Bloom And Barnacle's First Craft Fair

I've been hard at work trying to get ready for my first craft fair! Of course it was a last minute decision, so I'm scurrying as usual.  Good news though, I have this weekend off!  This will be the first Halloween that I haven't worked at the store in 6 years.  In fact, I think it will be the first Halloween I haven't worked since my freshmen year of college.  We have no idea what to do?

I started making these really cool ornaments from thrift store sweaters.  There's something so fun about having to hunt for things in thrift stores and at yard sales.  I remember my great grandpa had about 4 banquet tables in his backyard, covered in junk yard findings, sorted into piles, that he used to invent all kinds of things.  It's in my genetics, I can't help it.=)

Anyway, you know how sometimes you're making/painting/baking something and you totally screw up what you're supposed to do, but then somehow it turns out even better than it would've had you not?  So it goes with the ornaments.  I don't have a pic yet, will post tomorrow.

So I'll have some cool ornaments, some dolls, napkins  and winebags for the fair.  And possibly some clothespin doll ornaments if I can get supplies in time.  I love making ornaments because there's such a wide variety of things you can do, and most of them are fairly quick. 

In the meantime, Circus Lady Napkin pics.

I Made Etsy's Front Page!

Thanks so much to Bayanhippo.etsy.com, who put Poppy in her treasury that just so happened to make front page! (See right) I was so excited, I was dancing around and I think I scared poor Barney!  More tomorrow!

Some Good News, Some Bad News

I wouldn't say I'm a pessimist, however, I'm definitely a realist, so let's do bad news first.

Poor Barney has a (hopefully) mild case of pancreatitis.  He's been acting really funny, not eating as much as usual, had that look on his face like he really didn't feel well, actually got up in the middle of the night and hid in his crate, which he only does if he thinks he's in trouble, or something hurts really bad.  So I took him to the vet yesterday and she did some bloodwork, I guess his pancreas is irritated. So he gets boiled chicken, rice and cottage cheese for a week or so.  She gave him some anti-naseua meds yesterday and last night he was a whole different dog.  I was worried that it was a reaction to the previcox (for his dysplasia) but it doesn't look like it.  I guess it's usually caused be eating high fat foods. The only thing I can think of is a neighbor gave him a bone that was possibly fatty? Or he got into the trash or something outside that we didn't catch.  But he seems to be feeling better.  So scary.=(

Good news, I finally took some decent pics. I'm pretty happy with about half of them, the others came out slightly blurry. Work in progress, but definitely getting there. 

Today I'm going to get some different colors of fabric paint and should have the first set of napkins finished tonight.  I also finished shoes for 3 dolls last night, hopefully I'll get some good pics this evening and can list tonight or tomorrow.  No more days off until Nov 2.  So only 1 weekend off then we go to Hawaii.  I'm going to have to figure out how to get more done on workdays!=)