Mercersburg Townfest 2008

The day started out rainy and gray today, but it cleared up quickly and ended up being a beautiful day. This was our first year vending/attending Mercersburg Townfest and I have to say, this town really put on a nice little event. The local churches hosted breakfasts and lunches and the First United Methodist Church had rooms full of goods for sale, goodies to eat, music and a gym full of silent auction items. Outside on the streets of Mercersbug, there were vendors of all types, yummy foods, activities for the kids and music and dance performances.

I had the opportunity to meet Amy and view her absolutely beautiful jewelry up close. I especially loved her colorful chainmail pieces. I also got to meet another local Etsy seller - Mad for Needles.

Overall, it was a nice day, weather ended up being just right - not too hot, not too cold. Plus, it was fantastic to only have 6 minutes travel time to a craft show! Ahhh, there's nothing like tearing down, packing up, driving home and unloading only a few minutes later!!! I will post some pictures soon from this event.


Tomorrow, we have the alpaca event at Stone Meadow Alpacas. They have invited us to not only sell our line of Stone Meadow Alpaca jewelry, but our other designs as well. We will be there to set up at 9am and will stay unitl 4 - 4:30pm.

Alpaca!

Recently I was commissioned by Stone Meadow Alpacas to create some jewelry using their logo for National Alpaca Farm Days 2008.
Here's a sneak peek at the jewelry:

 

 

 

 

These items will on display and available for purchase/order from 9am to 5pm on September 28th, 2008 @
Stone Meadow Alpacas
14514 Hollowell Church Rd.
Waynesboro, PA 17268
- at 10am there will be a small talk on the Alpaca Fiber industry and a free alpaca product will be given away. For more alpaca industry talks, fun, food, a fashion show, and prizes visit 6 participating farms nearby during the weekend. Visit http://www.cvalpacs.com for more information and scheduling details.

29th Annual Mercersburg Townfest - this weekend!

This Saturday I will be vending at the 20th Annual Mercersburg Townfest. This is our first year doing this event and I'm very excited!! I've heard a lot of great things about it, and from the looks of the vendor map, there are 2 full streets full of vendors.

Mercersburg Townfest
Saturday, September 29th, 9am to 3pm
East and West Seminary Street + a portion of Main Street, Mercersburg, PA.
you can read more about it and view a list of vendors here.

*Zen Creations will be located on West Seminary Street, around the corner from The Mansion House, 3rd space in, diagonal from Mix 95.1.

Also - check this weeks Mercersburg Merchant for our ad and coupon for Townfest!!

Perez on Martha!

Yesterday, the Queen of All Media, Perez Hilton was on Martha Stewart. I subscribe to the RSS feed for his blog and I find myself taking short breaks from work several times a day to read his posts. (I know, I'm an addict! LOL) He's made a name for himself, and while some hate him, a lot more people must love him since his blog gets sooo many hits and comments every single day. Maybe it's a love hate thing? Either way, I love to read it and you have to admit, it's amazing what he's built for himself from blogging.

Here's the clip from the show so you can check it out and enjoy. He gives some great tips on blogging:


I also have to mention that his efforts to slim down & shape up have really paid off. He looks great!

New fall goodies!

I've been very busy the last few days, working on new pieces for my Etsy shop and Townfest. Here's a few of the new fall goodies in my shop!:

Fall Spiral Earrings


Coral and Carved Wood Necklace


Eye of the Storm Braclet


Falling Leaves Necklace

Getting ready

Yesterday I went for what will hopefully be my second to last chemo treatment for a while. My Dr gave me some great news - my counts are up from 74,000 to 118,000! So I have just one more treamtent in December and then hopefully I'll get atleast a year of remission out of this. Yippee!!!

While I'm off work a few days, dealing with my chemo side effects, I'm trying to get some new pieces planned out and hopefully finish some that are already in progress. My next craft show is the Mercersburg Townfest in Mercersburg, PA on September 27th. This will be my first year doing this show and I look forward to doing this show.

Boonsboro Days 2008 Recap

Saturday morning was gray and quickly turned to rain, but many sellers and shoppers still made it out to Boonsboro Days. I was glad we set up our canopy Friday night! We managed to get our area set up and ready to go before the rain began, and toughed it out as long as we could. Around 1-1:30pm everyong closed up shop for the day.

Sunday turned out to be beautiful, not too hot, not too cool. There were almost twice as many people there on Sunday as there was last year as well. We ended up making up for Saturday with shoppers and sales, and it appeared that everyone had a good time. In addition to the music, food and crafts, there was a classic car show, craft demonstrations and pony rides.

I took some pictures of my booth and one of my mom's booth. Check out her great fabric pumpkins!

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Boonsboro Days 2008

I'm putting the final touches on a few pieces tonight and then we will be ready for Boonsboro Days. Crossing my fingers that the rain will pass up by and we will have beautiful weather. This is one of my favorite craft shows for both vending and shopping! I got to seet some of my mom's new pieces that she will be selling this weekend. I might have to buy one of her rustic fabric pumpkins!

Check out this website for more information about Boonsboro Days and the history of the Boonsboro, MD area.

Boonsboro Days:
September 6th & 7th
Shafer Park,Boonsboro, MD

-We will be located near the rear of the band shell in Shafer Park. Last year we were between country/primative crafts vendor (my mom) and a candle vendor; across from Cedar Ridge Soaps. My mom's country/primitive crafts will be in the tent right next to our again this year so be sure to check out her stuff!



SPECIAL OFFER: Mention my blog and get 10% off your total Zen Creations purchase at Boonsboro Days!

Pretty little pearl earrings

I've been busy this holiday weekend, finishing up pieces for Boonsboro Days. Last night I made several pairs of these pretty little pearl hoop earrings and I was so pleased with how they turned out, that I made a second set for my Etsy shop.

Here's a littl sneak peek:

 

 

 

 

I have 6 different colors in this style, which will be added to my shop over the next few days.