and then there were none

its already monday? what in the what?!?! well my weekend flew by! i want to say hi to all my new followers, HI! thanks so much for joining me and i can't wait to get to know you all!

well, i didn't get much of a weekend, but i did really enjoy my time. friday i worked instead of having the day off because friday night my work was having a holiday party and they wanted me to sell my creations so i totally jumped at the chance. here is a little peak into where i work. i really love the shop so much!

the discs are my co-workers art. these little guys are so cute and i just love seeing them on the wall every day.  kelly dreyfuss is her name and she does some really great work! once the party stated it got really crazy at the shop, drinks were flowing and everyone was having a great time :D

saturday tom and i woke up bright and early to go to my last craft show. it was soooo windy which made it really hard to ride our bikes but it was so nice to get out and enjoy the sunshine.

the wind died down and all went really well at the craft fair! since i had left my suitcase display at kelly-anne's house and we weren't able to go up and pick it up, my co-worker gave me her wood displays she had made a few years back and they worked out perfectly! they were really really great and i am so thankful to have such a great friend and co-worker.

after the show tom and i had a beer to celebrate and i popped into my favorite shop, pretty penny and picked up this sweet new cape! tom had spied it for me, he knows me so well! later that night i met up with my cousin and sister -in-law for sushi and breaking dawn, such a horrible guilty pleasure and if anyone cares, the books are waaaaaaay better then the movies! 

my new cape!!!!

 well, a nice weight is off my shoulder now. i am meeting with two other shops who are gonna carry my jewelry so i need to finish up a couple things for my meetings with them this week :D

hope you all had a great weekend. did you go to any craft fairs this weekend?

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

one down two more to go!

hey everybody! hope everyone's week is going well! here is another bit of my weekend. sunday i had a craft fair in berkley at a punk rock venue put on by rock paper scissor collective. i have been to this venue before to see some punk bands. tom was in a punk band for a few years so naturally i kinda got into the music too.

we drove down from kelly-anne's house early on sunday morning and tom dropped my off and he went off to work. i was super super sad because i had left my suitcase display that i had made at her house...i may or may not have cried.....

i was sharing a table with a really awesome lady, marian whom i met through this here blog! she is a graphic designer and fellow biker and she had told me about this craft show. it was our first time meeting so of course i was nervous about meeting on top of being nervous about the show. check out marian's shop! we did a trade and i scored one of her really really cute calendars! her friend phoebe also sold some of her work too. she does great letter press work and also does custom work on her etsy shop!

it actually worked out that i didn't need the suitcase display as we were sharing a table and it wouldn't have fit. i made do with what i had and i think my table looked really cute. both marian & my table really stuck out, since it was a punk rock venue it wasn't really our target audience but we both did really really well and i was really happy with result and would totally do the show again next year!

i actually met with rock paper scissor collective and i am selling my things there! i am busting out a bunch of items and sending them a little package as you read this. i love this time of year as stressful as it might be i like being busy and feeling that my work is making other people happy.

if you missed it, my animal portaits are now for sale as prints in my shop!! i am super pumped about it! :D
xo,
cb

and a happy thanksgiving to you!

happy thanksgiving everyone!! i hope you all enjoy what this wonderful holiday has to offer. we are up north hanging with kelly-anne and the nuggets and enjoying thanksbacon!

we have a great weekend planned. tom is going to be in a bike race and i have my first of three craft shows on sunday. please send some good luck vibes for tom and i won't turn down any if you throw some of that luck my way! can't wait to tell you all how it goes!

now off to go get stuffed! hehe
xo,
cb

gearing up

well it is that time of year when i am gearing up for the christmas craft fairs. this year i am gonna shoot for 3!! i am feeling really good about it.  the only thing is that i have to put aside personal projects in order to get things finished up on time but once everything is done i will start up on the things i have put on hold like, my cape, bike bags and who can forget christmas presents too! eep!

i have drawings sketched out and have a bunch of new gold rush items almost complete too just need to finish up final drawings and put the finishing touches on some more things. i thought i would show you the first drawing i finished....he is a hedgehog requested by the cute and wonderful, kelly kronic!

his name is mr. humprey. i am still working out his back story but i think he most likely went to boarding school where he learned how to fence but was never any good at it. he mostly liked to cuddle up with a good book and be sucked into the wonderful adventures to faraway lands where he could pretend to be brave....something like that :)

 in other amazing news i found a suitcase!! i am super stoked. my landlord, who has the most amazing vintage taste, was throwing away a bunch of things and wednesday morning i found it in front of the garbage just waiting for me! it needs some love but i think it will work for my display. if all goes well i will be showing you next week! wish me luck!

