New Shop :)

Well is everyone back into the swing of things after the whirlwind summer you had? We certainly had a busy summer as usual. They just seem to go by so fast. :(  Over the summer we opened another Etsy shop that I wanted to tell you about. Actually it is for my husbands woodworking. He makes some wonderful items (if I do say so myself!) and does really well selling locally at the fairs and markets, but after those are done for the year we really don't have a local market for him so I thought.....hey.....open him an Etsy shop. :)

So I did and I must tell you I didn't remember how much work it was to open a shop with all the pictures and details you have to do. Whew....wore me out! LOL! :) As you all remember it takes a while to get off the ground and get some activity going, but the shop isn't doing too bad. We also have listed driftwood from our beach by our house up here in Alaska. We thought maybe some of the people out there that like driftwood, have beach decor's or work with driftwood would like some Alaskan driftwood and that gives us another reason to walk on the beach and look for unusual pieces. :)

So here are a few of the products that he carries. You can find him at The Woodworking Shop. I hope you can stop by and see what we have available. 



These birch burl bowls are made from birch trees in our local forest. We love to hike around and look for the burls. When we get them home he cleans out the middle of the burl and sands them down to make amazing bowls. What is really nice about these is that it is nature at her best and the bowls are the actually shape of the burl. 

He has several different types of candle holders. These are all made from local dead standing aspen. He cuts them to size then sands them and finishes them. He drills the opening for the candle. Some are votives and some are tea light candles. 

He has been making these cutting boards for a few years now. I asked him one day when I was trying to come up with some new items for the local shows if he could make cutting boards and he whipped up these. Everyone is different and most of the woods are hardwoods that are recycled from our local furniture making shop so nothing goes to waste. :)

Then like I was saying about the driftwood this is a single piece that I found. You can use it for a beach decor. We also have lots of several pieces that I put together in groups for the crafters out there. Driftwood is great for aquariums too! :)

So that is our new Etsy shop. I say "our" because he makes the product....I manage the shop...LOL! :) Thanks for letting me show you our new shop and hope you come and visit us soon at The Woodworking Shop :)  

Thanks for visiting!

Colleen :)

FALL BUSY BUSY

So why is it that we always say how busy the summer is and maybe when fall gets here it will slow down??? So has it slowed down for you any????  NOT ME!!! I could say well when fall is over then it will slow down, but that won't happen either since it will be time for Christmas!!

I have been busy sewing for the local Christmas shows. Trying to get lots of my tote bags done as those seem to do the best. I have three designs right now, but I am working on getting a couple more patterns. This is one of the bags.

 

Hubby is working on his cutting boards also. We had such a great summer season with these that he is behind schedule on them.

 

 

 

Have you had time to visit the Old Farmhouse Gathering Fall Celebration yet? There are so many wonderful decorating items and gifts to choose from! You can see it all right here so come on over to see what is going on. :)

 

Here are a few items that you will see over there. Cute Halloween huh!  Well need to get back to sewing. I still need to show you guys how to make wild cranberry jelly don't I....well I will do that next time ok? Have a wonderful day!

 

 

                                           

Halloween Witch's Shoe ... barbsheartstro... $29	Halloween Jack Floral Center... PaintspotsnSpl... $18.95
Primitive Ghost with Tombsto... TheFrenziedFox $20	Halloween Boo Pillow by Happ... happyvalleypri... $24.95
Halloween Jack o Lantern Gou... HollyRidgeCrea... $24.95	Witchy Moon Cross stitched p... harvestmoonpri... $21.95
Witch Boot Lsca66 $18.99	Little Pumpkin Man FFCOFG WillowHollowCr... $22
Two Small Bowl Filler Pillow... HandmadeByBett... $9.99	Halloween Decor Spooky Word... PunkinSeedProd... $36
Halloween Jewelry Silver Cha... Warmth $19	The Witch is In AndersonGenera... $29.99
Living Art Picture for Fall ... TwistedKnicker... $30	Cat in the Purple Hat, hallo... loisling $12.5
Primitive Halloween Witch Bl... WickedlyCreati... $30	Jack-O Jack-O Lantern Doll, ... YorkiesPrimiti... $21.95

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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! :)