SOOOO Long No Post!

So RIGHT after my last Show, the Urbana show on October 27th, I found out I was pregnant!!!! That was my Last and VERY successful show! :) I've decided to take a bit off from doing shows until the baby comes, however I am still selling TONS of stuff on Etsy!!!





Here's a 3-D photo of our son! :)

I'll be "back" to normal once he comes... :) July 2008! :)

Damascus Y-Women Craft Show

The Damascus Y-Women Craft show was a great show for me!!!

I met many Crest members at the show! They had finger foods and LARGE table set ups!! I filled my table to the rim!!! The first hour was pretty slow, but from 7-9 it was very busy! I didn't get a chance to leave my booth since I was the only one manning it. I wish I would have been able to chat more with everyone else! The lady next to me was decorating personalized piggy banks! She was super creative! I hope she joins CREST!

I sold out on my Shriek, Girly Bug and Pink Glittery little girl print! I can't find these ANYWHERE!

I did however sell my FIRST Disney Cuties prints and sold 3!!! Such an exciting show!

So I couldn't find any more of the pink glittery prints with the litte girls in them (my BEST seller) but I did find this blue fairy print (ALSO GLITTERY) and I think they will be a BIG HIT!!!

I also got ideas for new fabrics from customers, such as John Deere fabric and Transformers!

I hope to at least have ONE mat from each of these new prints complete for Saturday's show in Urbana. Please come visit!!!

My next SHOW!!!

HOLIDAY SHOP
30 vendors under one roof!
Sponsored by Damascus Y-Women
at
The Damascus American Legion
10201 Lewis Dr.
Damascus, MD 20872
Tuesday, October 23
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Who will be There: Discovery Toys, Tupperware, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Arbonne, Taste of Home Entertaining, Pampered Chef, Avon, Naturally Stoned Lighting, Longaberger, The Angel Company, Lia Sophia, Nat Lane Expressions, Jo Mama Arts, Canale Creations, Southern Living at Home, Premier Designs Jewelry, Tealightful Treasures, Party Lite, The Body Shop at Home, Frames by Danielle, handmade jewelry by Sheryl Winans, art by Juli Fato, Bella Rose Creations, Shelby B Designs, One Girlie Girl, Polpette Clay, Gold Canyon Candles, Creative Memories, Tastefully Simple and Silpada.
Open to the public/no entry fee/food and beverages provided
Door prizes/Vera Bradley Bag Raffle
Proceeds benefit the community
See www.damascusywomen.com for more information

See you there!

Middletown Heritage Festival

...WAS wonderful! I shared my booth with Dotty http://www.dottyral.etsy.com/ and had a wonderful show! The day was beautiful! The only thing is that they put the crafters way at the bottom of the hill! But it was better then being off of Main street! A ton of people stopped by and I had a great day of sales! I actually sold a little bit of each item! I think my biggest seller was the tooth fairy pillows

and my chalkboard mats!

I can't wait until my next Show on OCTOBER 23!!!

Thanks to Etsy....

my latest creation was a custom order for a bridal shower. I got the order on a Tuesday, shipped it out on a Wednesday and the customer got the box on Friday for the Saturday shower! Whew... that was close! Here's the photos of the box! I LOVE it with the names and wedding date on it!!!

The bride's colors were purple, green and salmon.

I fit every color in there! Yeah! I personally feel like EVERYTHING that's personalized is like 18 thousand times better then something that isn't.... it's just more... SPECIAL!

Talk about FUN with my cousins!!!

I had off on Friday, so I decided to visit with my cousins in Manassas, VA! I got to thier house around 1:00 and we left out to the pool. They really wanted to show me thier new swimming skills! Too fun!!! We hung out at the pool for a few hours and then headed home to eat the most YUMMIEST speghetti my Aunt has ever made! Or maybe I've just never had it before... YUMMY!!!! My mom surprised us and showed up around 9 and we quickly boiled water to eat some pasteles that my mom's friend brought her back.

Pasteles are yummy puerto rican food, they're like meat wrapped in potatoes/ yam mixture. They look not too yummy, but are the BEST!!!

Saturday morning we woke up early to go see Keona

and Lorenzo

swim at thier final swim meet! They are the Wellington Dolphins!! Unfortunatly me and my mom showed up a few minutes late and MISSED Kiki and Renzo's favorite stroke... the Freestyle!!

However, we DID catch thier Backstroke...

Look at the great photo I caught of Keona (last lane arm in the air)!


I didn't catch Renzo swimming, I was too busy screaming for him to win his HEAT! And he DID!!!!!!!!!! I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO proud of you Lorenzo!


Lorenzo also swam the butterfly stroke!

Canale Creations

was featured in the booklet at the swim meet.

I am currently creating a scrapbook of my cousin's swimming season. I will post photos as soon as I can!!

Stay posted for NEW memory boards!!!

So I'm thinking of changing my symbol from the roses to me!

What do you think?

My newest creations!

Hi Everyone!

I know it's been a while since my last BLOG! I just can't find time to blog very often. So I JUST found out great news.... I'm going to be an AUNT!!! I hope my sister doesn't check this site... I made her this box!

She is VERY supersticous, so I can't give it to her until she's 15 weeks, she's currently 12 weeks. SO I hid it in her basement and I'm going to get her husband to go to the basement and give it to her at 15 weeks. She doesn't go in her basement, it's old and there were sprickets in there at one time. So she really liked the Mommy to be Box, but though it was too small, so I made her this box. It's 12" x 9" x 3". So much larger for all the baby stuff you collect when you're expecting.

The lid isn't hinged, so I was able to put a lot more in the lid! The collage was from some baby magizines she gave me! I also put some scrapbook stickers on there also!

Below is the front of the box. It had a slot for a label, they are calling the baby 'Lil Angel' in the sonogram photos, and it's due February 1, 2008!!!

How perfect did that Lady in Waiting sticker fit there?

Here is a photo in the inside of the box. I LOVE this paper. It's the ONLY pregnancy paper I could find!!! They also need to make more gender neutral paper... she doesn't want to know the sex of the baby, so everything I make the baby will have to be gender neutral...

So in between my many trips to NYC (first for Etsy craft show)

and second for my cousins Sweet 16... I decided to make eye glass cases. On my birthday I scrached my FAVORITE sunglasses so I said...well I guess I'll make eye glass cases! :)

Too cute right? I put batting in the material so they REALLY protect the glasses.

And they aren't bulky like a hard case, so I can carry it in my purse without stuffing up my entire purse!


I think polka dots are too cute!

Monique