It's Almost Holiday Fair Time Again!

One of the big reasons the blog has been so empty lately is that my sister and I have a table at our local holiday fair again this year, which means I have a lot of crafting to do. Most of my free time during Trip's nap and after he goes to bed has been filled with craft projects. I've gotten quite a bit done, which is good, but I still have lots more I want to get accomplished.

Flower pins and headbands were some of my best sellers last year, so I've made lots of them hoping for similarly good sales this year.

I had a few of these left from last year and need to get more made.

Some new designs for this year...

I kind of want to keep all of these headbands for myself. :)

I crocheted some super useful kitchen scrubbies.

I also have a couple versions of this stick wreath made.

One of my new pastimes is making twine-wrapped bottles. They look great and are fun for lots of different decorating purposes. I'll have some of those on our tables too.

My plan is to make some head/ear warmers (which I sold out of last year), a couple of different sugar scrubs, and some playdough kits (maybe gingerbread man, robot/monster, snowman). There are other things I'm considering, but we'll see how it goes!

Valentine's Day Banner

Upon seeing this super cute Valentine's Day banner, I knew I had to make something similar of my own for our kitchen/dining room. I decided to incorporate a scripture into my banner and chose 1 Corinthians 13:13- "So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love."

I like the idea of using book pages, as in the original, but since I was adding more words, I figured it would be better to use a combination solid and printed paper. I cut my paper into 4" by 6" rectangles. I then folded the top half inch over to be able to hang each piece on the string. Once I cut a triangle out of the bottom of each rectangle, it was time to add the words. I typed up the scripture and printed it out, then cut apart the words and used double-sided tape to attach them to each flag. A little more double-sided tape and some string through the flaps on the back, and the banner was done.

If you would like to make a banner of your own, my document with the scripture is available here. Please print this for your own personal use only. Thanks!




I'm linking up with: