Been a little Busy Bee!

100 Recycled Cassette Cases

Aside from waking Santa's elves up from their slumber and giving instructions for the new holiday stocking for the shop for this year, I have been busy this other project!
I have made these 100 Swag Bag Contributions for a great cause!!!

 

Swag Bag Contributions

Penny Boperoo Giveaways!

My Florida Etsy Street Team is having an all around fabulous Holiday Event this year!! An Old Florida Holiday & Handcrafted Market is going to be all kinds of FESTive fun!!!

- first and foremost, a great collection of handcrafted goodies from a variety of Florida based artists who will be selling their goodies for your Holiday shopping so that you can make this year a one of a kind, 'buy local' 'buy handmade' original gift giving season!!
- Santa will be there so you  can bring the kiddies and take pics for your scrapbook or maybe a handmade ornament to hang on your tree!
- OH! HO HO! and on that note the little ones will have their own little crafty section where they will  be invited to stop in and make a one of a kind ornament to hang on our tree for the big event of the Lighting of the Tree!
- Twinkle lights will guide you on a old country scenic ride through the woods while you work up your appetite for some awesome food available by the Caldwel Barn
- Live music and entertainment as well as some much needed giving back to the community action to fill your hear with some warm fuzzies that we all enjoy during that time of the year
- there will be raffles and giveaways from our very own FEST team members (no purchase necessary) AND Etsy will also have a booth available to help the cause!

So much going on! and all of this to help The Florida Agricultural Museum itself! trust me, you will be so very happy that you helped with only a $5.00 entrance fee !!

Team FEST share

This year our FLORIDA ETSY STREET TEAM is getting our craft on for a good cause!

 We will be making handmade Christmas cards for a cause for

 "Love Letters - Random Cards of Kindness"

 whos goal is to create positive and inspirational handmade cards for children with life-threatening illnesses. We are so excited about this local non-profit organization that collects and provides cards for these kids ages 0-18! Anyone is welcome to join in on the fun and help out this cause. This organization accepts donations of the handmade cards for any occasion as well as materials to further stock their own supplies.

Team FEST share:

$360 Value Treasury GIVEAWAY from Florida Etsy Street Team !!!!!!

This is the very First Florida Etsy Street Team (FEST) Treasury Giveaway! That's right, all 16 beautiful handmade items will go to one lucky winner! This Team Treasury has a Celtic/Irish theme for March and is a $360.00 Value!This is open to everyone, so what are you waiting for, enter today!!



To Enter:
Follow this link to the treasury: Florida Etsy Street Team Treasury Giveaway
Add this treasury as one of your Favorites
Leave a comment

'Win this Florida Etsy Street Team 1st TREASURY GIVEAWAY' by FEST

Simply mark this treasury as Favorite & leave a comment & you will be entered in a random drawing to win all of it on March 17. Winner will be contacted here on Etsy & advertised on ETSYFEST.Blogspot.com Subject to local and state/provincial laws.

RESERVED for TEAM FEST Treas... dinacummings $70.00	Luck of the Irish Chevy - RE... aimlessjonah $19.00	RESERVED For Team FEST Treas... CharmingWhimsy $28.00	Malachite Earrings - RESERV... HorizonCottage $18.00
Reserved for Team FEST TREAS... beadloverskorn... $19.00	Lemongrass & eucalyptus and ... sharonscandles... $9.00	Clutch - Bright Floral - Gr... LemonandBees $25.00	photograph Moss Covered Drea... TierraSolPaz $15.00
RESERVED For Team FEST Treas... MarciAnnDesign... $8.00	RESERVED for Team Fest Givea... IsabelsVintage $15.00	RESERVED for Team Fest TREAS... LeesEarringBou... $35.00	RESERVED for team FEST treas... RecreationalAr... $10.00
Card, Celtic Floral, Reserv... PaintedLathees... $5.00	Brass and Lampwork Shawl Pin... cyndiesmithdes... $35.00	Green Octopus Amigurumi Plus... alyssacritters $16.00	RESERVED For Team FEST Treas... MadScientistsD... $22.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

You will then be entered in a random drawing to be held on March 17th. The Winner will be contacted through Etsy and also announced on the ETSYFEST Team Blog
Contest subject to local and state/provincial laws
'Win this Florida Etsy Street Team 1st TREASURY GIVEAWAY' by FEST

Simply mark this treasury as Favorite & leave a comment & you will be entered in a random drawing to win all of it on March 17. Winner will be contacted here on Etsy & advertised on ETSYFEST.Blogspot.com Subject to local and state/provincial laws.

Ta Da~

Finished the Gingerbread Haus!

and listed for sale!: http://www.etsy.com/listing/91689724/gingerbread-haus-handmade-ornament

Gingerbread Haus

I ran across this fun felt! I know it's meant to be an animal design, looks to me like giraffe, but thinking of Christmas all the time it just struck me as Gingerbread Haus! So - Excited! here is my draft and finished product should be up real soon!!!

Whew!~ that was fun!

Ok! It's done!

I had a blast working on this piece! I have a new place to sit and check emails and work on advertising (and follow some of my favorite shows!)

I love the clean white look - makes me want to focus more! and I don't know if you can see it clearly there on the right hand side on the lower shelf but I have this FABULOUS find to share:

it looks to me like it is a beaker holder for a lab, but I use it to keep my pliers and scissors and it looks great!

And let's not forget the main reason I decided to go through the work of salvaging this piece:

A place to store all of my felts!!! now they are out of the reach of Loki who LOVES to get into my stuff!

Baby it's cold outside!

My word! it is noon and it is 38 degrees out there! did you know that paint is temperamental? Yep - and it does not like the cold! Yesterday I was able to get the piece sanded and primed but this morning around 7am I schlepped it into the house so that I could paint inside.

This way I can continue my work instead of sitting here watching the thermometer ...and not freeze my digits off!
(kitty likes me working inside too! see him in the sunlight there checking out the new piece!)

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! At the beginning of each year I have my own re-take on a Hawaiian tradition that I heard of once: on each of the first 12 days of the year I get rid of 12 things. It's a great incentive to clean out and pass along things I no longer want or need and get a fresh start for the year to come!
While going through things to get rid of I decided: I have not redecorated my craft space since ...well I ......can't remember when! So I decided that I wanted to start the year out by revamping my craft space. I do need more space to hold all of my fabulous felts and supplies!
And I happen to have salvaged this great piece that was headed to THE LAND WE SHALL NOT NAME!

and I plan on spending the day cleaning, sanding and painting it! OH BOY AM I EXCITED!!!!!