I need a studio!

My friend and I are talking about opening a store. One that features handmade items from us and other locals artists, that will cover every room of the the house and then some. We also want to have in house crafts and parties and perhaps a little wine and snacks while you shop and/or craft. Of course I would move my stuff to the store!

As you can see my office is on the breakfast bar and my crafts in progress in on the dining room table along with my bowl of sugar motivation. AKA, candy corn and candy corn kisses.

Have I mentioned that I love fall?

Decanter Tags

This is another trash to treasure story. Awhile back my Central California Etsy Seller's Team had a destash night here at my house. Destash is basically trading your unused stuff for someone else's. I picked up these wooden plaques without knowing what I was going to do with them. One day while I had my handy dandy chalkboard paint out it came to me! Now my guests will know what they are drinking. I just need to have a party so I can use them.

Chalkboard Gifts!

These are some etching orders gone awry. I saved these boo boo's to paint chalk board paint over my mistakes. I'll try selling them at the craft fair this weekend. If they don't sell, they would make nice hostess gifts. One man's trash is another crafty lady's treasure!

Fancy Cork Board in Progress

We've been collecting corks for awhile now and finally have enough to lay the foundation of our new cork board. Of coarse we can't just do the basic weave pattern that everyone usually does. As you can see we have a few circles of corks already in place and we will fill in the outer areas as we go along. We'd better get to drinking more wine, it's for a good cause.