Notes from A Cottage Industry

Blooming cupcakes and more on the lil' flutter-bys.

The lil' bouquet of edible flowers came out nicely and the butterflies were a perfect finishing touch!

The butterflies were easy to do. Once I made the pattern, I simply laid a piece of parchment paper (available on the aisle with the aluminum foil at the grocery store) on top of the pattern and then piped out the main color of my butterflies...
I then filled another parchment bag with the darker color frosting and piped the outline and details. I let them dry for several hours and they were ready to be placed on my cupcakes. For those of you that are interested in learning how to create the sweet lil' flowers, as well as the recipe for making the butterflies, I have added several new pages, with complete step-by-step instructions to the booklet that accompanies my "Make it Special- Cookies and Cupcakes" DVD kit. You can order it here.

I've linked this post to Metamorphesis Mondays from Naps on the Porch. Check out LOTS of other great ideas by clicking here.

GoodWill hunting.

All those goodies that end up in my booth space are found on some form of hunting expedition.

Okay, I stole the title for my blog post from my weekly thrifting pal. (It was just so perfect that I had too.) Every Tuesday we meet up at our booth spaces at Camas Antiques and then share a car ride in an attempt to save a few pennies on gasoline as we hit our local GoodWill thrift stores. We save a few more pennies by skipping a pricey restaraunt lunch and instead, make a weekly run to the border for the two dollar "Meal Deal" that we eat while driving and chattering between bites of our burritos.

Anyway.

I was noticing yesterday as I unloaded my latest finds into my garage that I always seem to find things in groups, or collections. My latest stockpile, completely unintentionally, appears to be pedestal tables...
and lampshades....
and baskets.
I think it's funny how these collections just somehow morph from one item into an assortment of three, or six or nineteen, and I am wondering now what my next collection will be.

 

Party on.

Such a fun time! A line of shoppers waited for Camas Antiques to open yesterday for the big Birthday Bash. (Of course I forgot to have my camera out at that point...) There were lil' favors, and music, and lots of oohs and aaahs heard round the store. Oh, and my favorite shopper came by, which made my day even better...
I must admit he was more into looking at the choo-choo train up high in my best buddy at Camas Antiques booth, and in eating his Cheerios snack than actually shopping for vintage treasures, but he was such a good sport...
The birthday celebration continues all weekend at Camas Antiques, and Friday when I was helping out I snapped a few more shots of some of eye candy for you. There are so many great looking booth spaces that I thought you'd enjoy taking a peek at....Billie's booth is always a favorite... and there are some new booths in the basement that are absolutely wonderful!!!

 

My Best Buddy from Camas Antiques was masquerading as a salesperson while stealing pieces of cake working with me, and so my day was pretty near perfect. (He was the icing on the cake so to speak)
I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

Birthday Party.

Camas Antiques is celebrating another birthday this weekend with a huge sale! All day today, Saturday and Sunday, you'll find nearly every booth with discounted prices and lil' treats for shoppers at the register as you shop. I have everything in my booth 15% off, and that includes the items in my booth that are already marked down!

If you come by the store today, look for me. I get to go and play with my friends at Camas Antiques today, helping out with crowd control and working the floor! Come by and say hello!

The little chair I can't seem to part with.

Oh. My.

Last week out thrifting with my thriting friend, I got an incredible deal. It was supposed to go straight to my booth space, but...instead...it has now bcome my newest favorite prop for taking photos.

Vintage.

Aqua.(Turquoise?)

Lil' chippied white Queen Anne legs.

Too perfect.

She thought so too, so yesterday we did a photo shoot right here in my Barbie Condo's Backyard.

 

Now, do you see why I can't seem to let this sweet chair go to my booth space?

 

Another trip to my booth space at Camas Antiques.

I've been busy thrifting as I shared with you earlier this week, and now I've got my booth re-fluffed and foofi-fied for the weekend. (It's First Friday here in Camas and the store will be open until 9:00 tonight!)

Lots of new-to-the-booth items and some great lil accessories....

I'll be re-vamping again next Tuesday, after a weekend of creating and thrifting!

Thrift store dreams come true..times two.

