Mother's Day Weekend

I know, I know, it's been a week since Mother's Day weekend. But it seems like after every show that I help organize, it takes a week to recover. This show was no different. I'm happy to report that we had another successful show!

So, here are a few highlights from the show and my Mother's Day weekend...

One of the first customers through the door was this adorable little girl. Does her dress look familiar? Yep, that's one of my dresses. In fact, it's the one that I blogged about! Seeing her definitely started my weekend off on the right foot.

This show I introduced my new patches/appliques. I didn't sell any... but I also didn't put any thought into how to display them and so they were just sitting in a few baskets and a bit hard to see... and recognize as to what they were. It's on my list of things to work on. I hope to have a few of these listed in the shop soon.

My husband even bought me something from the show! I got this adorable little bunny necklace from LaRu. Her things are soooo cute, you have to check them out. Each piece has an original hand drawn picture that has been sealed in resin on a clay pendant. CUTE!

And my Mother's Day gift from my son. I love him. He made me wall decorations. See the lines he drew around each of the illustrations? That's the line that I'm supposed to cut on. He made me many different themes (the ones pictured are only a quarter of the ones he made). He has holiday ones, Star Wars - of course, garden themed, you name it... he had it). I love them. I love that he came up with his own idea of a handmade gift for me.

We shared a nice Mother's Day with my husband's mom... so it was extra special. I think my favorite moment was when my son was coming to give me the gift he made me from school... but then asked me if it would be okay if he gave it to his Nana instead. So sweet - he's such a thoughtful little boy and I'm happy to share all of the handmade treasures that the kids create.

A week late, but I hope all the moms out there had a great Mother's Day weekend. We deserve it, don't you think?

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etsyRAIN Spring Craft Show

We have been organizing etsyRAIN's first craft show of the year and it's approaching quickly. Next weekend (the day before Mother's Day) we will be featuring 64 etsyRAIN artists at the Intiman Theater (same location as our holiday show). This time we have chosen to support LifeLong Aids Alliance, so we are asking for a suggested donation of $1 at the door or a non-perishable food item.

Today I have to figure out what inventory I'll be taking (I'll be showcasing both my World of Whimm shop and NueToMe). It's been a while since I've gone through the inventory, so I have a big project ahead of me... and I suspect that I'll be doing some sewing this weekend as well. I've been working on a new design for World of Whimm and I'm hoping to show it next weekend. I'll post pictures once it gets out of the prototype stage.

The kids and I will be solo this weekend as my husband travels. I'm hoping to have a crafty weekend, we'll see if I can pull it off!

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A Fun Filled Mother's Day

I'm not sure how much my kids would agree... but it was my day and so my kids were a little more willing to do the things I wanted to do. My first request... thrift store shopping! Ya, they were less than thrilled. We have a thrift store - next to a Value Village, that has all their clothes for just .99 every Sunday! Of course, you have to be willing to go through clothes that are sometimes a little icky. But, I found some great deals! I got tons of t-shirts (that's the laundry pile pictured to the right) that I will hopefully be transforming into new, fabulous and useful items. I'm very excited about this new obsession of mine. We cleaned them all last night and this morning I got to work! I hope to have things posted in my store no later than the end of the week.

After a few thrift stores, I suggested ice cream (I had been craving Baskin and Robbins for a few months now). This time, the kids were on board. Kasey and I indulged in our own sundaes and Robbie had a bowl of peppermint ice cream covered in gummy bears (mmmm). Kasey and I have decided that the sundae was something that we could never repeat. It was insanely huge... covered in hot fudge and caramel... and sprinkled with heath bar pieces. I'm still feeling guilty about it.

After the huge sundaes... we came home, the boys played a few video games and I got a little work done. We finished the day with the kids modelling for me a little bit. I am still playing with he new lights. I also have found (by accident) that "kids and pets" is not the camera setting to have it on when taking pictures of them inside under the bright lights. My pictures were a bit yellow. Live and learn! I look forward to another shoot with them cooperative. I'm sure it will be a while.

But overall, a fabulous Mother's Day. Not exactly a traditional Mother's Day... but a perfect one for me. Many thanks to my wonderful husband and my awesome kids.

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