Project bags

I managed to finish off some projects and as a result, I was shuffling around my supplies and restocking my various projects bags.  It lead to a little walk down memory lane for me.

I sew these little bags out of calico and get the kids to decorate them with Sharpies.  Here's my current project bag, stuffed full of yarn for a crochet project. The little lady did the drawing about 2 or 3 years ago.  It's a fairy princess with with flowers in the sky over her head and a diamond in the ground under her feet.

Here's one from the little guy at around the same time.  it's a spider, done in big whirly scribbles.

Here's another bag done by the little lady a few months ago.  Quite a different style isn't it?

Weekly Etsy 2

We made it through another week of Etsy postings.  I had help from the little guy for writing the listings, so, some of the listings have descriptions like goofy, or red-eyed.  That's the fun part of having a little guy on your copy writing team!

Tie dye

Last week the kids did some tie dying.  It took a while to get a picture because we kept wearing the shirts and putting them in the laundry.  We didn't do a perfect job getting the dye through all the layers, but we all got comfortable shirts to wear.  In my book, that's a success!

Weekly Etsy

I've had a token Etsy shop for a long time, but earlier this year, the kids decided to get involved.  I still make most of the things in it, but the kiddos help with taking pictures and writing listings.

We decided to challenge ourselves and do 100 Etsy listings.  Originally I thought to list once a day, but in the end, I thought 5 listings a week was more realistic.  The goal is to learn.  So I'm trying not to worry about taking perfect pictures or perfectly worded, perfectly spelled listings.  Here are the 5 from last week.

Baked mermaid

The little lady made mermaid bread.  The little guy and I made the bread dough with lots and lots of chocolate buttons and chocolate chips.  We made normal rolls but the little lady turned her portion into a mermaid.

Here are the little lady's comments:

"I made this bread just because I felt like it.  I took some of the chocolate buttons and used them as shells and if you look very closely, there is a walnut for her crown.  I ate the bottom tail, but then I felt so full I stopped."

Pictures

It turns out we had some pictures of our setup for the booth.  We had paper maiche trees and display stands made from recycled cardboard.

After the fair

We ran our first craft booth at e-Curve last Sunday.  We didn't sell much but we learned a lot.  We learned that running a booth for 12 hours is tiring. It's taken me 3 days just to get the energy to write this post!

The little guy was great at setup and little lady proved to be a gracious and tireless sales lady.  She's very serious when she says it's her dream is to run an arts and craft shop, and she's proven she's willing to work for it.  It means that we've decided to try running a booth again in the next few months.  Now I've got to rethink our stock and research to find a venue that works better for us.

I'll be sharing some of the things we made.  Here's one of the little lady's projects; hand drawn bookmarks.