Monday and Tuesday were some of my best thrifting days, dollar for dollar...evah. And, to make things even better, I got to thrift with some fabulous thrifting partners. Monday was spent at the thrift stores with my daughter, who was on the prowl for things to add some homey touches to her boyfriend's kitchen, (That's her rooster up there in the picture..oh! And did I mention it was half off day at Salvation Army's Thrift Store here in Vancouver, Washington? Ya, baby. That's the kind of day I'm talkin' about.) and Tuesday's excursion was with a fellow booth mate from Camas Antiques, my friend Christa, from the oh-so-fabulous Chloe Rose . (...and just you wait until you see the charming vintage fan back chair I got while out and about with Christa!)

The reason I am sharing that I had amazing two days in a row of thrifting is that, with gas prices teetering around $3.50 a gallon here, driving to several thrift stores around the area needs to be a fruitful excursion, now more than ever before. A ten or twenty mile round trip that ends with no purchases is a pretty pricey little car ride. Not only that, but time spent driving all around town thrifting is time away from painting, pricing and booth fluffiing, so if it's a bust, it's kind of devastating. (to me at least)

Anyway.

Like I said, two days in a row...I experienced unprecidented success at the thrift stores.(Which, in case you didn't know it, is unheard of in my world.) My shopping partners were wildly successful as well, which made the days perfect. I returned home as happy as a kid with a new bike at Christmas, and dove into my bags of new-to-me vintage treasures and began pricing and cleaning.

It might sound goofy, but this is the kind of thing I live for these days, people. (That, and new episodes of Modern Family.)

 

Making a really great impression.

Just last week I shared Carter's Mama's newly re-done home office, with all of it's fabulous vinyl lettering (and numbering!) to add the unexpected wow to the room. Well, guess what? You (and I) can have this look too, even if we don't have a Silhouette Machine!

To find out how we can all have this, click here to hop over to the other page on my blog...

...just click here.

Fluffing up my booth space.

I've got my booth space at Camas Antiques looking  pretty good this week. Lots of new vintage pieces have been added, and there are still more to come within the next few days!

Be sure and plan to come by if you're in the area, as all the booths at Camas Antiques are full to the brim with vintage treasures!

Junk Salvation Flea Market

So.

Much.

Fun!

If you were one of the many, many folks that came by to say hello, thank you! It was such fun meeting you in person. For those of you that weren't in the area, or able to come to the show, I have pictures to share. Here was our cash wrap, complete with Clark's vintage cash register, and a sweet lil' sign I made for us. Our booth was pretty much wiped out within the first 45 minutes, and we continued to revamp the space throughout the day, making things move in closer and fluffing...next time we'll keep much more overstock in the truck outside!

The location for the event was perfect, with ample sized booth spaces, and some of the cutest danged stuff I have seen in quite a while. Linda, one of the Funky Junk Sisters, brought her trailer...so cute! And there were a couple of other trailers as well, and I got pictures of one of them.
I was told that when they do the show up near Seattle (The next show will be in May) they have lots of people bring trailers and they form them into a circle outside and camp in them during the show. (be still my heart! How fun does that sound?!)

Lots of our amazing and talented friends were in this show...

 

It was a fun, fun day and we are already looking forward to (and planning for...!) next year's Junk Salvation show!

 

 

Junk Salvation sneak peek.

All the info on the Juk Salvation show is on the post before this one, but I wanted to share just a few shots of some lil' spots in our booth before the show tomorrow.

Show time is 8:00-4:00 and you'll want to arrive early for the best selection. Let me just tell you right now, there are some absolutely amazing booths at this show! Dixie and Linda (The Funky Junk Sisters) have done an awesome job with this show and we are thrilled to be part of it!!!

Almost showtime.

So....this is the most organized I have ever been for a show, and yet..I am still not feeling organized. While I have piles of finished projects everywhere you look, I still have so many more pieces not completed.

I'm not sure if it's my time management, the fact that I just have so many ideas for things that I continue gathering pieces, the possibility that I might subconsciously like to work under pressure by waiting until my deadline to work like a maniac, or because I seem to procrastinate a little bit once I get a project far enough along that I can see how it is going to look in the end, and I loose my zippity-do-da for wrapping the end up. 

Whatever it is, I kinda like to think it's a genetic thing, except the only other family member that seems to have this tendency would be my first born daughter, so...maybe not.

I catch myself wishing for just four....more....hours in each day. Seriously, if every day had 28 hours in it, I am quite sure I could get everything done on my To-Do list. In fact, I think I'd be completely organized.

Anyway.

