Visitation BVM Craft Fair - Nov 18 & 19, 2011

This was my first year at Visitation BVM's sale, and I have to admit I was a little overwhelmed! I went there Thursday night, expecting an 8 foot space, and it was closer to 10 or 12 foot! I had never had a space this large, and I didn't know where to start. I had a black cloth, which was great for an 8 foot table, but too small for the space I had, but my friend Judy came to the rescue and had a sheet for me to use, so that was perfect! Then I had the dilemma of how to set up the displays I use. Then I was afraid that I wasn't going to have enough to fill the space. But in the end I did fine. And then on Friday, they opened the doors....Oh my gosh, it was a so busy!!!! This is about an hour and a half in and the "slow time" of the night: Here's the left side of the table :

And the right side (this was later in the sale, because I didn't have room for the card boxes in the beginning!):

Looking down the aisle (with my beautiful assistant):

I had to take pictures from above because it got busy again. Post it note holders, and tablet holders, gift card holders, ribbon weave pins (or maybe these are the magnets), and a few post it note frames:

Post it note frames, snowman soup, ornament money holders:

Post it note frames ( I had to stay up half the night Friday night to make more of these, since most sold out the first night):

A few of the remaining mini snowman holders:

And some lip balm holders and Hand sanitizer holders, and altered Starbucks jars:

I had a fabulous, profitable time at Visitation's sale! I can't wait until next year!!!!! I have so many new ideas!!! Also at this sale, I was invited to be a vendor at St Sophia's sale NEXT November so I am super excited!!!

I started creating things for the two sales I had this year in JUNE. I was still creating right up until the night before. Since I have more sales next year, I think I will be starting in January!!!

Oaks Fire House November 6, 2011

I was a vendor at Oak's Fire Hall in Oak's PA for the second year this past November. This year we were in the "main" hall. Not only was it warmer (first year we were where the Fire Trucks are parked inside, and the doors were left open for the whole set up..we were FREEZING!), but I think we had more traffic where we were this year. I had a LOT more products this year, and have plans for many new ones next year! Here are some pictures.
Here is the Left hand side (with Cheyenne peeking out): And the Right side (with Cameron):

I am still trying to figure out displays. But here's what I did this time. Hanging we have purse post-it note holders, and Ornament gift card holders. In the front there are my Post-it note frames, folding planners, (and part of my Holiday planners notebooks there on the right)

These both sold out within the first 5 minutes of my show, so I was glad I took pictures before we opened! Popcorn holders and snowman candy bar holders (held hershey bars, kit kats and Nestle Crunch bars). Oh and a few more calendars there too.

Lip Balm holders, calendars, post it note purses and some more ornament money holders. Also some gift card holders:

More Christmas Planner notebooks: Corner bookmarks, candy boxes, decorated rulers, (the plastic canvas in the back ground aren't mine they were my neighbor's, who by the way was right across from us last year!)

I guess I didn't get any close up pictures of my non-Christmas altered notebooks. :( But I had some there!! Same as with my altered Starbucks bottles, but you can see them there in the big picture of the table. I had a great time at this fair, and can't wait to be back there next year!

Craft Sale - Post it note holders

Here are close ups of the Post It Note Holders and Spiral Note Books.

Craft Fair - Masculine Post It Note Holders

Here are the Masculine Post It Note Holders I created for the sale. Some are on Key chains. I thought they could be hooked on the side of a tool box, so they'd always be handy!
They all used Stampin' Up's Stamp set, "Totally Tool".

Craft Sale-Candy Bar holders

Here are some of the Candy Bar holders that I made fr the sale. These were fun, but I must admit that when I started out, I had a lot more Chocolate to work with!! LOL. They are filled with Kit Kats, Hershey Bars, and Crunch Bars. The idea for these came from ChicN'Scratch.
You can also see the basket of Pixie Sticks in the background.

I am still working on ways to display items...

Craft Sale - Altered Bottles

Another top seller was the altered Starbucks bottles that I made. Here are a few of them. They have different types of candy in them.

Craft Sale - Gift Card Holders

Here are some of the Gift Card Holders that I created. These were some of the top sellers!
Some have some rhinestones added, others have Stickles, to give them that little something extra!

Craft Fair - tags

Here are some Christmas Tags I created for the Craft Fair! The small tags have some bling added to them. It's a little hard to tell in the pictures.

Craft Fair - Pixie Stick Holders

Here are some of the Pixie Stick Holders I made. I got this idea from Patty Bennet!

Craft Fair Pictures

My craft fair on Saturday went pretty well! All of that hard work paid off! Here are some pictures of the items I had for sale. Stay tuned for more pictures...

Items for a Craft Sale - Coffee Coaster post it note holders

It always amazes me that someone who does not like coffee should have so many coffee stamps! LOL. I made these for all those coffee lovers out there! Again I used the coasters, and my BindItAll.

Items for a Craft Sale - Coaster Post it note holders

Ok I have to say that I used my BindItAll on these post it note holders, and I must say I am proud of myself!!!! These are the first items that I made with my BindItAll! YEAH me!!!! I made these with coasters. I just trimmed them down a bit to fit.
These are also going to be added to my pile of items for my upcoming Craft Fairs.

Items for a craft sale - Breast Cancer Awarness Post It note holders

If you didn't know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. In honor of that I made these post it note holders for one of my upcoming craft fairs.
All of the items used were things I had on hand.
More to come....

Items for a Craft Fair - Post it note holders

Here are some more of the items I have been working on for my craft fair. These are post it note holders. Again all of the ribbons, flowers, and patterned papers are stuff I had on hand.

Sorry for the short posts, I have to get some items up so that I can show examples of my items for upcoming craft sales.

Stay tuned I have more!

Items for a Craft Fair - Post it note Frames

I am still working on some upcoming craft fair items. I'm not going to bore you with all of the details of each frame. Most of the papers, and ribbons are items I had on hand. Just trying to use some of the many many (many) sheets of patterned paper I have laying around!
I added a matching pen to each one and tied them up with some tulle.
Stay tuned for more!

Items for a Craft Fair - Lollipop Holders

I actually stayed up to make these the night before the craft sale to make these. My daughter wanted to have something to sell, and I thought these would be a cute idea. These little holders each have a lollipop inside and are decorated with a image from the "Batty for You" set from Stampin' Up.
My daughter was so proud of herself because she sold every one!