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.
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Friday, May 30, 2008
Friday, May 23, 2008
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!
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!
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Zen Creations - table set up
Zen Creations
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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!
Thursday, May 08, 2008
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, $$ to pay for the venue ready and get the car packed up tonight. Tomorrow its a short day at work, followed by a 3 hour drive to Philly to get the venue ready for Saturday. I can't wait!
Promos are packed and ready to do in the Jeep. I'm really impressed with the promos that were sent from such a wide variety of Etsy sellers! I will take a picture of the promo table on Saturday and post here as soon as I can.
Now I just have to finish getting vendor info organized, $$ 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!
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Craft show in Philly this weekend!!!!
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