Crafty Dayeseye

Proud Aunt to My Nieces

“Only an Aunt can give hugs like a mother, can keep secrets like a sister, and share love like a friend.”
~ Spanish Proverb 

I spent the afternoon with my sister and her two little girls.  They are smiley, funny, bouncy, adorable, smart, kind, outgoing and full of all that other good girl stuff, sugar, spice...you get the picture.

M- is independent, inquisitive and abounds with energy...at all times.  Arms flailinging, legs jump, head bopping and booty shakin' is in her blood.

B- is reserved, smiley and cuddles like a koala.  She's a real momma's girl, but is happy to snuggle, nuzzle and cuddle once she gets to know you.

M- counted all 9 legs of a octopus for me today... "one, two, three, four, five, seven, eight, nine!"  apparently she has an aversion to the number six, as well as ponytails, after about 2 hours; as you can tell in her Cosmo Kramer hairdo by the end of the day.

We lunched, walked, laughed and narrowly avoided getting run over by the Holiday Train that was riding around the shopping center, by a mad man with the beard of Santa! 

A Very Scooby Doo Halloween!

Classic Halloween mystery for Scooby and friends today!

When Scooby and the gang meet a famous designer by the name of Christoff Gut, he invites them to his village to view the leaves and their many colors. However, when they arrive, they find that a school administrators' ghost is haunting the village and that it is an ancestor of Christoff's. Along the way, while investigating the mystery, Scooby and the gang meet the local eco-goth rock band, the Ruther Glenns, and with their help, they eventually find that there's more to this mystery than it meets the eye. When they learn that Christoff has teamed up with his ancestor to seek revenge on the citizens of the village, they must work with the villagers to stop Christoff and the ghost.

Alright, so maybe it wasn't sooooo dramatic, but you know what I mean!

M- was dressed as Daphne, and L- was dressed as Shaggy. Scooby Doo even made an appearance!  Scooby was a hit!  EVERY KID on the block wanted to talk to him, and help him solve the latest mystery...  too funny.

Shrine WIP

Working on this for my design class.  The theme is the Great Depression.  We were told to create something, anything to memorialize, remember, tell a story, whatever, around the Great depression.  After talking with my grandmother and some other folks, these are the things I took away..

it was a time of great uncertainty, families became disjointed, what was, vanished, But there was still beauty and joy, it was just a little harder to find and everything felt less free, due to monetary restrictions. 

This is just a piece of the depression, and obviously doesn't encompass every person's experience, some worse, some better. 

Just like our current situation.

 

Crafty Dayeseye at Market in the Park

Saturday I, along with my mom and a friend did a craft show.  My first one ever.  It was GREAT!  The weather was amazing, the crowds were big and full of really nice people.  The response was really good too.  Thanks for all the support from everyone who stopped by the Crafty Dayeseye booth.  I'm really looking forward to doing another one soon!

I knew the weeks leading up to the show would be tough, but I never expected as much school work to be piled on at the same time.  Whoa, what a few weeks.  I am glad to have some time to relax now, for a bit at least.






I didn't get a good picture of the whole booth after we had set everything up, so this one above (before we adjusted the table cloths and moved the boxes) will have to do for now!  Soon I will have a full color, amazing banner, instead of the cruddy b&w one I used.  Hey, it was better than nothing, not much better, but better.

We had button flowers/bouquets, great bags my friend J made, and beautiful baby slings from my sister at Saffron Slings.

I didn't sell out of flowers, like I had hoped to.  But, got a good idea of what people are looking for, and had enough to last all day, which was a plus.  I was worried that one of two things would happen...1.  No one would want ANYTHING, or 2.  People would want, but I wouldn't have enough inventory.  Luckily  neither of the two happened, and I hit a happy medium.  Next time I will have more hand cut paper flower stems, as it seemed everyone wanted at least one in their bundles.

Okay!  Off to class in a bit!

Custom Bouquets Finished!

Here is a sneak Peek!

So Much Going On!!

But I think I am getting a handle on it!  Yay for that.  Work, is going well.  Well, as well as can be expected.  School started for me last week, and so far so good.  My classes this semester are, Biology 101, and lab, English 112 composition, Math for Dummies, a Design class and a painting course. 

I am in the process of finishing a couple button bouquets, and they will go in the mail this week.  Also, I recently added a few items to my Etsy shop.  These and so much more...

Join me October 3rd 9a-3p at Hurkamp Park in Downtown Fredericksburg for Market in the Park!

Obsession

Button Obsession...thanks Mommy!  Made these little numbers today for two friends, hope they like them.  These will be available in my Etsy shop soon, I've finally got a few great things coming soon.  It's been a long time!

Cute As A Button

My mom and I got together to make these adorable button bouquets!  They were fairly simple, and really fun to make.  Each one is totally different, I like that!  I want to try a couple of different things in the near future, like monochromatic, and color coordinated too.  But for now, these colorful, whimsical buds will do just fine.  Maybe a couple of brides I know would like these incorporated in their floral scheme...hmmmmm, just a thought.  Enjoy!

Cake Pop-A-Rama

I know, I know, I'm like so 2008.
It was fun anyway!

Note to self for future attempts:  make. cake. the. night. BEFORE.

2 versions

Lemon cake, with lemon curd to bind the cake, covered in white chocolate and dipped in pulverized ginger snaps.

Red Velvet cake, with cream cheese frosting to bind the cake, covered in white chocolate, drizzled with red candy.

Thanks to Bakerella for the amazing inspiration.  She is genius.

  

Aren't One Year Olds Adorable?