Happy Holidays!!

Happy Holidays from Zen Creations!!!

Artfire!!

Today I joined Artfire and started setting up shop! I only have a few items listed so far, but watch for more new pieces to be added over the next few days!!

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Disney World 2008

Sale! & Vacation!!

Thanksgiving is tomorrow and with Thanksgiving comes Black Friday and fantastic sales. I will also be leaving early Friday morning for a vacation in Florida - Disney World! We're driving down (2 loong days!), but we're stopping in Georgia to visit with friends. My husband and I have been looking forward to this vacation for months, and our daughter has been super excited ever since we told her where we're going.

My shop will be staying open while I'm gone, but orders will not be shipped until we return from our vacation. I will, however, be posting sales throughout the week in my shop, so keep an eye out for great deals!

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Ahhhhh.......

Ahhhhh........ at last! A nice shiny new laptop, wireless internet AND a new camera to play with!!! To have a computer that not only moves quickly, but can actually handle the internet without having it shut it down every 10 minutes ----- I am in HEAVEN!!!!

Still need to play around with the new camera. Hope to experiment with it tomorrow (well, later today since it's 1 am right now), maybe even start added some new items to my shop after the jewelry home party this week.


Ahhhhhhh.... this is so nice!

8 Years & FREE Shipping

Today Lance and I are celebrating our 8th wedding anniversary! It's hard to believe we've been married that long. To mark this occasion, I will be offering FREE SHIPPING in my Etsy shop from 9am EST today to 9am EST tomorrow (11/5).

Don't forget to vote today!

Getting organized

Whew!  A busy summer followed by an even busier fall has left my main workspace a mess!  For the first time in over a month, I have an entire weekend without anything in particular to do.  I sat down a little while ago to work on a few pieces and found that I couldn't because my workspace was such a mess.  A little over an hour later, I have it clean up, beads, findings and wire put in their proper places and all my scrap wire in the scrap tray.  Now I can finally get something done!

It's amazing how much of a mess can accumulate in such a short time. Back when I work as a jeweler full time, we cleaned up our benches every day before we left.  Now, with working a full time job, taking care of the house, family, friends AND trying to run my own jewelry business --- well, something has to slide from time to time. LOL  

My hours at my day job were recently cut back from 5 days a week to 4, which will allow me more time to create, photograph and list, and possibly keep my workspace in better shape.  Well, maybe!

Vote for Kelly!!!

If you have a few miniutes, vote for my cousin's wife Kelly. She entered in the Belly Pumpking contest that WKRZ is having. The winner gets a year of diapers!
Vote here. Look for Kelly McFarland.

Great Outdoors Festival -- this weekend!

This weekend is the Great Outdoors Festival at Whitetail Ski resort. You don't want to miss this event if you are in the area! This festival has plenty to offer: good food, entertainment, demonstrations, crafts (look for Zen Creations!), Belgian Horse wagon rides, Penn State Timber Spors team, a climbing wall kids activities, and a ski, snowboard and golf swap.

Great Outdoors Festival
October 25 & 26th, 10am to 5pm
Adults - $6, Ages 6-12 & Seniors - $3, Under 5 - FREE
Whitetail Ski Resort
13805 Blairs Valley Road
Mercersburg, PA
http://www.skiwhitetail.com

Fulton Fall Folk Festival this weekend!!

Tomorrow we head out for the Fulton Fall Folk Festival. It will be nice to vend at a craft show that is only 30 minutes from home. This is the first time vending at a 3 day show and our first time at Fulton Fall Folk Festival. So far, it looks like the weather is going to be nice. A real plus after all of our rainy craft shows this year!

Looking forward to tomorrow, but I still have plenty to do tonight to prep. Still need to finish pricing a few new pieces and packing up the jewelry, need to repack my displays before packing them up in the car. I had better get my checklist out and start checking things off when I get home from work!

Fulton Fall Folk Festival - this weekend

I have 2 craft shows coming up:

35th Fulton Co. Fall Folk Festival
October 17, 18 & 19
Location: McConnellsburg, PA


Great Outdoors Festival:
Whitetail Ski Resort
October 25 & 26th
Location: Mercersburg, PA

We've been spending as much time as possible prepping for these events. The last few months have been very busy for us, and we've done 2x's as many craft shows this year as we did last year. Overall, it's been an extremely busy summer and fall. It certainly has been a challenge this year to balance family, health issues, Etsy Team duties, full time job, Etsy, craft shows and creating new pieces. As much as I enjoy creating jewelry, I am looking forward to taking a week off in December for our family vacation.