xo,
cb

starman

 happy monday everyone! hope you all had a great weekend! the mister and i headed up to northern cali to met little bowie man and hang out with kelly-anne and family. it was really nice to see everyone, i just wish we could see them more often.

isn't his hat the cutest? his mama makes those! she is making tons for her shop so check it out!

little bowie man is such a cutie and just sleeps peacefully in our arms until he needs some milk! he was my little heater during the weekend as we sat cuddled together on the couch.

looks like i've dreads! so thats what i would look like..hmm interesting..

we caught up on true blood and had the mister dad's most delicious famous tacos! you just can't help eating so many which then turns you into a couch slug! hehe such a nice relaxing time with family....ahhh

 we woke up early saturday to head back to sf for my show... deep in the pit of my stomach i new how it would turn out. man let me tell you... it was like pulling teeth. extremely painful and dreadfully boring. not many people showed up which was what i was worried about...therefore, i did not have one sale... this made me a very sad little clam...very sad but i still have too keep telling myself that it wasn't my stuff, just no one showed up! i am really hard on myself and it is something i am still working on, nobody is perfect. i did however receive many compliments on my portraits and people took my cards so it wasn't for nothing just a waste of a beautiful saturday being stuck inside. oh well, you can't win them all <3

i have the best mister in the entire world! he is so good to me and made me feel so much better after the show... plus having food really helped, my favorite, pho! i was a total grump and he let me do my thing when i got home which i really needed. i sat and doodled and got totally motivated for my new line of jewelry i have been working on. i really can't wait to start making them and show you guys and get feed back. hopefully soon, i can show you :D oh and my new animal portraits will go up in my shop this coming weekend, so if you had your eye on one, you have your chance! hehe

oh! if you haven't entered lo's printed peaks giveaway for a chance to win one of her awesome necklaces do so now! i will pick the winner on wednesday!! contest closes tuesday.... good luck!

xo,
cb

all set and ready to go!

hi! well it is about that time...time for another craft fair! this saturday i have a craft fair that is part of the sfetsy team and i have to say i am a bit nervous. nervous because i am not sure how the turn out will be. i feel really good as far as inventory, lots of this to sell but you just never know how it will all turn out.

i finally finished up my animal portraits and i am so so happy how they turned out! i am not sure which one is my favorite but mr. beaumont & miss charlotte are pretty darn cute! i couldn't get to the koala as i needed to figure out a new outfit for her and didn't want to rush her so i will finish her up after the fair.

i still need to come up with their background stories but comes pretty easily and it is so much fun to do.

well we are heading up north to visit kelly-anne and their newest addition, little bowie man! i got him a really cute little onesie that says my aunt is awesome! i couldn't resist when i saw it :D


tomorrow is another citybirds chirp and i am really stoked on the little lady i am presenting tomorrow so stay tuned... for a giveaway too!! have a great weekend everyone and any good luck vibes sent my way would be very much appreciated <3

wheelin' and deallin'

happy monday everyone! hope you all had a great weekend!

this saturday was my alma mater's annual spring fair so the mister and i woke up bright and early saturday morning and headed over to oakland which is a couple cities north. we got there early, snagged a table and a couple of chairs and set up.

***the pictures that came from this roll came out really cool and we have no idea how it got that nice glow, if anyone cares to show we would love it!***

  my shits glow-ing!!!!

i always like taking pictures of my display so that i can review it and see how i can improve. plus it is a chance for me to step back and look at the overall presentation of it. it is hard to do it while at the fair as i am always nervous and have things to do before the crowd comes.

well it wasn't the greatest turn-out but sometimes you win some and some times you lose some. i didn't do horrible but i didn't do great. the spring fair is never a huge haul but it is always great to have the experience and get your name out there. we sat next to the jazz band that was playing which was really nice...the mister and i wiggled and snapped along to the music while sitting in our seats :D

after the fair, i dropped some owls earrings off at one of the local shops i sell at and then hit up the neighborhood thrift store. i was really excited to find a pair of black boots that i have been dying to find! they are gonna replace my doc martins which i will add to my shop when i have a moment.

i also found this pocket watch at the thrift store that has an engraving of a ship, i LOVE IT!! i had the perfect chain for it too, yay!


the rest of weekend was full of weed pulling and sewing, sewing, sewing!

how was your weekend?

xo,
cb