On With the Show!

Yes! It is really happening! Steve helped me get things all set up, even crumpled the tissue paper to put into the bags! Then while I was fussing with the scarves on their rack, Steve put together the bags on the table. It really looks great!

If you are interested in a custom made bag, I have started the pricing of the basic small ones at $8. Then when you add things like pockets, stiffer fabric and such, the price goes up a bit. All the horse ones are $12.

The red purse (found in a previous blog) and the other simular purses with pockets, are $15. When I get back into production of bags big enough for binders and school books, those too will be $15.

The prices of the scarves vary due to the complexity of the pattern, the cost of the yarn and the time it took to actually knit them. They sure are fun to make!

Here is another photo showing the variety of bags being sold. Oh...that pink and green purse? The one with the D rings in the handle...that one I priced at $18.

Finding the right table clothes was challenging, but I really like how it turned out!

My craft show booth is officially called "Sharon's Pansy Room".

Sharon, the Crafter!

I'm officially one of the Starving Housewives! I am putting my bags and other creations into a craft fair April 7 - 11. Since I only decided on this a few weeks ago, things around here have been pretty hectic. My Mother even came up for a few days to help me sew and decorate the bags. She even sewed up the seams in the dishcloths.

Thanks Mom!

I'm really excited about this and may even do their fall and winter craft fairs too. As long as there are no medical claim jobs opening up, this gives me something to do...not that being a stay at home mom means I'm doing nothing... :)

Last week, Steve found this seed rack at Coast-to-Coast, who are closing their store, and it works perfectly for showing off the bags. Now I just need to get busy and sew the remaining bags that have been previously cut out. So if you are interested in coming to this event, all the details can be found on their web site: www.starvinghousewives.com

Scarves for Sale

I have opened a store in ETSY.com to sell some of my scarves. Knitting the scarves was the easy part. Teaching Stephanie how to be a model...that was a challenge, but I think she did pretty good.

Then there was the time to just set up the store itself. Thankfully I have a husband who understands all of that and really made it easy for me. He also looked up all the shipping info for me. You also have to set up the store, take the pictures, re-size the pictures and then decide which ones will actually be put in the listing. You can only show 5 pictures max for each listing. I spent half my day...Saturday afternoon and early evening...just getting the scarves listed.

So if you are interested...or know anyone else that might be interested in buying a homemade scarf, my store is listed at: http//sweetrt.etsy.com

I'm really hoping that they sell...and soon. Monday I will be listing some of the bags I have made too. So keep watching the site.

These are the actual pictures we took...in the listings, they are cropped and sized smaller. I just didn't think you would want to see only the chin of Stephanie... :)