Well, I’m back from the fair! My mom entered most of my projects (open class)
on Wednesday while I was at work and I took the last few, that I wasn’t sure what to do with, after I got off. Anyway, the family and I went down to the fairgrounds after work yesterday and spent the whole evening scouring the open class sections, taking pics, walking around the midway and eating. I ate almost an entire funnel cake by myself! But it was sooooooo good. No regrets.

As for the projects I entered………I didn’t do too bad: 😉

Best of Show in the sewing department! My mom accidentally gave it away when I talked to her on the phone earlier in the day, but I still didn’t know which of my projects that they had chosen. I had my suspicions about this one, though. Today I found out that they were deciding between this one and the circus skirt that you saw in a previous post. I’m glad they were such a success!


Blue on everything! 😀

This necklace was made by sewing over tiny pieces of material that were arranged in a shape. I used metallic gold thread. Can you tell what it’s supposed to be? I had one nice lady tell me, “You can totally see it’s a unicorn!” I can’t see it, but…………….

My sister beat me out in the earrings department.

A blue and division winner for my lovely purse made with Constructivism’s pattern.

Wow! I was NOT expecting this! Best of show in the Hobby Craft department, too!!!

I entered this painted silk scarf last-minute…………an afterthought. Boy, am I glad I did!

I have more fair pics to share with you all, but those will have to wait for another day. It’s nearing 6 o’clock and I’ll be closing shop soon. So, until tomorrow………..
Ta-ta!


Here are a few random photos of Etsy packages before they were shipped off. Most of my packaging is experimental at the moment. I just go with whatever seems to fit the mood of the item. 😉 But I’m in the midst of figuring out a dedicated system of things for UmbrellaAve, so hopefully there will be more consistency in the future. 😉 For now, this is just cute. 🙂








I started a new job today. It’s just part-time at a local variety store, but since I want to continue all of my crafting pursuits, that’s all I really have time for. I think this place is a better fit than when I worked at the convenience store near my home. That was just too stressful and time-consuming. Besides, I hate carding people, smelling like french fries every day when I come home, and wearing basically the same shirt four to five days a week. To top it off, craft supplies inspire me and this place is full of them. So, yeah………….I like it there so far. And I get to use the price sticker gun (with which I’m obsessed). 😉

Besides gabbing about my new job, I want to share a video that my sister made. It’s a bunch of clips of my crunchy-crunch cousin Ellie + me and my sisters. They usually take tons of photos and videos when she visits, and this music video puts them all together to a song from Napoleon Dynamite. It’s kind of our theme song. So here goes………………..Amanda did a great job on this!

Umbrella Love. I’m obessing over umbrellas………and want to share some of my favorite pics of them………..all found on Etsy. Umbrellas make me happy.

www.Roadside.etsy.com

www.PerkyNihilist.etsy.com

www.ohhellofriend.etsy.com


www.instantcrimson.etsy.com

www.evagodeva.etsy.com


www.EffieGirlyFinerie.etsy.com


www.cathynichols.etsy.com