Items for a craft fair - Framed Art

Items for a Craft Sale - Christmas Framed Art

I got this idea from Jan Tink from her blog. It was a wonderful idea and I just switched it up and used items I had on hand. These are three of the versions I had available. I also did a green in the sparkly green snowflake paper (like the red one shown above) but I guess I didnt get a picture of that one. As an added bonus, I kept the mats in the frame so that when Christmas was over, if they wanted to, they could just flip the mat to the front, and wouldn't have to worry about storing the frames all year.

Items for a Craft Fair - Christmas Whisks

Cheyenne is always asking me to help with my craft fair items, so I am often looking for cute ideas which she can make on her own. We came up with these Christmas Whisks! She filled the whisk with kisses and we wrapped them up, bagged them, added a cute sentiment and I made the bows. These sold remarkably fast, and it was all I could do to get a picture of them!

Items For a Craft Fair - Travel Coloring Cases

Here are some of the many versions of the Travel Coloring Cases I made for my events. This picture was actually taken at the Vendor night we had in October at the school where I work. I ended up making more versions, and I could have used many more beyond that. Everyone loved these!

Items For a Craft Sale - Hershey Kiss Trees

Here is another new item for this years sales. These feature 9 Heshey Kisses in the top part of the tree and either Hershey Nuggets or Hershey miniatures in the trunk of the tree. The original design had the Nuggets, but I redesigned the trunk to fit the miniatures. These were a big hit as well. But why wouldnt they be? Everyone loves Chocolate!

Items for a Craft Fair - Glass Magnets

These are also a new item this year for me. Glass Magnets. I love how these turned out, but I do have to say they were very time consuming to make! I actually only ended up making three styles, dogs, flwers and some cute plaid circles. I packaged them together on Cardstock with little washers glued on. However they didnt hold real well (the washers on the cardstock) and it took a while to get all those washers glued down. But they sold pretty well. I had some requests for other styles as well, so I will get on that for next year. But I think I will find a better way to package them.

Items For a Craft Fair - Hershey Nugget holders

This was another new item for me this year. This is not my original design, I have seen them lots of sites out on the web. I covered the little Hershey Nuggets bars with pretty papers and added them to a lttle cardstock holder. Then I added that to a baggie and added a cute sentiment with ribbon. I completely sold out of these as well as got special orders for more.

Items for a Craft Fair - K Cup Gift Certificate Holders

This is one of the new items I came up with this year. I didn't have these available until St Sophia's sale. These little holders hold one little K Cup for the Keurig coffee makers, but it is also a Gift Card Holder! I saw a similar item on the web, and re-did the template so I could make it into a gift card holder. These were a great hit (I guess I am the only one in the world who doesnt have one of these machines..but I dont drink coffee).

Craft Fair - St Paul's Lutheran Church

This was the first event I had this year. It was held in September. I have to say I wasn't very happy with this event. First off,Originally I was supposed to be inside. But they had way too many vendors shoved into one room, and they had space which they didnt utilize. There was NO moving room at all in this room! Every time someone had to get by, you had to lean across your table just so they could squeeze by! After about the 50th time I complained. I ended up going outside instead, where it was so much nicer. Although, we were totally not prepared to be outdoors, and it was a bit chilly. But we tried to make do, and keep warm. I also met a new friend who this was her first event. Anyway, it was just an all around BAD day. There was a Fireman's parade in town that day, as well as they were moving Hospital patients from the old hospital which was closing, to the new hospital. Traffic was HORRIBLE and there were barely any shoppers. We just barely made the money back for our table. Barely. I dont know if I will be back at this event in 2013.....We'll see.

Items For A Craft Sale - Spa Sock Cupcakes

Oh my gosh these were fun! These are Spa socks (think like fuzzy slipper socks) wrapped up to look like cupcakes. The solid colored ones are for adult soicks, and the striped ones (which kind of got cut out of the photo-but are on the right of the adult ones) are for kids. The kids cupcakes featured toe socks in some cute and crazy color combos, along with a Dum Dum lollipop. I completely sold out of these numerous times. I am currently on the search for more of the socks at a reasonable price.

Pencils with Erasers sets

I made a BUNCH of these cuties! These are little holders with 4 pencils and little erasers. I made them in reds, greens, and I believe 3 shades of blue. These were a huge hit! They are perfect for stcking stuffers! I had one person buy some for a group of carolers she sang with. One of the images was of a little cat singing, and she thought they were perfect. I had planned on making more non-Holiday ones, but I just didnt get around to getting it done. But I have been collecting different pencils along the way, and it is on my list to do for next year. I sold out of these completely.

Items for a Craft Fair - Key Fobs

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I had a few people request that make smaller key fobs, that would be more masculine. So I went ahead and made these. It isn't easy to find masculine ribbons thhough. :-( I guess Masuline and Ribbon aren't really two things that normally go together. I know that you can make Key Fobs with fabric, but my sewing skills aren't quite that advanced yet.

Items for a Craft Fair - Key Fob Wristlets

Here are more of the key Fobs I made for my craft fair. These are with the 1 1/4" webbing so they are a little wider. These were a lot of fun to make, and people loved them! I love that there are so many different colors of webbing available! And of course I REALLY LOVE buying ribbon, and there are, I guess, millions of colors of ribbon to choose from! I had to add 3 more dowels to hold my new ribbons!!! (Have I mentioned that I have a **Slight** addiction to ribbon????)

Vendor Fair at Malvern School

One of the events I had this past year was a Vendor Fair at the school I work at. This was mostly for the parents that children go to my school, so it was a small event, but it was worth the time. I got to see just how much stuff I had completed. :-)

Items For a Craft sale - altered notebooks

One of my big sellers are notebooks, either spiral or the mini comp. books with matching pens. I kept meaning to get more done, but never really got around to it. But here are a few of the ones that I had. I packaged them to keep them neat and eep little shoppers from flipping through (or writting in) them. Kids love these little gifts, and parents dont mind getting them for the kids since they arent too pricey. I have to work on getting more of these done for next year. I had more done, but not finding the pictures at the moment....

Items For a craft Fair - covered notebooks

These are covered notebooks with matching pens/pencils. The top 2 photos feature the very cool "triple time stamping" technique. Quite possibly my new favorite technique! On some of the others I added rhinestones and pearls.

Items for a craft fair - Post it note holders with matching pens/pencils

These are the same idea as the Post it Note Keychains, but they have matching pens or pencils instead!

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Items For a Craft Fair - Post it note Keychains

I made a bunch more of these Post It Note Keychains this year. First in a Masculine theme

Then some more feminine ones. Here's a clost up of one of them.

The Masculine ones would be perfect for hanging on the side of a tool box! And for the feminine ones, the keychain would make it so much easier to find a piece of paper to jot down an important note without having to dig through your purse!

Items For A Craft Fair -- Altered Comp Books

Some of my Holiday/Christmas Planners. Each one features a matching pen, handmade paper beads, and each one has tabs that can be added where you'd like. These are perfect for jotting down notes, keeping track of plans, and keeping on top of all of your holiday planning!

Items for a Craft Fair-Mini Clipboards

Just some of the altered coaster clipboards that I created. Each one holds a stack of paper perfect for jotting down notes!