Catalog of sorts

Crayon Rolls    $7.00

Lunchbags    $12.00

Reusable cotton sandwich bags  3/$10.00

Book & Journal Covers    $7.00



Twisted Wire Necklaces   $15

Twisted Wire Earrings   $8

Twisted Wire Bracelets    $10

Click on any of the above images for more information or details. 

I try not to keep many items in stock so that you can customize them as you'd like.  Maybe you want an orange lunch bag, or your name twisted into a necklace.  Or your crayon roll needs to fit 5 crochet hooks instead of 12 crayons.   Talk to me and we'll try to make something uniquely you. 

Back in business!

Okay, so I depleted a lot of my Christmas stock, but the girls and I are busy restocking for a spring sale on April 14.  I'll start posting my new products soon. 

Here's what I'm hoping to sell this time:

• Aprons
• Bracelets (I have some new ideas for these)
• Newsboy hats - I love these!  I'm going to make one for myself too.
• Fabric organizer boxes
• Beaded bookmarks

I've got two months to work on it all and I'll keep you posted on items as they come up.

Another lunchbag

I made this bag on Friday for my neice.  It's the same price as the other lunch bags, but I just wanted to show you what a difference the fabric can make.  If you need one for someone in particular, let me know who it's for, what you'd like and I'll search my stash for something suitable. 

This is for a little girl and we wanted something fun.  I love the way it turned out. 

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Insulated lunch bag      $12
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Half Aprons

I couldn't pass up on these cute napkins when I saw them.  I have a soft spot for chickens.  And linen. 

I do realize that it's a rooster, but it's close enough for me.  I have nothing against roosters and they are particularly quiet when in an embroidered format. 

It was an easy thing to turn the nice linen into half aprons.

I have three of them.  One with a green cotton gingham band, one with a burgundy silk band and the one below with a wide blue ribbon.

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Rooster Half Aprons     $12 each

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Post sale

Attending craft sales is new to me.  I like to shop at them, but you don't notice what's really going on at the tables that way.

What really goes on is that all of the vendors just buy from each other.  We all have different talents and abilities and enough knowledge to admire what others can do.  We bought a lot of Christmas presents during the day.  There were not many shoppers so we had plenty of time to roam around. 

That maybe doesn't sound very profitable and it wasn't, but we did get some shopping done and ended up a bit ahead of the game.  And the wise young lady beside us pointed out that that is how community really should work anyway.  I help you and you help me...

I think what I learned about sales is that people want custom things done.  I sold more necklaces than anything else, and most of them were made on the spot.  I spelled someone's name, Beth drew three versions of a cat for a customer to pick and then I twisted it, another girl wanted a specific word.  I don't know if I work well on the spot like that, but it was kind of fun. 

So, the upshot of this is...

If you see something here that you like, but you'd like it different (blue instead of pink, "smile" instead of "hope", etc.), let me know and I'll see what I can do.  At least I won't be stressed out by having you watch over me shoulder while I make it!


I also learned not to haggle.  As it is, crafters don't make much money.  If I can make a lunch bag in an hour, that's about minimum wage.  Why should I let a cheap shopper haggle me down?  It won't happen again!  If I gift you with something because you're a friend or I just want to, that's different.  That's my choice.

Upcoming Christmas Sale

If you live in the area, all of my items (plus some gorgeous concrete leaf sculptures of Rosa's) will be available at a local Christmas Sale.

Dec. 3, 9:00 - 4:00 pm
High Park Community Hall
11032 - 154 Street
Edmonton

Maybe I'll see some friendly faces there!

Book and Journal Covers

I started making these last April when I was stumped as to what to make or buy from my book-lovin' daughter.   She loved her cover.  She now uses it daily for her dictionary at school.  It looks so much better than the icky printed softcover it came with and it makes the much-used book more durable.

This is very much like her cover.   The girls call it "the pigeon" cover.  (fits 5.25" x 7.75")

I like the feel of the soft corderoy, so I used it for all of the covers. 

Unfortunately, there seems to be no standard for book sizes anymore.  My own books are all over the map in terms of size.   This one fits a $1 notebook perfectly.  The book is 6.25" x 8.25". 

Just because I had some cute rickrack that matched (I love rickrack, even the word), this one comes with a built-in bookmark. 

The tulip is probably my favourite one. It's just a touch bigger than the "pidgeon", which holds my most common paperback.  (5.25" x 8") 

The owl cover is best for a fat notebook, the kind my kids love to have scattered all over the house.  It's short and fat, like the owl himself.  (Fits 5" x 7.5")

And this is actually Beth's favourite, besides her dictionary cover.   She's not a terribly girly girl, I'm thinking. (Fits 5.25" x 8")

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Book and Journal Covers       $7

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