Harbinger of Spring

See all those little purple spots? Yes, crocuses!


In the photo below, that is snow on the right side of the post,
water from snow melt on the left side...

The crocuses are abundant this year.

When there has been more moisture, it seems there

are more groups of multiple crocuses.

January...and the flowers are sleeping!

To those of you who faithfully check this blog, don't give up on it! I usually take the month of January to work on some other projects, and the flowers are all packed away.



There is a new post on our semi annual craft mall. It is down below the last post, dated 12/6/08.



It is possible I may have a "real" website in the near future! If and when that happens, I will post a link here. I hope to still use this blog to journal the ongoing process of my flower pressing and the finished products.

Craft Bazaar. December 5-6

We had an enjoyable and successful craft fair this weekend. My sister

decided she was going to get some pictures, so here they are...

I decided to put these glass frames on sale, and we sold several.

We came early Saturday morning to set up the "sale box" and
generally straighten up the tables. I am trying to remove the
fingerprint smudges from some of the frames.


The bazaar was open Friday evening from 4-8, and we
were busy most of the time. It was fun! There were some
quiet times during the day Satureday, but it still turned
out to be a good day for sales.




Remember the "last minute" projects from the previous post?
Well, I completed 14 framed designs that day, and sold 12 of
them at this craft bazaar! I was glad I followed through on that impulse!

Holiday Arts and Crafts Mall December 2008

Twice a year a group of crafters in our area

open an "Arts and Crafts Mall" in a basement

room of the "Little Muddy Dry" store. I took

a few pictures of our December opening.

Here is an overview of the room:

part of the "Amy's Pressed Flowers" display

One man does leather working. This little

saddle is probably about 4 inches long.

we had baby afghans, tatted ornaments, and fuzzy scarves

One lady makes felted wool purses.

We had many different kinds of notecards

doilies galore...

solar light stakes

and many other items too numerous to mention!

last minute

We leave tomorrow for a craft bazaar. I finished packing the frames and table

props this morning, so had time to make a few more pansy designs. Here are

some of the works in prosgress...

A colorful start to December

We had a beautiful sunrise Monday morning. (This is what's left of

the snow that came the day after election day.) We're headed to a craft

bazaar this weekend. It's about 80 miles from here.

Latest version of an old standard....

I call this design my "botanical" and I've been doing variations on

this theme for several years. It always turns out a little different,

depending on the character of the prairie smoke, etc, I use. I was

pleased with this one.

Enameled frames

I have enjoyed these enameled frames. This first one has

a swirly green finish. The opening is 4 x 6.

This little frame is a 3 x 3 square.
I like the bright orange cosmos with the dark green frame.

Prairie Smoke, yet again!

Another uniquely formed praire smoke!

Pansies and Violas

My friend reminded me it's been a while since I've had anything new on here!

The above frames have a 4 x 6 opening. The frame is bergundy.


This was a 2 x 3 frame, it sold at the last craft fair. One lady had been looking at it, then another lady came by and picked it up and purchased it.
(oh, dear!)

New Frames!

These frames are made from recycled barnwood. This one still has the orange red faded paint from the barn. I was trying to decide how I would use this frame, and decided I could use a picture of a nice orange/red barn.

And, on a recent jaunt, this is what I found. I think it will work

pretty well....now to get the pictures printed somewhere!

Touchables

We have noticed that certain frames tempt shoppers to touch

them! At the last craft fair, these were the "most touched"!

This bergundy frame has super wide grosgrain ribbon fabric.
This frame has brown fabric with stitched embroidery.

This is a wood frame with grooves. We weren't quite
sure why it was one of the touchables....

This frame was sold last season, but it was often touched before

it sold. It is white ceramic, and the blue flowers are painted on.

(Can you tell one of the things we enjoy about craft fairs is observing the people?!)

Rose in oval frame

First Fall Craft Show 2008

We are off to a good start on the fall craft shows! We enjoy this one, partly because it is pretty close to home. The weekend went well for us, and we enjoyed it.

Here is my main PR lady, my sister. She does a great job of arranging and restocking the notecards and bookmarks.
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In the background of this picture, there is a white covered cart

and some red/white enamel ware. They were on the table

of our neighbor, the "Pantry Peddler....a taste of the prairie"

We really enjoyed getting acquainted with Bekki,

and bought her cookbook, along with

mixes for borscht, and a few other things...

here is the site for Bekki and her sister.

p.s . another of our craft fair friends, Sonja of "Sonja's Old-

Fashioned Delicacies" will be featured in the Dec/Jan issue

of Country Woman. She told us they have a circulation of

2 million, so is trying to get all the bugs worked out of her

website before the crowds hit it. Here is her site.

a sampling from our table

and the sunset on our way home...