CRAFT BAZAAR UPDATE

Trying to stay ahead of the game by introducing new crafts I recently ordered these cute trees from The Wood Connection.  They have the cutest wood cutouts that you can purchase and then paint and decorate to suit your own taste.  Hopefully these will be good sellers at my bazaar this year. 

 

 

For these trees I painted them with Apple Barrel (21463 Antique Parchment) paint.  In order to get the glitter to stick you paint the front surface and while the paint is wet you lay it directly on glitter that has been spread out on a cookie sheet or piece of wax paper then let them air dry.

I found this idea (HERE) from Pinterest, of course.  Simple to make with clothes pins, paint and embellishments.

 

 

I am really liking the chalkboard look and some of the lyrics from Christmas songs make the best sayings to use.

I will be posting more photo's as I get more projects finished.

THIS ELF HAS BEEN BUSY

This time of year gets a little busy in this workshop craft room, just as I am sure Santa's Workshop its buzzing too.

 

HERE ARE A FEW PROJECTS THAT I HAVE COMPLETED FOR MY BAZAAR. 

Inspiration from Pinterest

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MY VERSION 

 

 

Inspiration from Pinterest

 

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MY VERSION

 

 

And yet another inspiration from Pinterest. 

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MY VERSION 

 

 

This is my own personal design, (I know you thought I only stole ideas now didn't you:)

 

I picked up these letters last spring while I was in Utah at The Wood Connection in Murry. 

Click HERE for a link to their web site. They now ship so you can order directly from them and they will gladly ship it to you.



All I did was paint the letters white, cut out scrapbook paper using the letters as a template and added embellishments.  The snowflake for the "o" doesn't have paper on it,  I just painted it white and while the paint was wet laid it on some glitter I had spread in a box, it works like a charm to hold the glitter.

 

Here is a close up of the snowflake so you can see the glitter.

BAZAAR OR BIZARRE? You decide!

Doing another bazaar in my home brings a question to my mind, Am I Bizarre for doing another in-home Bazaar?  All I can say is that when it is all over then I can confirm that it was worth it...before, not so much.

 

 

 

It is kind of hard to really get the true prettiness of this without seeing it in person but I am hoping someone who loves and decorates with sunflowers will not be able to live without it.  It is supposed to hang on the wall but I photographed it on the table looking down on it.

 

A gentle reminder for Thanksgiving.

 

Charger plates from Michaels make wonderful backdrops for Christmas messages.

This is just the beginning of the many projects I hope to get made.



 

I took a shot at cutting MDF (medium density fiber board) into letters.  Pretty time consuming to do all the scrolls and sanding for these, I hope whoever buys them can appreciate that.

 

BRING ON THE HOLIDAYS!