In Limbo

I'd truly hoped to begin updating this blog on a regular basis.
We are trying desperately to get our house ready to put on the market as soon as possible so everything else has fallen to the wayside.
I hope that by September things will be up and running on a more regular basis!

To Market to market...

I will be at the Tower Grove Farmer's market this Saturday (June the 13th) along with my husband James of Fatt Daddy Leather and Alecia of Senora Muertos. My kiddos will also be there selling their wares as well. Hope to see you there!

Abba Dabba Art

Abby brought her handmade greeting cards under the name Abba Dabba Art. This kids draws non-stop, all over everything including her workbooks. She has always dreamed of making some money like the kids do in the old TV shows delivering papers, walking dogs, or selling lemonaide, but times are different and our neighborhood is a little scary. With that said I told her that she could use her art talents to try to make a little money so she purchased an American Girl craft business kit and got down to some serious work.

I'm really proud of her. She worked hard and it paid off. She sold 14 cards and was on cloud nine for days afterwards. She will be bringing more to our next market date on June 13th.

Funkey Monkey Designs

Sam brought her shrinky dink charms to the market under the name Funkey Monkey Designs. She is right up there with her big sis in wanting to not only create (constantly), but also to make money. I have to say that I am quite proud of them for striving to make their own money by WORKING for it not expecting it to be handed to them. She was a little disappointed at her sales, but she got a lot of good feedback on her work. We are using this as a learning experience and she is already coming up with great ideas such as making earrings and necklaces instead of charms. I'm really proud of her and can't wait to see what she comes up with. I'll also be asking her to make me a sew of sprinkle donut earrings!

To Market!

Saturday May 9th is the opener for the Tower Grove Farmer's Market!
I will be vending with my husband www.fattdaddyleather.blogspot.com
and best friend www.senoramuertos.blogspot.com.
Come on down for locally grown produce, music food and of course artisan vendors!
You can check out www.tgmarket.org for more information.

More Barrettes.....

Cinco De Mayo

I'll be vending at the St. Louis Cinco de Mayo festival this Saturday, May 2nd.
Come on down and check out the St. Louis Craft Mafia tent in front of Cranky Yellow on Cherokee street. We will be there from 11am-10pm.
Check out http://www.cincodemayostl.com/ for more information. You just can't beat Mexican music, food and margaritas!

Here's a sampling of what I will be bringing.