Fairs & festivals

The past two weekends I visited my parents house we visited a couple fairs and festivals. The first was the 7-Mile Fair in Wisconsin last week. I didn't take any photos of any of the booths, but there was a random petting zoo so I couldn't resist.



I felt a little bad for them. Their accommodations weren't the most spacious.



Today my mom and I moseyed over to the Lincolnshire annual art festival. There were a lot of great booths. Some were a litle blah and there were a LOT of beaded jewelry people, but on the whole, a good experience. It really made me miss going to art shows and museums and I think that's something I want to make a bigger priority (other than getting a move on my own artwork).



This guy did some really amazing paper cut art. Here, he is demonstrating his folded paper mosaic technique. If I had money, I probably would have bought like everything in his booth. I'm not kidding.

how on earth...

...did I forget to post a photo from the Strawberry Jazz Festival? It was a few weekends ago. Susan dressed Delilah up as a strawberry to participate in the pet parade. For some insane reason, she did not place. =(

plants!

Wow I have really been neglecting this. Sorry all. Hopefully more soon? I always say that. Anyhow.





Some lilies around the house. Whoever was here before did a nice job of landscaping.



My little tomato plant. It's almost triple the size of when my dad came and planted it about a month ago. I want to get a jalapeno plant to be his friend (and so I can make homemade pico de gallo yum). I may have to invest in a trowel. Good thing I work at a home improvement store, huh?

now i've done it...

Well, I finally got around to it. I finally put stuff up on my Etsy site. I took about 2 hours and got a solid base of stuff on there so now I can just put up things a little at a time and not feel so overwhelmed anymore. It was really fun listing stuff, but photographing everything was so my favorite part. Is that any surprise?

Anyhow, feel free to head on over there. If you have any suggestions, please let me know.

up-to-date

Today I was able to get some things done I've been meaning to do for a while. This first one is a project I found here. They were pretty simple and fun to make, plus they're so dang cute!



I bought this pendant at an estate sale a few weeks ago and finally got around to making a cord for it. I made an actual clasp, too, using some cheap jewelry making supplies from Hobby Lobby. I think my new obsession will be looking for things of this nature at garage sales and turning them into something wearable.



Lastly, I finally got something up on my walls. I found this amazing poster at Hobby Lobby for half off. It is so me that I couldn't say no! It was pretty much made for me.

trip to the park

On Saturday my housemates and I had a bunch of people over. We started watching Fight Club but then decided it would be a better idea to take an intermission for a walk to the park before it got dark out.



It got dark fast so we didn't stay long. ^_^

I know I mentioned a project a while ago and I hoped to have launched it by now but I've been so tired from work that i just haven't had time. Baby-steps I guess. Anyhow, what it is, is an Etsy shop through which I sell vintage items. One of my big passions in life is antique and thrift shopping but I never get to buy any of the cool stuff I find. Now I can share my finds with other people and still have the satisfaction of finding and buying something awesome. The store-front has been created, but I have yet to list any items. Keep checking back, though, because I feel I'm getting closer and closer to actually listing things.

play the tambourine

After fiddling with the bluetooth on my phone I finally figured out how to transfer photos to my computer. This panorama was actually an option on my phone camera. Not the greatest quality, I know, but I was so surprised to see the sun when I went on my break at 7am this morning I had to share. To see it larger, simply click on the image!