happy little things #5

happy friday everyone! hope you all have some fun things planned for this weekend!

when tom and i came back from our thanksbacon weekend, our angel trumpet free had gone crazy! it had so many blossoms which always makes me so happy. i fell in love with this tree the day we went to see the house for the first time. it was so amazing.

 when we went on our honeymoon and came back our neighbors had totally trimmed the crap out of it and it looked so so sad, they were trying to kill it but i have expressed my love for it over the months so they haven't tried to kill it since.

it is the first thing i see coming out of the house and at night it is when it smells it's best! it is a really soft sweet smell and i wish i could some how bottle it up and send to each of you.

i have a very busy next two days. tonight i have a show at my shop that i work at and then saturday is my big craft show at my old college, cca. if your a local i would love for you to come visit!
xo,
cb

holiday craft fair!

happy friday! i am torn...i am happy it is friday but it will be a long night tonight. i still have lots to do and on top of that it might rain on saturday...please rain gods be good to us hard working crafters and don't rain!!

i want to thank the mister for being the best ever! he has been so awesome this week while i freak out and run around like a crazy trying to wrap everything up. loves you to pieces my sweet!

so for you bay area peeps, come check out the CCA holiday craft fair. there are some amazing artists and one of a kind crafts.  the mister and i will be there with lots of bike embroideries, chickie paintings, owl earrings and fabric necklaces. the fun starts at 11 and ends at 3, there is live jazz music and great food. hope to see some of you out there!

the rest of my weekend is pretty packed too....after the fair we are going hunting for a christmas cactus!!!!!!! we have been talking about getting one for years and this year we really want to get one...so...we are! can't wait to show you pictures :) saturday night we are making a favorite dish...argentina beef stew....SOOOOOOOOOOOO yummy! and then on sunday it is my grandparents 60th anniversary! i can't wait to celebrate with them!

hope you all have a fantastic weekend!!

xoxoxoxoxo,
cb

just keep stitching stitching stiching

i am on a dead line people and i am going to make this work! i have a craft show at my old college, cca dec. 4th and i am determined to have an army of my crafts ready for purchase. it is the winter holiday craft fair and every year for the past 3 years i have gone and every time i have lots of fun! each time i learn more about myself and my little business. i love seeing all the creative alumni & student's work and i always walk away with some goodies. i will never regret going to this school even if it is costing me an arm and a leg, okay another leg and maybe another arm...oh who am i kidding the whole damn body..hehehe but all jokes aside i truly found who i was while going to that school and that to me is priceless. i have always been a creative person. my mother is an amazing artist who taught me everything i know and when i met the mister i knew it was a match made in heaven, he is truly one of the MOST talented people i know. i would KILL for his talent...but there is something so wonderful about being around creative people who feel sooo free expressing themselves that you can't help when some of it rubs off on you...oh alright to make a long story short...i am  busting out as many bike embroideries as i can...here is a finished one but not yet put into the dark avocado wood frame.

this one is called "a camping we shall go"

equipped with panniers, sleeping bag & pad

 and i am working on this cute little mixte and have the boy & girl bikes and two others left to do and then i think i i am set....unfortunately these won't be going up in my shop yet....if they don't sell i will for sure put them up....but don't worry i love making them so much and have tons of frames still that if you want a custom one made just shot me an email...i still have a couple more things to do like....

.....like make 7 owl earrings, a couple of my fabric necklaces and some hair clips! i was hoping to get some skirts banged out as i have 4 really cute fabrics but i can do those after..they are soo easy that i can get them all done in a day...only problem is that i like the fabrics sooo much and the skirt silhouette, that i might keep them for myself! we shall see..here is my first skirt ever! i LOVE it so so much!

skirt fabric

left over scraps for fabric neklaces

oh i LOVE being crafty...fills my heart & soul with utter happiness!!!happy crafting!

xo,
cb