Bubbles!

Just had to share this photo from the weekend. Thank you Sara for this picture!

Things have been very busy here lately. Between craft shows, making jewelry, home parties and family functions, I've barely had time to take a break! I do have some new pieces that are almost finished that I'm very excited about. Hope to post pictures of these pieces very soon!

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.

Boonsboro Days & Mercersburg Townfest

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 and a candle vendor; across from a soap vendor. SPECIAL! Mention my blog and get 10% off your total Zen Creations purchase at Boonsboro Days!


Mercersburg Townfest:
September 27th, 9am to 3pm
Downtown - Mercersburg, PA
- more information will be posted later.


Also, I have added an events section to my blog to post a list of upcoming events. This will be updated as events are added.

Finally!

Well, it took me longer than I would have liked, but I finally have several of my newest pieces photographed and ready to list. I listed on pendant necklace earlier this week, my current favorite:


Here's a sneak peak at another pendant and a pair of pyrite earrings that will be listed this week:



Boonsboro Days is coming up soon too! I just found out that I will have the same spot as last year, so I'm very excited about that!

Treasury & new items

Created a team treasury today at lunch:


Still working on new designs. Tonight I'm going start taking pictures of the finished pieces and get them ready to list. Watch out for more new items soon!

On a Creative Roll

Well, my plan for last week and this week was to list several of my newer pieces.  So far, only one of these items has been listed.  The reason for this is last week I received a shipment of beads, and ever since then I've been on a creative roll. It's one of those times where you have so many ideas and the materials on  hand, and all you want to do is create all day long, never want it to end.  Too bad I still have a day job! LOL

I will be going out of town Sunday to Wednesday, taking a little vacation with my parents.  Before I go, I'm going to list a few of these new pieces, including a dazzling little Swarovski crystal ring.

A Nice Surprise

I have been looking for another event to vend at in August, since I can't make it to the Mercersburg Lion's Club event  (due to a wedding up north). Today that information came right to me - the answer was sitting in my mailbox!  After spending the last year and half searching out every possible craft show and community event in this area, it was nice to have someone actually send information to me. 

At this point, I had figured that August would be devoted to just making pieces and keeping my Etsy shop updated -- prepping and stocking up for fall shows and home parties.  This event looks to be perfect, table fees are very reasonable, location is about 30 minutes from home, show is 1 day and ends at 2pm.  Tomorrow I need to call and get a little bit information.

Now I just need to get my butt in gear and start making everything that I've been sketching and laying out these last 2 weeks. 

Downtime!

Everyone needs a few days off sometimes! After being so busy with my last 2 shows, and planning/having Zoe's birthday party this past weekend, I decided to take a few days off to recharge and catch up on some of the little things.

Most of my new supplies have come in and I already have tons of design ideas swimming around in my head. I also have quite a few new pieces, either finished, photographed and ready to list, or almost done and ready to be photgraphed in a day or two.

Keep your eye out for new designs soon!

Summer Fun!

I decided to take a little break after having 2 craft shows in 2 weeks. It will be a few days until some of the supplies I ordered are in, so what better way to make use of this time than to have fun with the family!

First off, we spent the afternoon with my parents at my mom's work picnic. Zoe had a great time throwing water ballons and riding in the bumper boats.

Last night, we went to the Greencastle Fireman's carnival and met up with some friends. The kids had fun on the rides and we finally got a chance to hear the Borough Boogie Pickers.

I took some pictures of my newer pieces Monday night, so tonight I will be listed some new items, and at least one new item each day for the next two weeks. Keep your eye out for new items!

Sidewalk Days!

Well, another Sidewalk Days has come and gone. This year was certainly interesting! First off, we get there at 6:15 am to find that we have been moved from our spot in the square (our spot last year) to a spot up the street near Willow Tree Gifts. So, thanks to someone's poor planning, we had to make some major adjustments to our set up, going from a nearly flat space in teh street where we could use the entire 10 x10 space to a sloped (in two directions!) space where we lose a foot of our tent to the curb. Oh, and you haven't lived until you've had tractor trailers roll by your tent, about 6 to 12 inches from it!

