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.