Where was I? Oh yes, I am more organized than ever before. And excited. I can't wait to set things up tomorrow and take some pictures. It's gonna be such a fun show! We have a great booth location.... (Come see me in booth spaces 19 and 20) ...and there are so many fabulous people doing the show that it is sure to be a wildly fun day. There is an admission fee, but if your print off this coupon and present it at the door, you'll get a dollar off, so be sure and do that.

If you're in the area, I hope to meet you. If not, I'll be sharing pictures after the flea market!

Apparently, the road to success is always under construction.

My little Barbie condo looks more like a construction zone this week than a humble abode. Shocking, I know. (What? You were picturing me, all organized, methodically painting and creating a piece at a time in my garage, then pricing it and stacking it somewhere in an orderly fashion? Ha! The garage is officially full, and my little dining room has now become command central; my newly designated area for pricing stuff.)

Seriously, poor Moose doesn't know what the heck is going on, what with the painted chairs lined up along the back wall of the cozy living room, and vintage crystal stemware stacked all about. He mostly lays in the entry way where he feels a bit more secure, and looks around like he can't quite decide if we're prepping for a blow out cocktail party for the Obama's, or if we're getting ready to move again.

He can relax come mid morning Friday, when the crazy-ness will all have been moved out of the living room and we'll begin set up for the big show this Saturday. Till then, he'd be well advised stay out of the hard hat area or he's likely to find himself with a vintage bow on his neck and a price tag.

Be mine.

Valentines Day is one of my favorite holidays of the entire year. Yes, a lot of folks (men mostly I am pretty sure) think it's a cheesy-Hallmark-card-created-overly-materialistic day, but I am not talking so much about the gifty end of things...I just love the concept of it, you know? Shower the people you love with love and all that. Bake heart shaped sugar cookies and give your grandbabies a special little you-are-sooooo-loved baskets of treats kind of stuff. Write I-love-you on a card, and mean it.

*sigh* I know, I know. I am a hopeless romantic.

Anyway.

Here is my latest lil' E-Kit, all ready for Valentine's Day. (The sweetest day of the year will be here in just a couple of weeks, you know!) You'll find it in my Etsy shop, (Click here to see...) and it includes instructions and templates to make a nice big banner, and as a lil' bonus, eensy-weensy letters to make a coordinating mini banner, all for $6.99.
Make one for yourself, a couple for friends, and several mini banners to pop in the mail inside your Valentines....

Pretty sweet deal, huh?

Goodwill pitstops for more cool junk during a trip to the coast.

You know, thrifting is a hit n' miss kind of thing, whether it is right here at my local haunts, or when I get the opportunity while out of town, in a new place. Sometimes you get a couple of pretty cool finds, sometimes you come out the door empty handed, and once in a while, you hit the motherload.

Out near the coast, I was lucky enough to get to snoop around not one, but two Goodwill stores this past weekend, and I managed to fill my Rock n' Roll Buddy's car trunk with my finds from the first store alone. You know you've got a real friend when he's okay with driving you a full half hour off the beaten path (each way, and in two different directions...) to wander the aisles of a thrift store, looking for cool junk, even if he doesn't quite "get" why you're buying that old trash can and a pair of little tap dance shoes.

Up to my eyeballs in paper goods.

I'm going to be bringing along some banners, and cupcake flags, and other lil' papergoods to the Funky Junk Sisters event and I've been printing and cutting and hole punchin' like mad, but I wanted to pop over here to my blog for a quick hello...

I think I will also be adding actual paper banners, cupcake flags, and other papergood to my etsy site in the weeks to come for those folks out there that aren't into E-Kits to create themselves.

Back to work now....hope you all are gearing up for a fabulous weekend!

A trend in booth space backdrops.

While wandering through Monticello's the other day, I realized there is a definite trend in backdrop materials for booth spaces. It's painter's dropcloths.

Found for a great price at hardware places like Home Depot and Lowe's, it makes for a great texural look behind vintage finds, that's for sure...

There were some other great backdrop ideas as well... old sheets of player piano music..

and old boards...

If you've got a booth space at a Mall, remember, there are lots of things you can do to create a great vintage feel...so much more inspirational and impressive than peg board. I'd love to hear what other ideas you might be using out there...do share!

 

More Monticello inspiration.

I took a short break with my girls and my local babylove (Little Mr. C) from painting and prepping to gather some inspiration. Mmmm hmmm, we took a quick drive over to Monticello. Always so many great display ideas.. eye candy... all the details... I came home and was inspired to work on my littles for the upcoming faire. It's going to be fun to set up the display in the booth!