Lance and I had to think on our feet and make the best of the space we were given. Using jewelry trays to prop up our tables on one end to keep things from sliding off and sitting out next to our spot (in the sun -- yikes!) instead of inside our tent. We had a lot of people tells that they thought we decided not to return this year since we were not in our spot from last year, but I was glad people bothered to look for us!

Overall --- despite the sunburn, tractor trailers and sloped space ---- I'd have to say we did have a great show, and I was pleased to find more people familiar with Etsy.

41st Annual Greencaslte-Antrim Sidewalk Days!

Greencastle-Antrim Sidewalk Days
July 11 from 8:30 am to 8:30pm
July 12 from 8:30 am to 4pm

Over 100 vendors will be at this event, located in and around the square in Greencastle, PA. My space will be located in the northwest corner of the square, near the First National Bank.

If you have some time this weekend, please stop by and check out this event!

Summer Jubilee- July 4th, Waynesboro, PA

Here's a quick photo of my booth at the Summer Jubilee (July 4th). While it wasn't hot, it was rainy off an on all day. It didn't seem to bother all the people who came out, but it did make keeping things dry hard! LOL We ended up running to my mom's house and borrowing her red tent sides to keep my displays and tables dry.

This friday and saturday is the Greencastle Sidewalk Days.
More info on this event will be posted soon!

Getting Ready

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This Friday, July 4th, I will be doing a local craft show in Waynesboro, PA - Summer Jubilee.  This will be the first time Zen Creations will be vending at this event, so I don't really know what to expect.  This will also be the first time we will be using our new folding shelves that we bought at Ollies a few weeks ago.  I love them for 2 reasons, 1. they fold nice and flat - great for transporting them, and 2. they can hold 3 displays on each shelf. My displays were really tight at the last show, so this will allow me to display more goods in less space and put it at the customer's eye level.

Our new shirts from VistaPrint came in today. Very pleased with how they turned out.  Maybe I can get Lance to model the shirt and hat on Friday and post it here! My labels also came in today, so I spent about an hour sticking them on various sized white jewelry boxes. I think they add a nice touch, and hopefully bring customers to my Etsy shop in the future.

Still waiting on an order from Firemountaingems.com . Hopefully it will come in tomorrow and I can use the new displays I ordered on Friday.  Tomorrow night will be filled with packing up my displays, Lance packing up the car and organizing beads and findings to take and work on during the show.

Cross your fingers that it doesn't rain on the 4th!

Old school Etsy

I should have added this last week when I was celebrating my 3rd anniversary, but here's a screenshot of what Etsy looked like when I joined:

What I have learned over the last 3 years...

Tomorrow (june 19th) I am celebrating 3 years of selling on Etsy.com.  Tonight I spent an hour or so looking through the first few pages of sales I had on Etsy, going over the photos, reading the listings, and thinking back to when I first started out.  The site, my work and my shop has changed a lot in those 3 years!

So, what I have I learned?  Well, I learned that it takes a lot of time to sell online.  Time creating, time photographing, and most of all, time promoting.  3 years ago I had no idea what a blog was, how to make a banner, barely used forums, and didn't even know what an avatar is! LOL 

Photographing your work in a way that not only shows off the piece, but will also catch your customer's eye is key. My early photographs were badly lit and taken from too far away.  Once I learned how to use the macro on my camera, experimented with using different colored backgrounds and photo editing software -- my photographs really improved.

Probably the most important thing I learned was that YOU have to promote your shop.  A lot of times people sign up for a shop on Etsy, list their items and expect to sell right away.  You really do have to work hard on getting your name and your work out there.  It takes a lot of time and effort, but it's worth it in the end.  Sure, sometimes you get lucky, the right person sees your work at the right time, talks it up and your shop takes off.  But that's not always the case, so you have to make things happen for yourself.

Celebrating 3 Years On Etsy! Sale!

Zen Creations is celebrating 3 years with Etsy.com on Thursday, June 19th at http://zencreations04.etsy.com.

From 12am to 11pm EST I will be offering 15% off all regular priced items in my shop . To get your discount, enter this code in the Message to Seller box when purchasing: 3RD YEAR . Complete your order, but Do not use the payment link Etsy provides. I will send you an invoice with the discount applied to your total.

