A tour

What have I been busy doing? Getting ready for my favorite holiday show at Cafe Wren in Luck, WI. This is my 6th year at the show and I think I finally have the display down to an art. This year was a little smaller than some, since I spent the fall busy with wedding activities.



Here's my set up. This is a great show, where I just set up and there is a central check out, so I don't have to table-sit. A huge plus! I brought 52 or so puppets up this year. Andy made me this great stand for them - so cute! - and the rest live under the table until it's time for them to fill in the blanks.



I made a few little tiny needle felted ornaments this year. A bunch of birds plus a penguin and a lobster (and some turtles and sushi...)



And finally enamels! This is the first show I have brought them to. I really think I made some great ones and I hope they go home with lots of people. I took close up photos of all of them if you want a closer look - head over to my flickr.



And since it is a coffee shop where the show is held, I pulled out all of my coffee cup coasters from the etsy shop and brought those along.



I finally managed this year to get a little more organized and not make myself crazy making puppets the last 3 days before the sale. What a nice feeling. I was considering doing more enamels at 10 pm before I drove up to Luck the next morning, but that's another story. The first year I did this show, my prices were too low and I had no idea how many puppets I would need. The organizer called me after the first day and said "you have to bring more!" I spent every day sewing like mad and then jumping in to the car and driving up there with whatever I had finished. It's a nice problem to have, but wow, I never wanted to see a puppet again.

Off to knit a ***** for ***** - gotta get some Christmas presents done!