 

Building inventory.

...working like a mad woman, painting, and pricing, and prepping for the upcoming show in early February.

My dining room here at the Barbie Condo looks like a carpenter's workshop, and my living room looks like a manufacturer's warehouse this week.

Progress in the making!

My new little etsy shop!

Yes, I've finally made some headway this weekend in working on my ETSY Shop! I wanted it ready and open for business by the time I do the Funky Junk Sisters show on February 5th, you know.(Oh! And speaking of the show, don't forget to print the dollar off discount ticket if you plan to attend. Admission is $7 but only $6 with the card, and I get credit for anyone using my discount tickets!!)

Stay tuned for some pretty big changes coming to my blog layout over the next few weeks, and I'll be adding more kits to my new ETSY shop all week long!....You can check it out here.

Another little peek at my booth....

Just thought I'd share a couple pictures I took today in my booth space at Camas Antiques...

it's not as full as I'd like it to be, but it will be full soon. Very soon.

Painting, and crafting, and thrifting, oh my!

I'm crazy busy this week, preparing for the show in February, restocking my booth at Camas Antiques, and working at the bank. I've got lots of great lil' treasures gathered already for the Funky Junk Sisters show, and many adorable crafty things I'm working on as well.

The biggest problem I am experiencing is deciding what to save for the upcoming show, and what to run down and fluff up my Camas Antiques booth space with.

It's a kinda fun dilemma to have, and I'd love to hear from those of you that enter faires and/or have booth spaces...how to you address this challenge? Do you strip down your booth space to make you fair booth look even more full, or just bust it out, and have them both filled to the brim??

Please, do share your ideas and input on this....I'll be anxious to read about everyone's approach!

A lil' jumpstart for a bright new year.

I am getting a jump start on 2011. Mmmm hmm. I, (along with my best buddy, the always fabulous Clark, from Camas Antiques) will be starting things off in a rather grand fashion, by participating as a vendor in the Funky Junk Sisters upcoming first big show in Oregon, the  Junk Salvation Vintage Market in Hillsboro! (just next to Portland!)

Mark your calendars people. Saturday, February 5th.

As a vendor, I am flattered (Actually a bit gobsmacked) by the wonderful blog post the girls did about me for the faire. (for a teensy bit of admitted shameless self promotion, I have conveniently placed a link here.)

But wait, there's more! The girls have created a discount coupon that you may print and bring along to save a buck on admission.  Just copy and print this lil' coupon and bring it along on the day of the flea market.
If you're anywhere near the area, I hope you'll make the time to come by and attend this show. It's going to be such fun, and I'd love to meet you!

Welcoming Twenty-eleven on in, (with all of it's hope and promise) in vintage style.

 Are you a fan of New Year's Eve celebrating? I am. Big time.

Now, I don't necessary mean whooping it up at a loud giant party, but more the concept of celebrating the possibilities that every new year carries, and sharing it with someone special. I know we can (and should) look at every day as a fresh new start, but there is something just so inspiring to me about the start of a new year, all brand new and clean, with no mistakes in yet...the opportunity to make a list of resolutions, no matter how outlandish, (and whether I am able to keep them or not is of no importance in the end) it seems that anything is possible.

Everything is possible.

When I was a young married girl, we would spend our New Year's Eves out and about, at a crowded bar or concert, with hoots and hollers and horns and whistles going off at midnight. As the years passed, we began spending out New Year's Eves with a smaller cowd, out to dinner. Later still, we enjoyed quiet candlelit dinners by the fire, sharing our resolutions and hopes, and welcoming in the fresh new year with Dick Clark while sharing a new year's kiss. (and doing this on Eastern time, so we could go to bed at 10:00!)

After becoming suddenly single, I spent a couple of new year's eves with a very close, also suddenly single girl-pal, at my cottage on Norman Drive, sharing our resolutions and plans for the upcoming year with dinner and champage...and Dick Clark. No new year's kiss, but still the wildly romantic notion of all the good things that the upcoming year could hold.

Last year I welcomed in the new decade (and shared my New Year's kiss) with my Pacific Northwest Baby-love (who was asleep by 6:00 pm)...and Dick Clark. (Ya gotta love that man. He just keeps going...)

