Flint Hand Made Spring Craft Market Part Deux

Flint Handmade.  We love you.  We had such a blast at this sale and felt very confident in our display.  Everything was organized so well, and there was a real community spirit among vendors and shoppers.

Erica and Sam packed up the car and drove from Mount Pleasant the night before. 

They had a small adventure of driving around in circles for about 10 minutes because they had two different (wrong) addresses for the sale. Luckily, the day and the neighborhood were beautiful. 

Even though we weren't the most organized, Flint Handmade was. We got checked in, found our booth, and rejoiced.

We started setting up, debuted our new banner, Liz joined us, we cut coupons and got our new display going. 

After, we went home to Liz's for some fun relaxing (and pricing and other organization and prep). We watched Pitch Perfect and Liz's cat Lola registered her interest in our products (particularly the ones with cat nip in them.)

Finally, the day of the sale was upon us. With some coffee and Lacroix to fuel us, we set up shop!

Favorite moments: setting up (mostly) the night before the sale, the lovely Rachel at the booth next to us who makes delightful jewelry and accessories and was great company all day, superb organization by Flint Handmade which included the option to have volunteers run your craft space if you needed to get some food or make a bathroom run, and, as always, there were some great quotes from the day. Here are the highlights: 

I can't stop thinking about Pliny the Elder. - Liz

It was like Tim Gunn "Make it Work" plus Hulk-smash. -Sam

My pillow looks like the Shroud of Turin. -Erica

A few friends stopped by the sale, including Liz's fiance, Eric.  He bought a little something from each of the ladies, which was very unexpected and sweet.  Liz's sister, Amy, and friends Matt and Rachael stopped in too.  We love all the support that our friends and family have shown us at our sales over the years.

Lola loves her new catnip mouse.

We are quickly becoming huge fans of indoor craft sales: no wind, no sun burn (or wind burn for that matter), no excess heat or cold, and no rain.

Thank you to all of our new followers, and all the great people we met at Flint Handmade! As always, we will keep you updated on any upcoming sales you can find us at, as well as what's going on with us!



Word on the Street: Craft display weekend!

Wondering what your favorite crafty ladies were up to this weekend? Well wonder no more! Liz, Samantha, and Erica painted, cut, ate, napped, sewed, and did too much math, all in preparation for the upcoming craft sale season.

The first step of any crafty undertaking is to gather your supplies.

Not pictured: excessive amounts of LaCroix

 The next step is obvious: take a nap!

Sam, all tuckered out

No, actually, the next step is to use all those math skills you haven't used in years to figure out what you need and how much of it when you go to your local craft store.

Erica is normally really good at math. Today was not a normal day.

After all this hard work, it's time for lunch and some fuel.

Dharma Mojo: the aftermath

Coffee: breakfast, lunch, and dinner of champions.

Now, time for serious stuff: painting! Kids, always use spray paint in a well-ventilated area. Unless you live in Michigan and it snows all the time, then go ahead and start painting in your basement. 

Small basement, very little fresh air. This might be a bad idea...

 To keep busy between coats of paint (and to make sure your brain doesn't fry from the paint fumes), start working on your sewing projects! And remember, it's always good to wash, dry, and iron all fabric before cutting and sewing. 

Action shot! Look at those moves!

This fabric is so beautiful, it would be a sin not to sew it into our new tablecloth!

If you've been sitting in one place too long, try to sneak in some quick cardio to get the blood pumping.

Lifting!

Push ups!

Cat Scratching!

 Now, it's time for sewing. When you deal with 13 foot strips of fabric, pinning is very important!

Pinning, sewing, and hemming like a boss.

Erica and Liz working on the Locust Street Crafts Bridal Collection--coming to a craft fair near you!

Since that's done, maybe time for another coat of paint?

Too much paint, not enough fresh air.

Then test drive the table cloth. Is it up to your exact specifications? 

Is it an inexpensive Halloween costume?

... or a people eating monster?

Curious as to what all this effort was for, and how our display will look this season? Visit our blog later in the week for part two!

Word on the Street - March 15

Beware the Ides of March, yo!

It was not a great day for this guy.

Sam and Erica are busy preparing for a major CRAFT WEEKEND this weekend. Liz will be joining us in Mount Pleasant so we can get our display all ready for the season's sales. Sam and Erica are shopping for supplies and groceries (crafting requires sustenance, you know). Be on the lookout for lots of pictures and previews of crafts and our display next week!

We're going to take this up a notch. High fashion! Make it work!

Liz feels like she hasn't fully returned to a schedule since her return from Denver, with lots of work days in a row, much to do, birthday parties to attend, and her upcoming wedding (less than 5 months away!).  She's become confident that her tiny apartment will probably not be clean again until after the honeymoon.  Most of her crafting has been the creation of more wedding flowers, so here are a couple cute pictures of her nephews who had a joint birthday party recently since their birthdays fall only 3 weeks apart:

Grant, the super cool 8-year-old, checking out a new Lego kit.

Braeden, who is almost 4 and has already perfected the art of looking like he doesn't know a picture is being taken of him when, in actuality, he does.