but these really sold pretty good so I am hoping they will do good this summer.



Going to try some mug rugs also. I don't have the Alaska one's made yet, but that is my mission for next week. The tourist don't show up really good until the middle of June so I should have time. :)

My husband worked all winter to get his supply of cutting boards done as last year for the year (which includes the Christmas shows) he sold 178 cutting boards so he said he didn't want to spend all summer making boards like he did last summer. :)


My hubby does three different designs of boards. We call these "mutts" as there are several different woods in them. :)

 

 

So hopefully the season will be good. Will have a hard time topping last year as that was amazingly successful, but we will see.

 

 

Also wanted to remind you to visit the Old Farmhouse Gathering Team Summer Celebration that is going on right now. Just click here to join us. :)

 

 

 

 



Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend! :)

 

SPRING MARKET

Well I did the first market of the season. It was a spring market and the first of its kind around here. The Chamber of Commerce was doing it and it was by invitation.

I was so happy to be invited to do this, but unfortunately it was a flop. :(  Not very many people came and the sales were really bad. I don't think it was advertised very well as so many of the people said they didn't hear about it and only saw the sign out front as they were driving by. And the bad thing is that sign was made by one of the vendors that he did overnight to get people in the next day. Like we always say "you have to let the people know you are there!"

Anyway I did have a good time visiting with people again and some of the vendors are my summer market "market buddies" that I hadn't seen all winter so it was good to see them again and visit with them. We are all getting anxious for the summer market to start. Hopefully it will be as good as last year was.


I took some of my new items to this show and my coffee cozies did well so I am thinking they may do good this summer. Actually need to make more so I can fill the basket back up!

Also took a couple of my new mug rugs that I am working on. Had comments on how nice they were so I am hoping the summer crowd will like them too. Also had lots of comments on how pretty my tote bags are. Hoping I can whittle them down too.

 

I am going to do a "Women's Shopping Expo" in a couple of weeks at the high school so I hope that goes well. First time I have done that one so maybe since I will be new they might like to see new items. Even if I don't do that well it is always fun to visit with people. That is why I like doing the summer market so much as you get to visit with people from all over the world!

 

Also on a weather note.......I know that I complain about the weather up here all the time as usually it is pretty crummy, but I thought I would let all of you know that we are getting close to 3 weeks of blue clear skies everyday!!!! That is unheard of around these parts!!!!! Of course that means it is 10 degrees below our normal temps so the snow isn't melting, but the sun is just wonderful. I can actually sit on my back porch in the sun and not have to have my coat on. YEA!! :)

 

 

 

Well need to get busy finishing up some sewing projects for the summer. Oh ya...got to make more coffee cozies. :)

 

Also wanted to tell you I am going to be doing a giveaway for my one year blog anniversary next week so stay tuned for that! And as always checkout the new recipe I have for you. :) Thanks for stopping by.