While I am still not quite sure what the exact plans are for this New Year's Eve, or if Dick Clark (Or Ryan Seacrest, for that matter) will even be involved, I am once again ever hopeful for the new year and all it might bring to me. I'm mentally making my resolutions lists and...this just might be my year to get to share another New Year's kiss.

Anyway.

Enough about my personal history of New Year's celebrations over the decades and my loose plans for this year. Thinking about all of this inspired me to whip out a new lil' banner kit.

Mmmm hmmm, just in time for New Years, and not a minute too soon, I made an e-kit that will work famously for this coming new year, and next year too.(All you'll need to do is print a second "2" instead of a second "1" for 2012.) I printed mine on manilla folder paper (I cut some manilla folders to be the right size for my printer) but scrapbook paper, sheet music, or old dictionary pages work just as well.

The really nice part is that the kit arrives as a PDF in your inbox, and it takes only minutes to print, cut, and string together...a perfect hostess gift for a New Years Eve party, or just to spruce up your own home-sweet-home for the occasion.

Cost: $5.00

A lil' repeat from last Christmas season.....some vintage style Christmas projects in an online kit.

I just moved. I am still unpacking. It was Thanksgiving last week. The dog ate my homework.

Okay, they're all feeble excuses for why I am re-posting this fabulous lil' online kit from last year as today's blog post. (Actually, I just thought this kit was worth sharing one more time, since I got it out so very late last year.)

I had this charming idea, back...oh, about October a year ago, to make a Noel banner for my fireplace (since I already knew I was going to have a fireplace way back then) and a sweet little Peace on Earth template, and I am pretty happy with the way they have turned out, even if the photo of my vintage picture frame with the words "Peace on Earth" hanging from the picture wire came out kind of looking like my wall is slanted, and for some silly reason, you can't see the fabulous glitter I added to the pieces.(Trust me, it's there.)

I also used the word "Peace" on some votive canf=dle holders with vintage book pages and I am pretty happy with the way they turned out as well...(In my top photo of this post)

The best part about these banners and letters is that they print up in no time and can be assembled lickety-split in time for Christmas eve or Christmas day.  (I am especially fond of the Peace on Earth squares, since I found two different ways to use them.) Both templates may be printed on any paper you choose, or on the vintage book page template provided in the kit, so different types of looks can be achieved, depending on your decor.

If you'd like one of these online kits sent to your email inbox, just click the button below. Cost: $11. and you can use them over and over!

Camas Antiques latest window display....

Still in the moving process, but I wanted to pop in and share a quick peek at the latest (and greatest!) window display at Camas Antiques! (If you notice a glare, it is because I took the pictures through the glass...)

Stunning, isn't it? Makes me want to add a spash of red to my all white bedroom for the holidays.....

Camas Antiques gears up for its holiday sale.

Oh yeah, this Friday and Saturday Camas Antiques will be hosting it's Annual Holiday Sale, and it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Just take a peek...

 

Even in the middle of moving, after browsing through the store I got the bug to get busy decorating for the holidays! Also, if you're not looking for season items, there are still many, many items to just add that special touch to any room in your home.... Truth be told, I am dying to have this incredible repurposed coffee carafe turned lamp in my new dining room.... so many delightful treasures...

Oooh yes. I feel a decorating project coming on in my new cozy home.....and I am feeling a lil' touch of the holiday bug myself.

Browsing my booth (and some others...) at Camas Antiques.

I spent most of the past few days working on my booth space down at the always amazing Camas Antiques, and I remembered to take my camera for some picutres for a change.

I'm still featuring some Halloween, although there isn't all that much left of it, and I have added more littles.
I am debating about bringing in a hutch bottom to place against my back wall, and topping it with a couple of book cases and a hutch-top so I can feature more littles and get away from the giant pieces. Large pieces are nice, but it means conctant rearranging and when an item sells there is a huge hole to fill...which is a good and a bad thing. Good to have it sell, bad, 'coz I have a huge hole to fill, and it's a big job getting a large piece moved by myself. (what are your thoughts on this? Do you think it will increase, or decrease my sales?)...I think I'll ponder this idea a bit longer before making my decision, but for now, here's  peek at my booth this week...wouldn't this dresser make a great flat screen TV holder? I have some suitcases that I think always add such a charming touch to any room...

lots of littles... and some intersting odds and ends...

I also went on a little walkabout yesterday in the mall and thought you might like to see some of the cool things in a few of my friends charming booth spaces....

