Yulemart was a Blast!!

The holidays are such a busy season for us crafters and I finally have a few minutes to update you on my recent endeavors! What's consumed my life for the past 2 months or so? My first really big holiday craft fair! Yep, I took the big plunge and had a booth at the Yulemart right before Thanksgiving. I can't tell you how many all-nighters I pulled preparing for this thing and while it wasn't as profitable on the spot as I would have liked, the exposure has generated several custom orders. So, for any of you contemplating a big fair and not sure about profits, if you do custom orders you will probably see a return on your investment in the near term! The downside of being so sleep-deprived is my brain was just a tad numb during the fair which is why I don't have many pictures! I made good friends with some incredibly talented artists, like Tandra from Prim and Proper who inited me to sell some items in her shop! Along with providing motivation for new art, like the hand-colored and -glittered digital stamp tags, I have a sense of what the "popular" items were. Overall, this fair was a wonderful experience...I'm already planning for next year!

Cinnamon & Spice, Baby Boy Premade Bo Bunny My Word Album

Spice and I agree that this is by far the best scrapbook I've done! All the work it took was definitely worth it. This is a "My Word" album by Bo Bunny covered with papers, tags and frames from "Granny's Kitchen". The album comes in many more styles like, "Family", "Friends", "Travel" and more. Aren't the blue and brown nice together? Let's take a peek at the inside...

Here's a place to record photos of your new baby as well as the vital stats. Check out the little brown corduroy flower on the left.

The chocolate tear bear is my favorite!

Can't you just see your baby boy's photos on this page? I really want this album for myself, guess I'll have to make another one!

Cinnamon & Spice, Sugar and Spice and All Things Nice

I had a lot of fun making this album. As I've mentioned in earlier posts, I'm crazy about mini's - typically ones that are 6 x 6 inches and smaller. I think they're perfect for the busy mom that enjoys browsing through the memories preserved in a scrapbook but doesn't have the time or the interest to do it herself. We capture so much through our pictures, a child's personality, the look of surprise and total appreciation from a surprise birthday party recipient, a stolen glance between people in love or that great family vacation at the beach. For me, scrapbooking or "cropping" is my artistic, creative outlet. I might have trouble decorating my home, but I can sure pull together the right colors and patterns for a scrapbook, go figure! Enjoy the rest of the pics!

I lucked up and found these stitched letters to match the stitched cover! I'm also diggin' the tear bears, which are torn or fluffed from mulberry paper. You'll definitely be seeing more of these.

These are some of my first paper piecings. I used fabric and paper to make the flowers and different papers for the ladybug, too cute IMHO!

Another adorable tear bear and more fabric and paper piecings!

Don't ever grow up...I've often thought how my kids grow up too fast!