Eye Candy!

I have a very good friend, Barb, that has the most wonderful collection of Primitive Halloween things, that I just had to share them with you.  She was gracious enough to let me take a few pictures of her beautiful home, so here they are. 

Everywhere you look there is something wonderful! 

A crow in a purple Witches hat watching the candy bowl.

{how cute is that!}

A beautiful needle punch box that Barb made.

Wool felt and hooked pillows.

Halloween Penny Rugs and Jack-O-Lanterns.

Buzzards, pumpkins and crows, Oh my.

{I even spied one of my Skeleton Keys in her collection}

A huge assortment of charming folk art Jacks.

And you should see this at night, all the happy faces glowing in the shadows!

Her breakfast room is full of treasures, and this

black hutch is brimming with wonderful things to peek at.

Small chairs full of pillows

{two of those look familiar}

Her Salem witch and the cutest vulture you will ever see.

If you think these are great, you should see her Christmas decor.  I am very lucky to have a great group of friends that do not mind me invading their homes with my camera.  Names were changed to protect the innocent!

{not really but that sounded good}

Thanks Barb for letting me share your wonderful collection of jolly Halloween ghosties and ghoulies and long legged beasties and things that go bump in the night!

The Judy Dierker Craft Classic

The second craft show is over and behind me and what a great show we had!  Mr. MySpareTime just had to have a new mini video camera and take a look at this video.  {see below this post}  The darn camera is the size of a cell phone and I think it took great pictures.

Mr. MySpareTime apologizes for panning a little fast, but he is still getting the hang of it. This is what the booth looked like Friday night right after we set up. By Saturday at 4pm all we had left were the walls, one snowman, one Santa and 2 little pumpkins! We had a great show and we want to thank all our wonderful customers for making this show season the best one we've ever had.

So many of our customers have become our friends, Kim and Ellen, Susan and Bridget and too many to list. We love to see you each season and truly appreciate your support.

Our last show is the Champion Forest Baptist Church on Nov. 5th & 6th. We have our same booth and love doing this show. It has over 200 vendors and they do a fantastic job running this event. I have 17 days to regroup. I have already found a few new things to work on and many things half finished that will be at this show.

Well, better get to work, I have tons of orders on Print Me Prim and Kraft Outlet to catch up on and then I will be working into the night getting all the things finished for this last show.

One Down, Two to Go!

Well, the first craft show of the season is over and done and it was a huge success.  Thanks to all my wonderful customers and friends who support my crafting addiction. 

Here are a few pictures of our booth at the Northampton Spirit of the Holidays Marketplace.  This is our neighborhood show that is sponsored by the Northampton Home and Garden Club.  I am the vendor coordinator for this show, and this year we had over 50 vendors.  We raise money to fund college scholarships for art students at Klein Oak High School.  Each year we have given away at least 3 scholarships. 

Mr. MySpareTime has a new toy, a tiny little video camera.  He is still learning how to use it and once he gets all the kinks worked out we will post some video. 

This will be my only post this week, I need to get a few things completed before the Saturday show and I have been slammed with orders online.  Never complain about sales, but boy would I like a day off!  Oh the fantasy of sleeping in {7:30 am for me}, doing something fun {hanging out in Barnes and Nobles} and going out to a restaurant for dinner {no Taco Bueno or scrambled eggs}! 

Knock, Knock, Wake up that was a dream!

Back to reality and my crazy crafting world of computers and glue guns.

Up To My Eyeballs!

The first craft show is speeding toward me like an out of control train and strangely enough I am pretty calm!  Maybe I have finally lost my mind.  I am not completely finished with things for the first show, but you know it will all come together somehow!

My sister and brother-in-law are in town and yesterday we spent all day working on the finishing touches of my niece's wedding.  They are getting married over the Thanksgiving weekend and I know the wedding will be beautiful. 

My sister's oldest daughter got married several years back and it was a lush fall wedding, full of coppers and pumpkins, grapevine accents and wheat.  What a perfect day; cool and crisp, bright sun and the true feeling of Autumn.  They were married in front of a large set of arched windows over looking rolling hills and just as they were starting the vows, off in the distance a beautiful horse came running over those hills and it looked like something out of a movie.

I know my sister will do the same for this Winter Wonderland wedding she is working on.  She has worked so hard on this and I know it will be breath taking.

Sorry no pictures today, I just don't have the time to take any and post them.  I will miss Friday too, that is set up and I have a full day. 

Special Order

I just love special orders, especially when they are from my two friends Sharon and Barb.  They just bring me a little treasure they have found and say "Work your magic"!  Boy what freedom, to be able to do anything I can think up.  What trust! 

I forgot to get a before picture of this cute little clock that Sharon dropped off last week.  She said she was cleaning out a closet and getting things ready for Goodwill and saw this clock and thought I could do something with it.  Well here it is.

A wonderful Halloween Clock!

The right side,

the left side,

the top

and the front, again.

Did you notice the small bat on the second hand?  I cut that little bat out of card stock and glued it to the second hand, he flies around the clock face!

I loved how this turned out and wanted to keep it for myself.  I told her a masked man had stormed into my house and demanded the clock, but she didn't buy that!  So, it has gone to live at Sharon's house, maybe she will give me visitation rights?

It is crunch time here and the first craft show is coming at an alarming speed. Still have a bunch of things to finish {and start}, but what's a girl to do? I think I will be Scarlet O'Hara today and just say "Tomorrow is another day!"