Lavender Fairy & Gnome with Mustache

      It's been almost 3 weeks since I last posted on my blog but I've been really busy getting thing ready for the craft fair & vendor events that my daughter convinced us to "enter."  Between her, my sis-in-law, and I, we decided we wanted to have a minimum of 100 hand crafted items in our inventory.  We have all made items and we're pretty close to that number, thank goodness!  But the crafting time has overwhelmed any posting time I might have had for the blog.

     In any case, I want to share my last two items (made today) in a brief post.  First is a lovely fairy, made from lavender tulle and craft foam with a white pom pom for her head.  She's 9" tall overall.

     Next is another sitting, sock gnome and what's different about him is that he's the first one I've made with only a mustache, no beard.  I think he's adorable!  I definitely want to make more mustache gnomes after looking at him for the last couple of hours.  He's about 6" tall.

     That's it for now.  Our first event is in exactly 10 days and I have another 3 items to complete.  My SIL is finishing another 3 herself, and I guess my daughter has to pick up the slack.  lol

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

The Tattered Wanderer

      Things have gotten hectic around here and it's all thanks to my daughter!  She has set up two additional events for us as vendors of the gnomes and critters I've been making and suddenly our first event is now exactly 1 month away.  Yikes!  So, I've been making more gnomes and angels and I'm sharing with you the most recent ones.

     This delightful guy is a wanderer, a fine gnome gent who loves all things found in the woodlands, including the occasional bramble bush.  Hence, his clothing is a bit tattered around the edges but the stories he can share with all the ladybugs and butterflies!

     This guy is wearing my first pair of small gnome boots.  I had made one other pair for my largest gnome a couple of months ago and I tried to make them the same way but with a significant reduction in size.  I took them down from about 4" long to 1.3" or so from heel to toe.  They were made from scratch using cardboard and corks.

     I also made an angel using nothing but bookmark tassels and glitter foam, plus a large bead for her head.  These go fairly quickly (now that I have the "how to" part figured out) and I have materials to make another dozen or so.  Overall, they are about 4.5", not including the hanger cord.

     That's it for now.  Hopefully, I'll find a bit of breathing room when I can do some additional posts here on the blog but I'm really under the gun to get lots of things created so that we'll have enough stock to make the craft show events worthwhile.

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie