The Mighty Messenger Bag: It's Reversible!

A reversible messenger bag that can be used as an everyday carry-all or a diaper bag. This design was quite popular at my last show, and now I've been able to list a few in my etsy shop:




















Remember that great fabric I won a while ago? This bag's flap is made from that fat quarter of Heather Bailey's Pop Daisy in Rose I received!

Wednesday Welcome: Nanantz

Each week I'm using Etsy's Pounce feature in order to discover new items "from undiscovered shops waiting for their first sale" as the Etsy site states. This week's welcome is extended to Nanantz in Texas. Nancy's stained glass pieces are made using the Tiffany copper foil method. She likes to think of her works as "window jewelry" and I agree; they're beautiful!

'Tis The Season?

Craft show season is upon us. As I've mentioned in the past; I am not a natural salesperson. So I am relieved that my one and only Spring show is done. Now I can enjoy shopping at craft shows! Even more exciting is the onset of garage sale season. I'm guessing that in other climates there are garage/yard/tag sales all year long, but here in northern Virginia we prefer to wait until early Spring so we can feel our hands when inspecting the merchandise.


I did enjoy meeting some very nice people at the craft show on Saturday, some were customers and others were vendors that I'll try to write about in the near future. The big news is that I was invited by the manager of a local shop to participate in a fun event this Thursday night. More on my role as I get the details, but the shop is called Blackberry's and it is located in Purcellville, VA. Thursday evening they are hosting an "Economic Relief Event" from 6:30 to 8:30pm. They'll have specials in the shop, prize drawings, live music, wine, and cheese. The wine featured is from Bluemont Vineyard and I'm excited to give it a try! The economic relief part of the fun is a cash-for-gold jewelry exchange. Should be interesting, I have heard people talk about getting real money at these events. I'll let you know how it goes although I'm not sure I have any jewelry of real value that I'd be willing to give up!
Stay tuned for more info...

Spring Bling Craft Show Tomorrow in Leesburg, VA

Please join me TOMORROW (Saturday March 7th) for the Spring Bling Accessories Show, a special part of the 12th Annual Hometown and Fine Arts & Craft Show in Leesburg, VA. The Spring Bling features jewelry, handbags, and other fashion accessories. Plan your shopping for Mother's Day and Graduation presents now~ choose from many hundreds of handmade items created by over 65 vendors!

Show hours are 9 am to 4 pm. Admission to this juried show is FREE and the show is held indoors. If you're in the local area please stop by, introduce yourself and say hello! You'll find me in booth G44 on the end of the center row in the main gym.
Click HERE for directions.

Schedule Delay

The "Wednesday Welcome" feature will return next week. I'm busy getting ready for the show! M

Spring Bling Show On March 7th

Please join me on Saturday March 7th for the Spring Bling Accessories Show, a special part of the 12th Annual Hometown and Fine Arts & Craft Show in Leesburg, VA. The Spring Bling features jewelry, handbags, and other fashion accessories. Plan your shopping for Mother's Day and Graduation presents now~ choose from many hundreds of handmade items created by over 65 vendors!
Show hours are 9 am to 4 pm. Admission to this juried show is FREE and the show is held indoors. If you're in the local area please stop by, introduce yourself and say hello! You'll find me in the center row of the main gym.
Click HERE for directions.

We Go Together Like...

They go together like peanut butter and chocolate. Or like burgers & fries, politics & scandals, birthdays & cakes, Donny & Marie, Thanksgiving & food, love & hate, Mickey & Minnie, milk & cookies, needles & thread, Fred & Ginger, toddlers & meltdowns, mac & cheese, Simon & Garfunkel, pigeons & poop, celebs & gossip, Donkey & Shrek, bacon & eggs...

Cats and boxes, that is!
















Or if you're cool enough to be a fan of Grease:
"We go together like ramma lamma lamma ka dinga da dinga dong
Remembered forever as shoo-bop sha whada whadda yippidy boom da boom
Chang chang changity chang shoo bop that's the way it should be
Waooo Yeah"
Er, um, WOW~ it sounds a LOT better than it looks in print!