Tooting My Own Horn

I now have pendants at Sister's Jewelry & Gifts on Tate Street! If you've never been there, I highly recommend it. They have fantastic jewelry. Adam goes there every Christmas (yes, I have a man that's good with the jewelry). They are starting to stock more local handmade items and I'm flattered that mine were some that they chose. Go have a look! In order to celebrate, I bought myself this cute little bracelet there that I found within five seconds of entering the store. I'm big on the Beatles.

Another First Friday!!!

Who's coming? There will be all kinds of arts and crafts! A great way to get excited about holiday shopping and to support your local crafters and artisans! For more info go to the Indie Market Blog. See you there!

Can I Have a Do-Over?

Okay, so my goal to post once a week has been severely neglected. Here's to renewing it! I've been busy, busy, busy....keeping products coming for the First Friday Indie Markets, trips to the mountains, fall gardening season, and oh yeah, my day job. Somehow in the chaos I've finally managed to finish this baby quilt! It's the Crazy Eights pattern by Julia Hale. I really love the fabrics I found at JoAnn's too (sorry Mama).
Speaking of babies, we have a few new ones of our own around here. Baby chicks that is. Our one hens decided she wanted to be a sitter so we got some fertilized eggs from our friends who have roosters. Eventually the other hen joined in and they passed the eggs back and forth until the day they hatched. They are both such good mamas! It is such a blast to watch these crazy birds teach the babies all the ins and outs of the backyard.

What a Day!

The first First Friday Indie Market was spectacular! We had so much fun! It was so great to see soooo many people come downtown to check us out. The vendors were amazing. We had jewelry, cupcakes, tea, clothes, vintage items, knit goods, quilts, soap, pottery and more.

To keep us entertained, we had musicians, hula hoopers, a mime and these jugglers. They were the favorite of the kids and at least one husband. They set up right behind my tent and I had to keep an eye on Adam because I was afraid he was going to go join them. They also made balloon animals (and a few swords...what's with these kids?) and rode a unicycle. I hope to see them next month.
Our fearless market organizer Zeke, of Rewined Recycled Glassware. You done good Zeke! Thanks!
And now back to work....October will be here soon!

Positive Thinking

You may be wondering why I've posted a picture of this hole in our yard. This, ladies and gentlemen, is a picture of faith. Adam decided that he was going to build a shed to replace the old falling down metal one that you had to stoop to get into. Before I knew it, he had torn down the old shed, had it picked up by someone that responded to his craiglist ad, and arranged for his friend Zeke to help him this weekend. The faith part comes in because Adam's summer job with the Army Corp of Engineers has been over a week and so he's in job limbo. Being the worrier in our relationship, this should make me very nervous, especially when he's taking on big home improvements like a new shed! But I had to agree with him that now is the only time he would have to work on it, and let's face it, the condition of our old shed and our need for storage was getting a bit desperate. The new shed is beautiful! I'm so impressed by these guys! And I know that I'll appreciate it even more when I need to get in there one day when Adam's at work and can't fetch something for me out of the old spider infested shed.

Crisis Averted

I burnt up a total of three soldering iron tips on two different irons so finally, yesterday morning my awesome husband got me a new fancy soldering iron. Okay, it's not fancy but it does have a thermostat and a tip that hasn't melted! We decided that the replacement tips for the model I got at the craft supply store just weren't the same quality as the tip that came with the iron. Kind of a gip if you ask me. I hate how products are made nowadays to just throw away when they quit working, and in this case the product worked fine but the part I knew I'd have to replace would not no matter how many I tried. I guess they expect you to go buy another one of their irons after you've already tried two replacement tips (cha ching). Not this crafter!
So here's the first pendants done with the new iron. I'm a busy bee! Only seven more days to go until the First Friday Indie Market!

Be there or be square! We have a lot of great crafts people coming to this so if you're in the Triad area, PLEASE come support your local artisans!!! Remember, the holidays will be here before you know it....