Some of my last creations

Sexy leather

Today I went to a salvage store to buy fabric and I came across with leather. Really good price I bought a very soft butterscotch color leather, 3,25 pounds for $19.00 dollars. It wasn't in perfect conditions but good enough to try to make a handbag for myself. I really know nothing about leather. I love it but I have never made anything with leather. I have been making some research on line and it looks like I can do it with my standard sewing machine, if I can't I'm thinking on braiding the pieces together.

This is what I made with the leather and I have enough to make another purse

Craft fair journal

Well, I finally had my first craft fair. I got there a little bit late because I took the wrong exit. I was very nervous, my hubby help me to set every thing up, I had so many things that I couldn't fit everything on the table. I saw some people very prepared for this event, you could tell they had experience, special hangers, some shelves, etc., I had nothing as you can see in the picture.

Two hours into the craft fair and nothing sold. Later I went to get some food by the time I came back my husband sold 1 clutch. A couple of people that were behind me selling beautiful hair pins for little girls ( the girl in the black jacket behind me in the picture) loved my little girl dresses and they bought 5 and that was all. It was a very boring day I think I was lucky. The guy next to me didn't sell anything, he left an hour before was over, some people left 2 hours before was over. People think it was slow because it was a day before Easter, anyway there was some things I learn from this first experience. First: "Prepare", get anything you need to display your items to make them look pretty and make your space efficient. Second: "Talk to people", make friend with other crafters, share business cards help them by liking their "stuff" in facebook, Etsy, or other. I made friends with the girl that was selling the beautiful hair pin and she already shered my facebook page and I gained some followers and I also sheared her page in my facebook. And Third: Have fun, even when this craft fair wasn't what I was expecting, I enjoyed it, met people and got invited to another craft fair.

Standish Me,craft fair. April 7th

This weekend I'll be participating in a craft fair. I am very excited about it because is my first time. Somebody saw my work in Etsy and invited me to participate, my hubby is gonna come wit me to help. I will be selling clutches, baby dresses y crochet stuff

Excited about this new blog

Hi everybody, I am very excited to start this blog about my work and be able to show you all the things I make and sometimes show you how I make them. Hope you enjoy it and talk to your friends about my blog.

Let me tell you a little bit about me. I started crocheting when I was about 10 and sewing when I was 13, my mom thought me both. I remember she used to buy Burda magazine every month and we would make clothing for us, that's when she showed me how to use the sewing machine. I love creating!. I also like drawing and painting. I do a little bit of everything . I can say I come from a very talented family,especially on my mom side. Almost all my aunts and some of my cousins can crochet, some sew and they are very talented