Some pretty nice finds, don't you agree?? If you're in the area, and are looking for a little eye candy, come by Camas Antiques this week, and enjoy the inspiration you'll find in every booth space.

Make it Special! A new e-kit...Clever tags for gifts of food.

By my own ommission I am an obbsessive baker. I bake when I am happy. When I am stressed. When I feel like nesting. I simply love to bake, and because I bake so often, I end up giving most of my batches of baking to friends, and co-workers, and family.

Next to my passion for baking, I love making my baked goods presentation special...always. A pretty ribbon and a darling tag take an ordinary box of yummy chocolate chip cookies to an entirely different level of thoughtful gift giving, don't you think?

Here is my lil' secret....I make my tags a sheet at a time, and I keep them, already cut out, in little manilla envelopes, which I have glued on tag to the font of. I keep them all together, and when I need one, I am ready, without spending any extra time. I can surprise a friend with something over-the-top at a moment's notice, 'coz I m not having to run and print the tag. (I make my sheets of tags in advance of the holidays too, so I have them all set when I do holiday marathon baking.)
If you're techie enough with your computer, you can design these kind of tags yourself, but many of you have emailed me asking how I do the little dotted edges on my tags, and about the cute fonts...so....

...After many requests, I've gathered up some of my most used quotes that I like to use when making gift tags for my food presents, and put them all in a simple to use e-kit, (for less than $1.75 per sheet, and they are yours to use over and over) sent right to your email in-box!

Included in this kit are seven templates for you to save to your computer and use over and over again. Each template comes on it's own pdf. template with ten identical labels per page for you to print, right from your own computer. Any of these templates can be printed on card stock, computer or scrapbook paper, or even on old dictionary or book pages.

A creative gift tag is the crowning glory, adding a charming touch to a hostess gift, or holiday treat basket....Think of the delightful details you can add to any gift of food, at holidays...or any time!

Templates include tag templates that read "A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand"...
....Life is short, eat dessert first...
...and five additional sheets that carry these great tag lines for turning any gift of food into a fabulous little treasure:

Be sure to celebrate the many small things...bright days, good friends, and anything with sprinkles.(A great lil' tag to add to any baked good...cupcakes, cookies, cakes... with sprinkles!)

Happy Birthday!

Thank You!

Eat drink and be scary. (So perfect, and just in time for Halloween!)

One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats. (Perfect for anyone...anytime. Make someone feel special...for a birthday, anniversary...or any time at all!)

This kit is delivered right to your email in-box and it includes all seven templates to make the tags pictured and listed above...simply print them, cut them out with scissors or pinking shears, punch a hoe to add a ribbon, and feel free to use the templates as you wish, over and over again!

Cost: $12. through PayPal!

A second Halloween E-Kit!

Scare up some Halloween decor for your own home, or to add to gifts for friends this season! Two kinds of Halloween flags...  

Poison labels...perfect when added to old jars, or on tea dyed manila tags to add a spooky touch to a package, or used as a table scape place-card.... Three different sheets of Halloween word templates in various sizes, to print on the supplied dictionary page, or against orange or any other paper....
It's all delivered right to your email in-box and it includes six templates (plus a dictionary page template) to make the items pictured above (Poison labels template, skinny and triangular flag templates, three different sized Halloween Words templates, and a dictionary page template and a directions page) ..use the templates as you wish, over and over again!

Cost: $18.00 through PayPal!

A little Halloween decor.

Can you believe that autumn is upon us?!

I typically decorate for harvest rather  than Halloween in my own home, but with grandbabies in the picture now, I am getting back into the fun of decorating with a few touches here and there for them. That prompted me to add a few touches of the spooky holiday to my space at Camas Antiques!
I used a vintage secretary that is painted black as the backdrop for my Halloween items...(it worked out perfectly!)  and I lined the back of the secretary with my signature vintage book page decoupage. I am, all be it slowly, stocking one lil' corner of my booth with some Halloween items, and I am having a lot of fun creating banners and flags...and a few more surprises. I will have the last of my Halloween goodies in my space by the end of September. The little banners shown in my post are all available in my previous online Halloween kit, if you want to make you own.

I made a version of my flags with a Halloween theme, (like the one's I have in this online kit!) which I think are great to use at place settings on a table, tucked into a bow on a package, or sticking out of a bouquet of fall flowers...now,  I'd love to hear what you are doing for decorating for this spooooooky season...do share!