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Post St. Ann’s Holiday Craft Fair Report

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This past Saturday I had the gFritz booth open in the St. Ann’s Holiday Gift Fair in Stoughton, Wisconsin.  It was a great craft fair!  It was a smaller venue, but I still sold a decent amount and talked to some wonderful people.  Colette Vitiritti  of Willow Works was there with her mom and brother.  She makes beautiful jewelry!  I traded with her back in August:  a striped sock monkey for a beautiful green necklace and pair of earrings.  They were in the booth next to me.  It was great seeing them again!

I also got the chance to meet Bonnie Wanta of Bonnie’s Cottage Boutique.  Bonnie came over and talked for a little bit.  I had to tell her my sister and I love her children’s capes she had displayed at her booth.  They were so adorable! Check them out and other neat things she makes in her Etsy shop.  It was great to talk with her about her business and selling in general.  There were other really nice people at this event.  I will be back next year if they’ll have me!

Now I am off to do business-y things, but before I go, I leave you with my good friend Socky Claus.  I took some time and did something Christmas-y last week to divert for a little while.  He needs some work, but I like him.  Hope you do too!

Socky Claus 2012

Big girl pants on, let’s go! 😀

~Missie

Ill but not Absent

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Two days until St. Ann’s Holiday Gift Fair.  I would be far more excited if I weren’t coming down with a cold.  I have had a headache for three days now.  Ibuprofen is dulling the pain, but it is still there.  It makes getting ready for a craft fair not very enjoyable.  To help keep my spirits up I have been listening to Christmas music on Pandora.  No, it’s not too early for Christmas music.  I really love it!

Stay healthy!

~Missie

Busy Birthday, Sister, Llama Weekend

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I am not sure which is the busier time of year:  fall or Christmas.  Really, every weekend is just PACKED with activities.  This weekend was busy and fun!  My sister is a teacher and she was visiting for teacher conferences in Milwaukee, WI.  She was gone most of the time Thursday and Friday, but we managed to visit the rest of the time.  She accompanied my daughter, another sister, and me to the Meadowbrook Pumpkin Farm in West Bend, WI on Saturday.  My daughter is a high school student, but every year we make it to the pumpkin farm and visit the petting zoo.  We really like the llamas!

Tina (to us)

We also celebrated my daughter’s birthday Saturday evening.  I have edited her name from the cake for privacy.  She would KILL me if I put it on the internet! 🙂

Tinker Bell Birthday Cake

We did not get to pumpkin carving yet.  Tomorrow is Halloween.  I was thinking of putting on “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!” on TV, and carving pumpkins, then.  We have “..Great Pumpkin..” on DVD, but I like watching it on television with the rest of the world.  If feels like everyone is in on the fun!  I feel the same way about “White Christmas” and “It’s a Wonderful Life”.  I have those too, but I like watching on TV more.

Make your Tuesday count!

Missie

 

Post Craft Fair

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This last Saturday giggleFritz and Co. was at Fall Fair to Remember in West Bend, WI.  I had commented in an earlier post that art/craft fairs are like a roller coaster of emotions: ups and downs, good things and bad things about these events.  This was by far the BEST fair I’ve participated in, yet!  My sisters and I have been to this event three times now, but this year was my best year.  I actually sold out of an item! Yes, Socktopus was a big hit!  I sold all of the Socktopus creatures and people wanted to know if I had more.  That has never happened to me and I feel GREAT!

The only “down” of this weekend was I severely strained my back.  I think it was from lifting things and carrying stuff for the craft fair.  Saturday night I could not lay down in my bed, I had to sleep in our recliner with a heating pad.  Ibuprofen was my best friend.  It is feeling better now, but good grief did that hurt!

I am off to work now.  I need to create some sweet little Socktopus guys for the shop!

Have an excellent Monday!

Missie 😀

Craft Fair Prep

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No new sketch today.  Tomorrow is fall fair to remember at Washington Co. Fair Park.  I am getting ready as I type this.  I hope when I post again I can tell of a successful fair!

Come visit me here:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Washington+Co.+Fair+Park+west+bend+wi&hl=en&sll=43.413278,-88.178673&sspn=0.193779,0.445976&hq=Washington+Co.+Fair+Park&hnear=West+Bend,+Washington,+Wisconsin&t=m&z=13

Have a great weekend!

Missie

Earlier Sunrise and Sketch No. 2 – Teapot

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The days are getting shorter.  This morning when my family left our home it was not very light out yet.  While I was finishing getting ready for the day, I noticed quite a beautiful sunrise.  For once I had the notion to photograph a sunrise!

We bought a NICE camera in June before we went on vacation and I have been working with it to produce good pictures.  It takes WAY better pictures than the camera on my phone (which I had been using for everything).  I photographed the sunrise with the new camera.

 

As I said on Monday, I am trying to take time each day to practice sketching.  I practiced yesterday and was going to post my sketch, but time got away from me.  The tea pot sketch below is from yesterday, Tuesday, Oct 16, 2012.  I will practice again later and post the outcome.

Teapot Sketch with Model

Off to work I go!

Missie

Sketching – Off the Beaten Path

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I am getting things done today and I got much done over the weekend.  Sometimes it feels like never enough.  That’s when it’s a good idea to veer off the beaten path.  Lately, I have wanted to get back to sketching.  Besides coloring with crayons, drawing and sketching were my first art loves.  My sister and I would draw houses and blue prints of what our houses would look like one day.  We would draw ladies in big poofy dresses from Gone with the Wind days.  Sewing and crafting are both great creative outlets, but sketching is unique.  Each sketch is different in perspective, shading, shape, size, line.  It is even incredible to me that we see an object, our eyes take the image in, our brain translates that image, and it projects its own version of the image back out.  It’s incredible and unique.  (Note-to-self: I will have to find my high school sketch book one of these days!)

So, I took a short break from sewing a few minutes ago and made a little sketch.  I thought, “Hey, taking a little time for a little sketch sounds like a good idea to me!”  My coffee cup was my victim of choice.

“My Favorite Coffee Cup” Sketch

 

 

Hey, I didn’t say I was a GREAT sketch artist.  Anyway, maybe I will take a few minutes each day for a little sketch practice.  We will see what I come up with!

Have a great day!

Missie