Christmas Craft Fair circuit

Whew!

With 3 out of 4 craft fairs done, I am ready to take a break today.

And of course, taking the time to say hello to you is on the top of my list!

This table set up was at the Ingomar sale. 

Jam packed on a 5 foot table.

I can confidently say that most things on this table are gawn.

 

For some reason, I don't have a picture of my sale at the Fire Hall, so I move on to the sale at The Grand Hotel in Yarmouth.

Sorry for the fuzzy... I cleaned my lens after this.

I can confidently say, that most things on this table are available.

Weird show.. Widely advertised and attended, but not a lot of buying. hmm?

 I needed a break from sweater sewing one day, so I played around with cashmere scarves.

Voila... hot water bottle covers. love em

 These cashmere infant hats are soo soft and adorable.

Like my balloon display?

Basket of mittens from sales ago. 

All gone, but I do have more. Of course.

 I LOVE LOVE LOVE this little kid section.

Those puppets please me.

And working with the felt in hair clips and tooth fairy bags. niiice

My first batch of stockings. gawn

My second batch. All available

And amongst the Christmas making, I got to make this little one for a new wee one in the world.

With a reversible dress.

One more craft sale on FRIDAY, at the Lockeport Pavillion 12-4

I will have a few more things added. Hopefully with a kid focus.

For a more up to date view of what I am doing,

check out my facebook page

ta ta for now....

Amanda

look! it's not mittens!

After 2 weeks of sewing mittens, I needed a break.

So I made a few more infant hats.

And some Christmas Stockings!

What a nice change

 Some have the same on the front and back, and some have a solid back

There are more sweaters pulled for making today. 

And now for the obligatory, albeit somewhat not up to standard, photos of Halloween costumes

And the adults who borrowed heavily from the kid costume box.

My husband and I would have won the best couple award, but I went home at midnight to relieve the babysitter. So they gave him the best male. My little badge says, "he's a keeper" HA! get it!

Hope all is well where you are..

Ciao,

Amanda

Spring Craft fair

Last weekend, there was a craft fair at the fire hall.

I'm really liking my new-ish wire burlap baskets and chalk paint labels.

I decided to try some new items for summer.

 Cashmere socks!

And of course, I must have lovies for the littles.

The following items are now available at  

Studio 138, Shelburne

Bear friend in a tin

 bunny in a basket. Actually, they are sold separately.

The ever fabulous, Hand Puppets

Socks, dollies, glass plates

 And trinket tray

 This past weekend, we also celebrated Neve's 1st Communion.

T'was a lovely day for a lovely occasion with some family visiting too.

Have a good one.

Amanda

I sewed a pair of socks!

DID YOU HEAR ME?

I SEWED A PAIR OF SOCKS!

FROM A FELTED SWEATER!

Look how pretty they are! 

And so comfortable.

Now I know what I'll be using my patterned cashmere sweaters for.

I bought the pattern for Polar fleece socks on a trip to Joann's in Sarasota.

Oh yes, we went to Florida for 2 weeks in March. 

I haven't taken the crappy pictures from my phone yet, but I will write a post here for record keeping.

It was wonderful. Hot, sunny, beachy, hot tub, pooly and other interests were taken care of.

And I didn't need a pair of socks once!

Ciao,

AP

chickens, owls and who-ville hair

Aahh, A warm day in the middle of snow season. 

Where you can hear everything melting, birds singing and chickens making an awful racket. 

They want to get out and play too.

(oh, did I not say that they don't like to put their delicate feet on the snow? Spoiled chickens.)

So I put some straw down outside the coop area. They were as happy as could be.

 And in kid news: Crazy Hair day was indeed, crazy.

 Can't get enough of these owls.

 I think I will adjust the eyes a bit. This guy does seem extremely sad or worried.

Makes you want to love him more.

 And at the moment, I am working on a decor kind of owl. Denim, shiny thread and metal button eyes.

Our two days of warm weather was delightful. 

Just gets you through enough to gather strength for the snow storm we're expected to get on Sunday.

Yay.

Hello March Break.

Have a good one.

Amanda

Owl pattern from here.

sweater owl

I made a new owlie out of a very happy sweater...

 It's the same pattern as this one.

 The photos from my new cell phone BITE! The colour of this sweater is very bold.

But this guy is still willing to give you a hug.

Well, he's probably giving a hug to some lucky winner.

He was sent to an auction last night.

Be sure that there will be a few more of these for sale in May at the Fire Hall Craft Sale!!

Ciao,

Amanda

another day of needle felting

Oh Look! More Snow!

This week saw Monday as a holiday-Heritage day, Tuesday was a snow day- no school, Wednesday Neve stayed home because she was sick, today- half a school day due to impending weather.

 And it hasn't stopped snowing since 5:30 this morning. 

Over that period of time, Rafael went crazy on the needle felting.

Big and small

 Even my uncle tried it out!

 I'm feeing too blah to say much more. And my feet hurt. 

The kids are playing a massive game of cards with a twist.

They have the deck of cards in the middle of the den area=big long space on the 2nd floor.

They each run to an end and meet in the middle to turn over the cards for their play.

Much stomping and heaving breathing. 

And imagination.

And exercise indoors that this mama can approve of.

I need to get lost in something on Netflix. :}

Have a good one.

Amanda

Remote Control Owl...holder

Did I ever tell you that I love custom orders? 

Well, I had just that and what I love even more is a day to play with a new pattern.

The request was to take this pattern and make this:

 An owl to hold remote controls!

the original pattern had the owl at 20 inches high and 15 inches wide!! 

Dasalotta pillow!

I reduced the pattern to 65%

 I liked the boxed bottom.

 And I love looking at a clean stitch on felt. Ahhhh. this is a stress reliever to me.

I hope to make another one in denim. oh yes.

And here is a bird photo from a new feeder on the other side of the house.

Just cause.

Well, after 4.5 snow days=no school days in the past 2 weeks, this mama is ready to go out for an evening of adult conversation. Yay for the new local watering hole with live entertainment.

Now if he would just get me some orange pop. Ha.

Have a good one,

Amanda

I made something other than mittens!

My visiting uncle wanted a scarf. But not just any scarf.

A scrappy scarf. 

 And I just happen to know where there is a sweater hill.

(the person below is not my uncle, he's my husband. 

He agreed to model in something other than work overalls. :})

It was intended to be 6 feet. It finished much longer than that.

  A serged scarf with black thread. My machine had white. So I hesitantly, with fear and in a calm manner, breathed deeply and changed the treads. All 3 of them without too much aggravation.

 It was fun. It was different. It will be done again. Maybe I'll start with a cowl.

 Is it winter where you are? We had a ton of this in the past week!

Have a good one!

Amanda