The skinny on my first show

Festive venue wasn't it? I'm in the aqua shirt, attempting to peddle my wares [photo courtesy of Flickr group: Richmond Craft Mafia].

 

A closeup of said wares.

[photo courtesy of Flickr group: Richmond Craft Mafia] 

Spring Bada-Bing was a fun show and I'm so glad I participated. Lots of quilters came by the booth to say hello (shout out if any of you are reading this and I forced one of my business cards on you!). It was nice to meet new quilting peeps and talk shop. I sold these three quilts and another that I made right before the show and never photographed. Two of the four quilts I sold were bought by Richmond Craft Mafia members who sponsored the show and were super cool and welcoming. I also sold all the tea towels I made and wished I had made more. Next time. 

There were some really talented vendors at the show. Some of my faves were Tasha McKelvey who, among other things, makes the cutest painted pottery gnomes-on-a-stick--check 'em out. You can stick them in your spring planters. I had to snag one for this year's Mother's Day gift.

The talented artist Crystal J makes funky, fun handpainted silks. The colors and patterns she's developed are irresistible.

Modern Atelier  makes unique handcrafted fragrances including one developed especially for Crystal J for the show at her request called "bacon". Yep, smells exactly like pancakes and bacon so how could I resist that??

All in all, a great show. I'm looking forward to at least attending it next year.

"Thank me later" Thursday

T minus 4 days until the craft show! If you're around Richmond, Virginia you should come by and check it out. I'm looking forward to it.
I decided to make some tea towels for the show with some of the cute Japanese prints I've been hoarding. I'm hoping it will help my booth by offering another price point that's considerably less than the quilts I'll be selling.


On to the business of "thank me later Thursday":

Have you seen these stunning e-invitations and cards at Paperless Post you can customize?

If you're at all into design or appreciate eye candy you should check it out. The customization is endless. You can change images, wording, color, font, paper type...etc. And that's just the card itself. You can also customize the envelope. Be careful though, I know somebody that recently spent a lot of time playing on this site. A lot. That's what they told me anyway.


Happy Thursday to you!

"Thank me later" Thursday

Need a good laugh or just wanna smile? The other day I happened upon a little gem. It's a Flickr group dedicated expressly to pictures of dogs on roofs. Who doesn't wanna see that? Silly and interesting. You're welcome :)


T minus 8 days! I've been busy trying to get stuff together for Spring Bada-Bing. I've been mentioning that a lot in my posts lately but that's because it's on my mind a lot. I'm trying to figure out the best display for my quilts which is kinda tricky. The ideal display is probably hanging them in some fashion but for this show the display is a six foot long table.


Other crafters have suggested adding some sort of levels to table displays to give them dimension and added interest. I'm still trying to figure out something that would work along those lines. While I'm on a roll posting links to Flickr groups, you might want to check out this one too. It's a group called "show me your booths" (hehe) dedicated to pics of various crafters' display setups at shows.


Maybe I can get some good ideas if I keep looking through them.
Happy Thursday, everyone!

Another one for Spring Bada-Bing...

I've been on a bit of a solids kick lately so I decided to go back to my prints  and use up some of my stash on this one. I used a lot of Heather Ross's Far Away II fabric line which is a nice cotton/linen. For the sashing and outer border I used Kona in two shades of grey(mostly because I went to Joann's to get more of what I thought was Kona in "coal", when it turned out I needed Kona "not-coal". Still not sure what shade of grey that is ---- ahhh. I actually like the two tones though). If anyone knows the Kona shade of the lighter grey, please give me a shout out!


As with most of my quilts, I used a simple pattern. This one is called "stacked coins" and I wanted it to be a bit less linear and neat so I tried to change it up by cutting it a little wonky freehanded.

"Thank me later" Thursday

Welcome to the second installment of your 'thank me later Thursday'. This one is for you bloggers who also etsy (yes, i just used that as a verb).


Wanna post a live/clickable link to an etsy treasury you created? This nifty little tool generates the code for you and allows you to customize the appearance of the treasury on your blog. If you're not familiar with etsy treasuries, they're compilations of stuff other people have made. It provides another way shoppers can peruse items on etsy. The rule is that you are not to add any items of your own. I like to create them around a theme of some sort.


Speaking of that, here's my latest treasury you're welcome to peruse. We recently got a brief glimpse of spring here in Virginia, and i think it set my wanderlust into motion.

'Let's go!' by harvestcrafts

TRAVEL TRAILER - St... charms4you $16.00	Natural Evergreen T... QuietudeQuilts $18.00	Burlington Vermont ... NewDuds $22.00	Yosemite National P... thependantempo... $8.95
organic DRIVING TOY... littlesaplingt... $36.00	Oxbow Bend in Grand... timschultzphot... $30.00	Mobile Manor Moxiedoll $60.00	PASSPORT COVER Kale... sugarcanetrain... $5.00
Fine Art Photograph... eleven12design $28.00	Ceramic Travel Mug ... LennyMud $20.00	READY TO SHIP-Brigh... HollyDoll $54.00	I Heart You - Wall ... recreart $140.00
ESCAPE or EXPLORE, ... happygolicky $50.00	San Francisco Bay i... Crafterall $35.00	Road Trip Pouch umbrellaboat $8.00	Camera Strap - Stai... HowardAvenue $24.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

Pics to come soon of my latest quilt for the upcoming craft show, a stacked coins one, as soon as I put on the binding.


Happy Thursday!

Snow in late March!

'What's it gonna be?' by harvestcrafts

Spring or Winter?

Book cover unique r... SewDanish $31.00	Hibernate DaPhotoMan $5.00	Slippers "Gre... Briga $68.00	Filigree Snowflake ... norajane $3.50
Retro Grass - origi... Crafterall $20.00	ETRUSCAN Filigree L... LaPerLaA $13.00	Green garden on you... papermache $8.00	Pickles workingwoman $35.00
Flaxseed Headache H... EnchantedDande... $6.50	Children and Toddle... CausticThreads $14.00	Polar Ice - handspu... TreasureAyland $45.00	Nuno Felted Gauntle... frenchfelt $28.00
EtsyEuro, get 10% o... Ayca $40.00	Wren and Fern Tea T... HannahMadden $7.00	WEDDING TREE GUESTB... GreyDogDesigns $65.00	recycled glasses fr... bottlecrop $36.00

Treasury tool is sponsored by Lazzia.com A/B image testing.

Ever wonder what dragonflies do for the winter?

I finally finished the crazy quilt! (started here)

Another quilt for the Spring Bada-Bing craft show next month...

"Thank me later" Thursday

I thought it would be fun to start a lil' Thursday tradition here on my blog. I'm gonna post images of things that are really beautiful, fun, cool, inspiring, otherwise evocative and you can thank me later for making their acquaintance if you don't already know them ;) I know, I know, it's actually posting on Wednesday but I'm fading fast and can't stay up past midnight!

First up: Have you seen these beautiful Asanoha Japanese geometric printed fabrics? I can't get enough of the simple designs against the lovely background colors.

[ooooooooh]

[aaaahhhh]


[woooowwww--not asanoha but an equally cute scallop design]

The graphic designs totally remind me of those seen on Japanese Washi tape. If you've never used these before, they're awesome. They function like masking tape but are much prettier. I sometimes use them to tack quilt wall hangings up to see how they look. The tape is easily removable and leaves no mess behind.

Here's to keeping Japan in our thoughts...


Happy Thursday!