{heflin alabama's hwy 46 yard sale}

I participated in the Hwy 46 13th annual yard sale on friday. (well im writing this rough draft right now from the yard sale. its about 9:00 a.m.) This yard sale starts in Heflin, Alabama off of the I-20 exit (199) and wraps around through Ranburne, Alabama to the Georgia State line (20 miles total). So far I have made only one sale and I bought something from the girl next to me....so I have $1 as of right now. I have been up here since 6:30. A lot of lookers but no takers. And I am getting positive feedback even though no one is buying.

I want to tell some of my people watching stories to help me pass the time..... So far I have seen 503 people smoking cigarettes while shopping/selling (so classy). And I have seen 97 shoe less children (of walking age), 3 people drinking beer, and 500,000 alabama/auburn t-shirts. All of this by 9 am.

Most of the people who have stuff for sale here are what I like to call trade day whores. They are the ones at flea markets and on the street corner on weekdays trying to sell their junk finds. This is probably the only way they can earn a living in between their disability/unemployment checks....ok that was kinda mean of me to say....but if you frequent trade days/flea markets you will understand where I'm coming from.

$$$ update: I have made sixty-five dollars so far! Its 11:30 and traffic is starting to slow down. I think im going to start packing up since Mr. B wasn't feeling too good this morning. Ill probably go pick him up early from school so he doesnt have to play outside in the heat.

Well that is the extent of my yard sale experience. I ended up making about $80. I had planned on going Saturday as well....but I was up sick all night/morning with whatever Mr. B had.

this evening we are going to the north georgia state fair. hopefully i have plenty to blog/rant about tomorrow! i hope you all have a wonderful wednesday!


the end.

{felt clippies}

so this weekend i decided to make some things out of the massive drawer of felt i have in my craft stuff.

so i started looking around for inspiration and came across two really awesome blogs.

the first blog  i looked at one of the pictures and figured out a way to make my felt bows work. little lovelies is a shop by miss priss that i heart on etsy. click onthe photo below to visit her etsy shop.

the second blog had an awesome tutorial showing a how to but i didnt like the "tails" on the bow showing.

here were the results of my sunday projects:

for the university of alabama fans

(clippie for ua fans coming soon)

the back of each clip. they each have color coordinated ribbon.

these are only a few. there are others listed on my facebook page.

i will let you know if i add them to my etsy page. :)

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{halloween jewels}

here are some of the things i have been creating for the past few weeks.

im doing a huge yard sale event this weekend in heflin, alabama. next weekend i am doing a craft show at mellow valley christian academy.

ive been trying to get some halloween stuff together and so far this is what i have. {all of these are also on my facebook page and my etsy shop}

 

 

{my etsy shop}

i wanted to blog for a minute and say how proud i am of myself . i stopped procrastinating and have been adding a good bit of stuff to my etsy shop.



i have been so scared of what others would think of my ideas and crafts but another wise owl told me that it shouldnt matter. if i like it and important people like it then go for it. not everyone is gonna love my stuff. but i love it. and my friends love it. and strangers love it. and this old lady love it. so........

since i have been pro-active in trying to get my name out there i have sold over 200 dollars worth of jewelry. and all of my customers have been very satisfied.

but i just wanted to state that i have new motivation to blog, and make. so i will be back soon with new projects and goodies!

the end.

family fun day disaster

so...i decided to promote my crafts at family fun day at french-hammond park in wedowee.....things didnt go according to plan but i was able to get my name out there and did recieve some positive feedback.

here are a few pictures and items that i had.....