Willow Lane

Sweet Cherries

Here's a new smock that I sent off yesterday. Cherries and linen, perfect summer combo. Of course in my case it's wearing linen pants and eating cherries, yum!

Skirts!

Here are some pictures of the skirts I made for Randi. I think she's got about 70 skirts now, WOW! These aren't the greatest pictures, I wanted to take advantage of the sunlight but it was really windy.  Speaking of the weather........we've been having beautiful weather, it's been about 80 degrees the last couple of days. Tomorrow it's supposed to be in the 50's and then we're going to have highs in 30's! It's supposed to snow on Easter. Maybe the kids can wear their Christmas outfits to Easter church.

   

Spring??

I was going to write the other day about the beautiful spring weather we were having, but I thought it would jinx us.  Tuesday was beautiful. It was in the 70's and sunny. The girls came home, put there shorts on and rode their bikes around the block, over and over and over. We grilled steaks and opened the windows.  Wednesday it was cloudy and in the 60's. Today 30, rain, wind, freezing rain, snow, floods etc. A lovely day. It's supposed to be in the 30's all weekend. 

Anway, look at these cute coasters I made. I've been drinking alot of tea lately (I gave up my beloved DIet Coke for Lent).They have a little dried lavender in them, so they look like real tea bags, and smell good.  This set is in my Etsy Shop.

   

Sewing room!

My Husband and have son have been working hard to put together a sewing room for me. It's close to being finished and I am so happy to finally have things organized and all in one place. Last week the boys worked on the sewing table and cabinets. Friday night they put the floor in and Saturday they put the table in. I've been trying to organize and put stuff away. Here are some pics of the boys working hard. I'll put pics of the room up when it's finished.

  Drawers!!   

Break TIme!

Pricing

I've re-written this post three times.  For some reason I just can't "make a long story short". So, here's a purse, and accessories I made for a lady. I charged her 10.00, basically she was driving me crazy and I gave her price without thinking.  I've made her 2 more and charged her 15.00. She's a teacher at my son's school, and was my daughter's teacher in CCD last year, so I didn't mind doing it for her. Now she's giving my name and number to people and I don't want to be stuck making these 15.00 purses (with embroidery and accessories). So, how do you crafty ladies price your things?  This picture is her purse, the others she bought were the same, but I used magnetic snaps. The bag is about 15w x13h.

Christmas Crafting

I'm so behind on posts. I had several posts started, but something always seemed to interupt me. So, now I'll try to play catch up.

I did not have to do any sewing Christmas Eve! I was going to make myself a purse, but after finishing making gifts I just wanted to be clean the mess up.

Here are some things I made. First are a couple of drawing cases. I got the instructions from the super talented Craft Apple. These were fun to make and the kids loved them....now everyone wants one, LOL!

Here's the drawing case and purse set. I used Autum's tutorial for the purse.

Here are the shoes, burp cloths and taggie blanket for my new nephew. The shoes were made from Stardust shoes tutorial. I love the little shoes!

And here are the towels I embellished for my friend.

So thank you generous bloggers for all the wonderful tutorials you share!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!

Yummy!

I LOVE cupcakes! I saw this pattern yesterday and had to whip one up. Just what I needed...another project. This worked up quick, and I can make them while I sit at the orthodontist or doctor, or wherever else I'm hanging out waiting for the kids. I think I might crochet some cookies too.

Whew!!

Made it through another craft show. This one was twice as big as the last one. We were able to set up Friday night, when we got there someone was set up on my table. So after moving all her stuff to the right table I was able to get set up. I only had reserved one table, I really needed two, since there really wasn't room to for my hanging stuff.  I did ok, as far as sales. I made enough to pay for my son's black belt test. It was a long day, there's another show in 2 weeks, but I think I'm going to pass on that one.  I'll leave you with a picture of this delicious Fall Harvest Cake. So yummy and easy to make. Here's the recipe. Pick recipe out of magazine and buy ingredients. Sit at kitchen counter after dinner reading magazine. Wait for hubby to come in looking for some dessert. When hubby asks if there is anything sweet for dessert, show him picture of cake in magazine. Hubby asks if we have the ingredients...I casually say, "yes, we probably do" and it all happens to be organized together in the pantry.  Continue sitting at counter while hubby makes cake, enjoy magazine and chocolate aroma floating around the kitchen! A perfect recipe.

                                                         

Craft Show

Yesterday was my long anticipated craft show. We (me, my mom and my daughters) arrived at 8am. My table was in front, so we thought that was good. My daughters teacher was in charge, and she just about drove me crazy. My husband stopped by and Mrs. M, tells him how happy she is to have Marley in her class, she's such a sweet girl, and there's nothing at all wrong with just being average. We all just kind of looked at her like, WHAT?? Luckily she quickly walked away to bother someone else.  Sorry to get off subject....now back to the craft show. I got set up, and barely had enough room for my stuff.  People started coming at 10. My "prime spot" as Mrs. M said, was not such a prime spot after all. People would start by looking at the table across from me, and then they'd go around the circle and miss me. It was a loooonnnnggg day. The biggest seller of the day was the vegetable soup and baked goods. When we packed up a 3, everyones set up looked the same as when we got there. The lady across from me sold 2 towels, the lady behind me sold 1 scarf, quite a few people sold nothing. I made 85.00, that's probably about 5cents an hour for the work I put into it, LOL!. The lady behind me to me this is the worst craft show to do, she said nothing sells, it's too early in the year, and the only reason people sign up is to check out what everyone else is selling that year.   My "just average" daughter made 6.00 selling bottlecap necklaces she made, she was so proud. Her goal was to sell 25....she's still wanting that cell phone. She took her 6.00 plus the 2.00 she made for helping me and bought a bracelet that she had her eye on all day.

So, on the bright side, I still have enough stuff for the craft show at my son's school....I hear there's a better crowd at that one!

Craft Show Count Down!

Whew!! The craft show is this coming Saturday, and I've put it in high gear here. I had a plan when I reserved my booth, but it just didn't work out.  I cut out some projects and added some, and then we had some stuff happen that threw me for a loop. So now, I'm BUSY getting everything ready. I keep feeling like I don't have much stuff. I'm surprised my machine hasn't blown up. My daughter made some bottlecap necklaces. She really wants a cell phone....she's 10, and I don't see the need for it. So, I've told her that if she got one she'd have to pay for it herself, so she's trying to come up with ideas to make money. Maybe tomorrow I'll get some pictures of the craft show mess I've got here.