Hello March!!

Hello to March!! Got the two hardest months of the year out of the way for me. January and February are hard to get through for us. I guess it is because it is cold and dark up here. When March comes along we begin to feel like we have made it through another winter. :)

Speaking of March.......March is National Craft Month!! Yeah!! All you crafting people have your own month so enjoy!! 

Have fun with your crafts!!

Colleen :)

Halloween Crafts

Time to get busy finishing up those Halloween crafts. I saw this posting the other day on my FB feed and thought I would share it with you. There are lots of different things to make for Halloween. There are several different links so you can pick what interests you. :)


Here is the link to the posting....The Country Chic Cottage. I follow her and she has some wonderful craft ideas and recipes! :)

Get busy with those crafts and happy crafting!

Colleen :)

Let's Get Those Kids To Embroider

I know a lot of you out there are sewers, crafters, quilters and embroidery people. Now for those of you that embroider do you have children that you would like to get started with embroidery? How about having them start with this Burlap Embroidery for Kids from AllFreeSewing that I found the other day. They will use colorful shoelaces to make these designs and it looks like a great way to get them started. Wish I still had my grandkids around to do this project. :)

Happy embroidering and have a great day!!

NATIONAL CRAFT MONTH

It seems like there is a "national" month for everything there is so let's just celebrate another one! :)  March is National Craft month so all you crafters out there get busy and create!! Have fun and enjoy your month! :)

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. 

NATIONAL QUILTING DAY

Today is National Quilting Day 2013 so I wanted to wish all my fellow quilters, sewing buddies and crafters a happy day! Enjoy the day quilting and sewing!

I know I will even if the sun is finally shining today. :)