Cupcake Toppers

I have a graduation party to go to next weekend and am bring cupcakes, but I want to make them a little extra special. I decided I am going to make some cupcake toppers with my Cricut. I was browsing Etsy this afternoon for a little inspiration and here are some that I found. I can't wait to start working on mine.

PartyParade on Etsy

whitefluffdesigns on Etsy

Sagga02 on Etsy

Personalized Water Bottle

I love personalized and monogrammed items. Tonight I made this cute water bottle for my sister with her new initials using some vinyl and an aluminum water bottle. If it wasn't personalized for her I would be keeping it for myself.

Outdoor Craft Show

I participated in my first outdoor craft show a few weeks ago, here are some photos of the set-up.

Wedding Day Frames

I recently got a new Cricut (yeah!!!) and have been making tons of projects with it. My sister is getting married this weekend so I wanted to make some fun wedding day gifts for her so I did some frames.

The "Here Comes the Bride" one is to go on her front door since we will be getting ready at her house and the "Mr & Mrs" frame is for their hotel room door. I'll be putting these in a basket along with some other gifts to give to her the morning of her wedding.

Flowers for Spring

To expand the hair accessories I've been making I've started to learn to make fabric flowers. There are so many great fabric choices out there the possibilities are endless for color combinations and looks. There are so many tutorials online for a lot of different styles. So far I've learned how to do the five petal style using the tutorials on the fabricflower blog

Next I would like to learn to do the chiffon fabric flowers, they are so beautiful and feminine. This one if from Etsy seller Nomsa, her color combination is beautiful.

I've bought the supplies and plan on following this tutorial from ReFabulous . Hopefully I'll have some photos of my own to post soon.

Hat Projects

Here are some hats I've been creating, they aren't all listed on Esty right now but any style an be custom ordered to be the exact size and color needed.

The holidays few by

I can't believe its now February! The holiday season seems like it was a blur to me, and I was so busy I didn't get to make my yarn wreath. I did get all the supplies so I'll just have to do it for next year.

I did have a great winter craft show season! I am so glad how my first year turned out. I learned a lot from it and can't wait to use this year to really step up my business. I have my first show of this year on 2/13 and am really excited. I have a lot of new things coming for this year.

Here is a preview photo of a new style of barrette I've been working on to add to the PetitSweets line

I can't believe its holiday time already

It seems like the other day fall was just arriving and now its almost Christmas! I've been super busy this fall with craft fairs and lots of custom hat orders. Over the past few fairs I feel like I've really gotten my display better. I have an event this weekend and hope to take some photos.

Craft Show Set-up

For anyone that needs some inspiration on setting up for a show this is a great blog, Craft+Show Designs . There are so many wonderful booth set-ups in there (plus its fun to see every ones products).

Time to start to think Christmas

It's only the day after Halloween but I should already be thinking about Christmas (well I should have been for about a month). There are so many great holiday projects to make that the month of November really should be devoted to holiday project. This year one of the projects I'm really excited to make is the yarn wreath that Starbucks was showing in their shops last year. This wreath seemed to be very popular this year because there are so many blog posts about making your own, just google "Starbucks Yarn Wreath". She Knits Shizknits has a great tutorial on how she made hers and so does Inspired Kara .

Ryan and I really wanted to make this project last year but were turned off by the high price of the styrofoam balls, and you need a good amount to make this. But this year I was inspired by Dollar Store Crafts to search there for my supplies. Rather than get the styrofoam balls I picked up a few boxes of plastic Christmas balls to wrap (who can beat 12 for only $1). I also found some silver bells to mix in with it. I have some yarn here at the house so I should be all set to try this project this week.

Yo-Yos aren't just for quilts

I found this on Country Living's website and they have some great ways to use fabric yo-yos in new ways. I think the shoes are my favorite.

Craft Fair Today

Here are some photos of my set up at the craft fair I had today. My husband made me some boards to display clips on using some photo boards, hinges and wood.

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Yo-Yos

I've always loved the way yo-yos look, the quilts, pillows, pins made of them..... I think part of it is the color/print combinations just intrigue me. Since they work up fairly quickly you can make some smaller projects in a afternoon. The worst part for me is cutting out the circles, but once that is done they make a great project for while watching TV or for travel since they are small and portable. I decided to make some yo-yo garland since I wasn't ready to take on a quilt yet.

To make this garland I made about 45 yo-yos using two different black and cream plaid fabrics (click here for how to make a yo-yo). Then I attached them, by sewing them onto a 6 foot piece of black ribbon, leaving about 5 inches of just ribbon on each side.

Feathers

I had a friend visiting over Labor Day Weekend and while she was here we had some inspiration to make feather hair accessories. We had gone shopping during the weekend and both really liked all the fun feather hair accessories that are out right now but they just seemed so expensive. So we went to the craft store and bought some supplies, for less than the cost of one headband we were able to make several items each plus have left over feathers.

Fall Craft Fair Season is Starting

Fall craft fair season is here! So far I have 3 booked, my first one is coming up next Saturday. I've been super busy making things for them (I need to take some photos of new items to post). Fall is my favorite season so I have no loss on inspiration for fall crafts. Now that I'm getting my inventory built up I need to find some display ideas.

Tried an Acorn

I had a little extra time tonight so I was able to try the acorn pattern in the post below. I didn't make the face on mine. I am planning on placing them in mason jars and putting them on a side table in my living room for fall. The patter is great because it works up so quickly and it will look fun in any color combo. Mine did come out a little large, so I may have to get some lighter weight yarn for this project.

Finding Fall Projects

Now that we have our new house I want to decorate it for every season/holiday. Fall is my favorite season to decorate for so I wanted to find some special things to make for our new house. I found a great crochet acorn pattern. The designer made her with a face, I plan on making mine plain in different brown tones and filling mason jars with them. I'm not sure where to put these once completed, maybe on the side tables in the living room or on the window sills.

Link to acorn pattern:

http://www.planetjune.com/blog/free-crochet-patterns/amigurumi-acorn/

Great Crochet Pattern Site

I always look online for new crochet patterns to try, there are so many great ones out there. I've been really into making shapes (like flowers and stars) and using them for clips, wreathes, magnets..... as well as kids hats. I like smaller projects that work up kind of quickly. I found the site Crochet Pattern Central --it's packed full of patterns for just about any project you could think of. It's definitely worth bookmarking.

Blog Makeover

I was thinking my blog needed a little refreshing and I found this great site, Shabby Blogs. They have tons of great backgrounds and extras and they all fit my taste and style, but I was able to find one that somewhat resembled my business card design, I'm trying to tie everything together. Today I was also taking some time to take some new product shots and did a new photo for my blog title as well. I think the blog makeover turned out pretty well.

The Craft Room is Coming Along

One the things I was so excited about when we moved to our new house was that I would get the extra bedroom to use as a craft room. My husband offered to put his office in part of our large finished basement so that I could have the extra room (he is so sweet!). When we moved in we really didn't have any furniture for it, all we has was a super small desk (it's good for laptop work and that's about it, but it looks really cute) and an old book shelve. Since we are really cutting back on spending after the move I knew I wouldn't be getting a work table or anything for it any time soon, so it was just kind of a storage room.

Well, this weekend the room started to come along. My husband was off on Friday so as a surprise he went to salvage and got me a desk. It's a really large size, both deep and wide, so that I have plenty of room to work on it. I was so excited!!! I also got some dowels and curtain supports to make hanging storage for my ribbons. I have a little more organization and work to do in there and it should all be done (photos will come once its complete).