Don't forget: etsy has a shopping cart function, making shopping on Etsy even easier!

2 buyers will be chosen at random to recieve 20% off, 1 buyer will get 25% their total purchase and 2 people will get a free gift! All orders over $80 will get FREE shipping!

Greencastle, Mercersburg and Hagerstown residents - if you want your order delivered or arrange a pick up, please let me know and I will remove the shipping fees.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me, or you can find me from 8pm to 11pm EST in a chat room at Etsy.com. The location and password for the chat room will be posted in my shop that evening at 7:55pmEST.

To enter the chat room, you will need an Etsy.com user account. To get one, go to http://etsy.com and create an account. It only takes a few minutes, and it's free to sign up!

Please feel free to pass this information along to family and friends and watch for more new items to be listed throught the week!

Treasury!

Here are 2 great treasuries that feature some of my jewelry. Thanks MonkeyBuns!


and JewelryCreations!

A sneak peek...

The last 3 weeks I have been getting Rituxan treatments for ITP. I spend 1 day a week at the hospital getting it and the next few days not feeling all that well. Trying to make the best out of this sitation by using this time off from my day job to work on new pieces. The result is several new pieces which will be listed in my Etsy shop over the next few weeks.

Here's a sneak peek for my loyal blog readers!

New Website!

Check out the new Zen Creations website!

 

Zen Creations Jewelry

I'm loving the design!!! I don't have a shopping cart yet, so for now, everything will link back to the sections in my Etsy shop. It's geat to have matching business cards, blog, website, banner, car magnets and Etsy banner.

5 tips for making the best out of a bad craft show

OK, so we've all been there. You sign up for a craft show, spend weeks getting ready, you get there, set up and then.............. nothing. If you're lucky, you make your space fee back, plus a little extra, but then there are times where you just don't sell a thing. It's even worse if it's a craft show that you've done well at in the past.

So, what do you do? Quit? Go home early? Stop doing shows? No. You make the best of it. Here are my top 5 tips for making the best out of a bad craft show:

1. Work on new pieces. This has 2 benfits. The first is you get somework done instead of just sitting around all day. The second is people can watch you work on your creations and a lot of times this sparks interest. People like it when they can see that what you selling is handmade by you. Even better when they've watched you make the piece they bought.

2. Research - Customers. Listen to what people are taking about when they are looking at your goods. What pieces get the most compliments? What pieces get overlooked? What colors are people drawn too, etc. Listen to your target audience and what their needs are so you can work on filling that need.

3. Research - Displays and packaging. Take a walk around and look at other people's displays and packaging. Find inspiration from that for your own displays. Take some time to consider your displaying needs, what works in your booth now and how you can improve it for the next show.

4. Find your "hot spot". Every booth at a craft show has a "hot spot", that one place where people always seem to notice first in your space. That spot that, whatever you put there, people notice it and it draws them in. Once you've found that spot, try changing the pieces that are there every so often and see which draws people in the most.

5. Network. This is the perfect time to network with other crafters in your area. Talk to the other vendors and found out about future craft shows, contact info, suppliers, etc. These are people that you will most likely run into again and again at local shows and it doesn't hurt to get to know them a little bit.

Strawberries!

This Saturday the Mercersburg Lioness Club is hosting the Strawberry Festival in Mercersburg, PA. If you're in the area, stop by the Lion's Club Park from 9am to 3pm and check out the crafts, food, strawberries and fun dog show. Don't forget to look for us while you're there!

Here are some great Strawberry items that I found @ Etsy.com!

Etsy Buy Handmade zencreations04

The little things count!

One of the things I have learned over the last 3 years is that all the little things make a difference with advertising -- never miss an opportunity. For instance - your bags at craft shows. Bags are a perfect opportunity to advertise your goods. You should always include your business cards in your bags. I usually use some of the downtime at shows to stuff bags with my business cards. That way, if you get a rush of customers, your bags are all ready to go.

Another thing I started doing was decorating my bags. You don't have to spend a lot of money on your bags, and it only takes a little time to spruce them up a bit. Since I sell jewelry, I can get away with smaller bags. I purchase the brown paper bags from the grocery store and decorate them with 3 different stamps. The first one is a long bamboo stamp, the second is a Z stamp and the third is my business stamp which includes my Etsy shop address. They're cheap, simple and look better than plastic bags.

