Glittered Greeting Cards

Mom & I have been busy!  We've been making greeting cards with lots of glitter! 

We love anything vintage so mom and I use a lot of vintage greeting cards and then make them into new cards.  It gives us a the opportunity to use lots of sparkly glitter which you know, we love!

We've decided to go a little more specialized with our boutique.  Since our expertise is in sewing and stitching, mom and I are going to focus more on that.  Needlework, sewing, holiday ornaments and our blank notecards.  We've put some pretty things on sale so please visit our store and see what we have to offer.  It's not too early to start thinking about Christmas shopping!

Crazy Quilt Kitty I Phone Pouch

I had a custom order for an I Phone Pouch with a kitty:

I was going to use a little kitty charm on this but then I remembered that I had that sweet little vintage rhinestone cat pin.  It was perfect for this pouch!  I've already shipped it out to my customer.  If you'd like to see more of my Cellphone pouches, there are some on my website.  This one is a neck pouch but I also make them without the chain. 

Flea Market Schedules

I don't know why I never thought to post this!  Here is the Northern Illinois - Southern Wisconsin Flea Market Schedule for 2011:

Grayslake, Illinois - Lake County Fairgrounds - Admission $6.00
June 11 & 12
July 9 & 10
August 13 & 14
September 10 & 11
October 8 & 9
November 12 & 13
December 10 & 11

Elkhorn, Wisconsin - Walworth County Fairgrounds - Admission $5.00
May 15
June 26
August 14
September 25

McHenry, Illinois - Outdoor Theater - Admission $3.00
May 29
June 12 & 26
July 10 & 31
August 14 & 28
September 11 & 25
October 16 & 30

Wilmot, Wisconsin - Wilmot, Mountain Ski Resort - Admission $1.00
Open every Sunday through October 30th, 2011
7:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.

Awesome Flea Market Treasures!

Scott and I took mom to a couple of Flea Markets on Sunday for Mother's Day.  I found some really great treasures!

First, a couple of great vintage hats to take apart for the flowers:

That pink one is just covered with shaded velvet leaves!  The white one has roses roses on it.  I think I'll use some of those roses to make some Shabby Wedding Cuff Bracelets.  I paid $5.00 for both of these hats.  $2.50 each!

Next, I found a couple of bags of buttons:

These bags were $6.00 each.  I just couldn't resist them.  It's going to take me awhile to pull them all off the cards. 

Then I found this awesome trim.  I think it's from the 70's:

There's about 3 yards on here and I only paid $3.00 for it!

The Holy Grail of all Flea Markets for us is coming up this Sunday.  It's in Elkhorn Wisconsin at the Fair Grounds.  It's the 1st Elkhorn Flea Market of the season and I am counting the days!  I find so much great junk there.  I can't wait!

Had A Lovely Time Teaching In Delafield Wisconsin!

Good Morning Everyone!  I had an absolutely wonderful time yesterday with my Crazy Quilt class up in Delafield, Wisconsin!  Everyone was wonderful and I must say, I so much enjoyed sharing my Waste Canvas techniques and CQ tips!  I truly hope that my students enjoyed the class as much as I did!

I confess, I wasn't sure I would enjoy teaching.  Among other disorders, I have Social Anxiety Disorder and I can see now where it's gotten in my way all my life.  I've always avoided situations of being in the "limelight" so to speak.  Everyone was so nice and wonderful and it was such a great experience for teaching the first time that I'm sure I would enjoy doing it again! 

If anyone has a group of Crazy Quilters or stitchers who would like to learn my techniques, please email me!  I live in the Northern Illinois - Southern Wisconsin area.  I don't travel much but I would certainly be willing (twist my arm) to teach up in Galena Illinois as well.  Just let me know and we'll put a class together.

 I'd like to take a moment to say thank you to my sweet cousin Kim who not only drove (I don't drive too far myself) but also helped me so much to stay on track.  Thank you Sweetie!!!

If you were one of my students yesterday, here is the recipe for the cookies I brought!

In other news, I added a few new things to our Boutique!  Mom did 2 of her Traditional Crazy Quilt Door Pillows:

I also added a few more Greeting Cards to the shop:

Well, that's my news for today everyone!  I need to relax and do some stitching today but I may try to add a few cards to the shop later.  We're taking mom to a couple of Flea Markets tomorrow.  If I find some great junk, I'll share photos!!!