Belleville (Belle Clair Fair Grounds)Il.

Belleville Fairgrounds Craft & Art Fair....
Exhausting three (3) days !!!!! But we met some wonderful customers & vendors!
It's refreshing when people follow you from fair to fair and purchase more of your creative clothes, bows and other items. We had more space and took some of my mothers Woodburnings, (remember I said we celebrated her 75 th Birthday in October of this year). She only has a few pieces of art left and won't be making anything new, Unless she receives some special request, but i really doubt it, it is very hard work and time consuming (and YeYe has been very ill).

I'll add more later....with photo's

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone !

Happy Thanksgiving....
I am here with my two children and
my beautiful 3 1/2 yr old Granddaughter

I am Truely Blessed and Thankful !!

After the Lindbergh HS event....

I know I keep repeating myself...
It's been so Crazy !! SEW SEW

Only two more weekends of Art & Craft Fairs.
The crowd was so great and I met alot of New customers.
Unfortunately, over the weekend (Sat.night) My tent was broken into and several items were stolen at the Crestwood Sunset Hills Rotary Fair at Lindbergh High School....but what is so disappointing is the Un-concern from the sponsers. The school staff working the weekend however were very helpful and spoke of the three security cameras all in my area!
Keeping my fingers crossed they find out who did it!!

Childrens Day

Happy Universal CHILDREN'S DAY !!

Be Amazed by them..
Learn from them...
forget your troubles and
Look at the World once again through their eyes....
LOVE THEM !

They are your Heart & Soul...Your Life!
OUR FUTURE !!

Sorry I haven't been on or updating photos as much
but again we have an outside Craft Fair...this weekend
Lindbergh High School in Missouri
sponsered by the Crestwood Sunset Hills Rotary.

STOP BY if your in the Area !
outside tent 10 x 20
between the school buildings

O'Fallon Craft & Art Fair

What a crazy week end...78 outside in October??
Well, can't blame the people for
not wanting to come indoors to a Craft Fair,
it was just to beautiful. Heck, I didn't want to be indoors :)

Look out Edwardsville Here We Come!

Something for everyone!

I told you

we have been working hard.....
How about some more

embellished Knit Hats,

our "NEW" Drink Charms

(in sets of 2)and

"NEW"

Neck Charms/Ornaments!

A Little Alice in Wonderland!

Meet the...

White Rabbit,

The Queen of Hearts and

the Guard of the Rose Garden

Our Queen of Hearts kept chanting "Who painted my Roses RED!"

and "Off with her Head!"

Between getting ready for another craft fair this weekend

and enjoying the Halloween season, it has really been busy!
WE LOVE HALLOWEEN....

almost as much as Christmas...so we had fun!!!!

We walked in the CWE Childrens Parade

and Lil Orchid walked the catwalk in a costume contest.

(she wasn't considered for the prizes..they thought it was store bought...Boo Hoo)

I admit I didn't make the Catapillar but the Flamingo was my big challenge.

We met some "Great Minds Think Alike" people

in the Dog Costume Parade.

Wasn't the White Rabbit adoreable - cuter than me?

Our little Queen of Hearts

got some new accessories from the Balloon guy.

Triad Craft Fair is over!

Saturday & Sunday Craft Fair, but what a beautiful morning!

Well, we survived the first of a long list of Fairs coming up. I have to say I'm not happy with a lot of things, mainly with the set up itself (set up time was only 2 hrs) that was rough....but I am extremely happy with the customers and the other vendors! They were so friendly and open to sharing information without that competetive evil glare :) And I'm sure I'll see returning customers at up coming shows. YEAH!!

My son and daughter are God Sends, when it comes to helping out. And of course, Lil Orchid is my best asset and model...not that I'm prejudice...she's only the sweetest, most well behaved little Beauty.

After we unloaded our cars and then repacked my son for his return to school, we headed back out.

We were invited to our sweet friends "Trunk or Treat" at their Church. Lil Orchid had so much fun! And congrats to all the people that decorated their vehicle trunks and gave treats to the kids!

Gotta Go, MORE SEWING AHEAD!!

Columbus Day

October 10th A Big Happy 75th Birthday to My MOM!
Happy 83rd Birthday to YeYe, and Happy 14th Birthday to my nephew, Dakota !
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Has been some crazy days....working on inventory for some upcoming Craft Shows in IL & MO.

Kokeshi dolls on Pillowcase dresses, Matryoshka Dolls on Overalls,

Woodland Gnomes on Overalls, crazy Owls on Totes

and embroidered denim Patches on knit hats.

17th Triad H.S. Troy,IL (over 250 vendors)
October 24th 9-4pm & 25th 10-4pm

29th O'Fallon IL Arts & Crafts Ofallon H.S.,IL
Nov.7th 9-5pm, & 8th 10-4pm

17th Tiger Band Arts & Crafts, Edwardsville H.S, IL (over 290 vendors)
Nov. 14th 9-4pm, & 15th 11-4pm

28th Crestwood Sunset Hills Craft Fair-Lindbergh H.S., St.Louis MO
(over 490 vendors)
November 21st 9-4pm & 22nd 10-4pm

29th Holiday Arts & Craft Fair - Belle Clair Fair Grounds (over 400 vendors)
November 27th 3-8pm, 28th 10-4pm, 29th 10-4pm Thanksgiving Weekend

21 st Olde Alton Craft Fair Alton H.S.
December 5th 9-5pm & 6th 10-4pm

Mid Autumn Moon Festival

My son was in for the weekend,

he was in for one of his HS buddies weddings

"Congrats Chadd & Sarah.

It was cousin Maddie's 6th Birthday..what a sweetie!

Went to a huge subdivision sale...found over 80 wooden shapes,

I'll paint them for my Kokeshi Dolls.

And don't forget we celebrated

the "Autumn Moon Festival"

Strange Folk Craft & Art Fair

Work very hard to have enough Unique items for this sale. My son is coming in from school and of course my daughter has been working just as crazy with her talents and helping me with mine.
Setting up was not an happy event!!! I requested and paid for a 12 x 12 ft space, couldn't even fit my 10 x 10 tent in the marked off space....very, VERY ANGRY vendor on my right hand side, luckily the ladies on my left shifted their tent over and we all fit (tight, but fit!)
It was a good sale even with the down pours of rain.

I was so excited when some returning customers came to see us and had their beautiful daughters dressed in their Overalls I created. But I have a request........please

my camera messed up and I lost the photo I had taken of the sweetest little one, with the cutest dimples wearing the "Butterflys in Flight" overalls.....Please could you email me a photo! You mentioned you had some taken of her for the family, please I hope you read this.(you bought her the "Too Cool Smilin Skulls" jean jacket that same day)

Strange Folk is all about Recycling...Upcycling, Reuse...

Lil Orchid loved the giant Igloo made from milk bottles.

Apple Picking Time !

Been sewing alot of Fall/Autumn Outfits...ya know, apple picking, pumpkin picking and that fall harvesting stuff...scare crows, fields, farms, corn, etc.

Lil Orchid went apple picking

with her little classmates...mmm......Crunch!