Banner, part 2.

It's finished!

 

I painted in the larger areas first, concentrating on the black and green. Next I painted in all of the smaller areas, the lines and dots. Finally, I did the lettering and painted an off white boarder around the outside. I am very pleased with the end result and I think this will work well for the front of one of my tables. Next time, I'm going to make a larger one for one side of my tent.

Making my own banner, part 1

I've looked over all my options for a banner for my craft show set-up, and none of them seemed to be what I wanted. Too costly, too little choices for design, etc. So, I decided that I should just make my own, and I couldn't be happier with the results so far.

Here's what I did:

1. I made a trip to our local Joanne's Fabric for muslin and paint. Muslin costs only $1.99 a yard, easy to cut and paint on. I bought 2 yards of it, plenty to make a couple of different sized banners, but right now I'm focusing on just one. Next, I blew up my postcard and taped the pages together.


2. I taped up the blown up copy of the postcard and traced it on white paper with a black sharpie marker. The black sharpie can be seen through the muslin and makes it much easier to transfer the design onto the muslin.


3. Next I postioned the black and white copy under the muslin and traced the design onto the muslin.


4. I don't own a sewing maching, so I iron on stips of fusing web to create neat and clean edges.


5. Now I am ready to paint!

Zen Creations - table set up

Zen Creations
Originally uploaded by zencreations04

One last picture for today. This one is of my table. I think Suzy took a much better one, but I like how I caught Lance making his way behind the table in this one!

Tomorrow I will post some more pictures from this event.

Shared table - Project Felt and Hobbledehoy

Shared table - Project Felt and Hobbledehoy
Originally uploaded by zencreations04

Liz and Tara's table. I really think their stuff looks great together!!!

Syd of Dottedwithhearts and ShopofLittleHorrors

Syd of Dottedwithhearts and ShopofLittleHorrors
Originally uploaded by zencreations04

Just finally getting back into the swing of things after this weekend. The craft show went really well, not as busy as everyone would have liked, but I think we all had a great time getting to know each other, hanging out, selling a few things, etc. Seph did a fantastic job with the music and everyone seemed to love the unusual setting.

Here's a picture of Syd from Dottedwithhearts and Shopoflittlehorrors at her table!

Uwishunu.com write up

Sara did a nice little write-up about our craft show, check it out: http://www.uwishunu.com/not-your-grandmothers-craft-show-this-weekend/

Promos are packed and ready to do in the Jeep. I'm really impressed with the promos that were sent from such a wide variety of Etsy sellers! I will take a picture of the promo table on Saturday and post here as soon as I can.

Now I just have to finish getting vendor info organized, $$ to pay for the venue ready and get the car packed up tonight. Tomorrow its a short day at work, followed by a 3 hour drive to Philly to get the venue ready for Saturday. I can't wait!

Craft show in Philly this weekend!!!!

If you are in the area on Saturday, please stop by and join in on the fun!

Corner of 48th and Woodland Ave. - across from the ball field.

Not Your Grandma's Craft Show! Vendor List

Next weekend is the Mason-Dixon & Philly Etsy Team joint craft show!!! I can't wait to get together and meet more of my fellow Etsy sellers!

Here's a sneak peek at the amazing vendors that will be at this event:

Etsy Buy Handmade projectfelt

Etsy Buy Handmade zencreations04

Etsy Buy Handmade hobbledehoy

Etsy Buy Handmade TranquilityJewelry

Etsy Buy Handmade pheajean

Etsy Buy Handmade dottedwithhearts

Etsy Buy Handmade beckyaugustine

Etsy Buy Handmade ShopOfLittleHorrors

Etsy Buy Handmade Cbeauty

Etsy Buy Handmade DesignsByPat

Etsy Buy Handmade allisonostertag

Etsy Buy Handmade BijouxByAllison

Etsy Buy Handmade insitudecorativearts

Etsy Buy Handmade LemonDrops2

Etsy Buy Handmade jadevixen555

Etsy Buy Handmade KlaatuCollection

Magnets!

I recently ordered some car door magnets from Vistaprint.com and they just came in! I got one for each of our cars, plus one for my mom's car. I love the design so much, I ordered business cards and postcards to match. I think they stand out on our blue cars.

Although I think Lance needs to wash his car! LOL