I spent the past two weekends at craft fairs.
Several things come out of visiting craft fairs two
weekends in a row...
1) weight gain
2) buyers remorse
(as in...dammitwhydidn'tIjustbuythatawesome:insertblankhere)
3) some fun craft ideas
Here is my favorite purchase from our craft fair adventures:
Here is my favorite purchase from our craft fair adventures:
I found this at the Sugar Mound craft fair.
This artist makes her jewelry from salvaged airplane
metals and I thought it was a really unique piece.
Here's a couple pictures from last weekend
at the Maple Hill Fair:
oh geez. Gidget.
:must insert side story:
My mom insists on bringing this dog everywhere.
We had to take turns carrying her through the craft fair.
(don't even try to hide your disgust Rachael...it gets worse)
Halfway through the fair we get stopped by two police
officers who tell my mom that dogs aren't allowed
inside the fair grounds... to which my mom snorts a short laugh
and replies..."This is no dog!" and then saunters off...
I stood there wide eyed with my head shrinking into my
shoulders like a turtle and then I gave the cops an awkward
smile/giggle like "please excuse the crazy lady I'm with"...
Fortunately there were tons of people and we kind of
disappeared into the crowd, but thats not to say that I wasn't
horrified and certain that we were going to be chased down
and tackled at any given minute!!
Anyhoo...back to my crafting...
I got a couple of ideas from things that I saw for sale
at craft booths, but I just couldn't bring myself to spend money
on things that I felt like I could make myself!!
The most surprising thing about any of this is that I actually followed
through and did these crafts in somewhat decent time!
Craft #1
Hobby Lobby had their scrapbook paper for 50% off
so I got a TON of different papers for like 6 bucks! Woohoo!
I bought a cheap canvas and painted it with
some green acrylic paint. Then I started cutting and layering
the scrapbook paper in flower-like pattern.
I hadn't worked with modge podge in awhile so I had
to refresh my memory...
I would modge podge a layer down and then start
on the next layer of 'petals'.
Once all my petals were modge podge'd I put
a layer over the entire canvas.
The finished project!
I hung it in the guest room and I think it opens the door
for me to use a lot of fun different colors in this mostly
gray room.
What do you think? I contemplated adding
buttons around the edges...thoughts?
Hooray!
Craft #2
Since I was on a mission to modge podge the entire planet,
I decided to tackle the missing light switch covers in the guest
bedroom. They're an awkward size that requires us to have
a 'double' switch plate next to a 'single' switch plate.
I saw some similar paper-covered switch plates
at the craft shows and I thought it was a clever way
to dress up the plain white plastic.
Cute right?
I had a few boo-boo's with the modge podge and
had to start over on one of the plates, but I had lots
of paper so it wasn't a big deal.
Craft #3
Have you ever heard of bittersweet?
Well it's a bright orange little berry and it's all the rage
at craft shows. They sell little bundles of it for like $20 bucks!
Sheesh!!
There was no way I was paying that, but I did love
the bright orange fall colors.
My mom thought that she knew where some bittersweet
grew near her house so we went on an adventure
and we hit the bittersweet motherload!
We filled her trunk full of bittersweet vine and then
let it sit and dry out for a few days.
I bought two grapevine wreaths from Hobby Lobby
and then I used floral wire to attach the bittersweet to the wreaths.
I used smaller sprigs of bittersweet to fill in the bare areas,
and I was once again, pleasantly surprised at how it turned out!
I think they add a nice pop of fall color and I probably
won't want to take them down!!
But I think I'm all crafted out now,
so I'm hanging up my modge podge until the next
craft fair or pinterest post motivates me!
