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.happy faire.

The craft faire yesterday was so much fun!

The people in the booths on either side of me were really friendly, and our booth was very well received by lots of customers wandering around.  

The monsters made their debut and enjoyed being cuddled and told how cute they are all day.

It was quite cold in our shady little corner, but we modeled some of the scarves I was selling to keep us warm.

All in all, it was a very successful first faire.

By the way, the monsters are coming to the Etsy shop this week, so keep your eyes out!

xoxo

.hello, pretty colors.

Some colors that have been very inspiring lately...

I think I finally see what everyone else loves about bright orange.  I bought my first ball of orange yarn ever!  Also, aren't these little purple flowers adorable?  They are in the front yard of my house.

 

I have loved reading Libba Bray's Gemma Doyle Trilogy, but have kind of hated all the covers and titles until this one.  This is the cover of the third and final book in the series and I feel that the image of the corset juxtaposed with bright, surreal colors finally communicates the tone of the book.  Plus, isn't the green and pink combo yummy?

What are your favorite colors right now?

.faire-ly fantastic.

Exactly one week from today, Sparkles and Sticks will be participating in our first ever craft fair.

Yippeee!

So while I frantically sew up monster seams, make prices signs, and test out my display over the next week, please feel free to tell everyone you know where all the cool people will be next week.

Sonoma Marketplace

201 West Napa Street, Sonoma

10-3 pm.

That's where you will be able to find all kinds of awesome sparkly and sticky stuff.  Stuff like journals,

...coffee sleeves...

...hats..

and so much more!  I will post another sneak peak of some of our new stuff before the week is up.

Also, a percentage of the proceeds we make that day go to Friends in Sonoma Helping.  And if you do happen to stop by, please introduce yourself and tell me that you read my blog.  I'll probably jump up ad hug you.  Unless you look like the type that doesn't like to be touched.  Then's I'll just squeal and do the dance of joy instead.

Other things to look forward to this week... some color inspiration and holiday plans.

.sometimes re-scrapping a page is totally worth it.

I re-scrapped my Senior Prom Picture the other day, and I am very pleased with the way it turned out. 

You like?

.tag, you're it.

Please play along if you like...

1. Where is your cell phone:

In an alternate dimension that is too far away to hear it ring.  Also, right in front of me.

2. Your hair:

3. Your mother:

4. Your father:

5. Your favorite food:

 

6. Your dream from last night:

I think there was climbing and a mouse involved.

7. Your favorite drink:

 Mocha.

8. Your dream/goal:

Like Elsie's:

(source)

9. What room are you in:

10. What is your hobby: 

Making things pretty.

11. What is your fear:

My first nightmare involved my parents disapproving of something I did.

12. Where were you last night:

13. Something you are not:

Tall.

14. Muffins:

Blueberry?

15. Wish list items:

16. Where did you grow up:

17. Last thing you did:

18. What are you wearing:

19. Your TV:

plays a lot of dvds

20. Your pets:

Daisy

21. Your friends:

Live too far away.

22. Your life:

23. Your mood:

24. Missing someone:

25. Vehicle:

chevy cavalier

26. Something you’re not wearing:

socks

27. Your favorite store:

Michaels Crafts : )

28. Your favorite color:

29. When’s the last time you laughed:

Guy in coffee shop: "This music sounds like a muzak version of a civil war song."

Me: "bwahahahaha!"

30. When’s the last time you cried:

On Halloween.  Not all tears are bad. : )

31. Your best friend:

All of my friends are the best.

32. One place you go over and over:

To get coffee. : )

33. One person who emails me regularly:

Catherine, and Netflix. : )

34. Favorite place to eat:

The secret candy jar in my bedroom.

35. Where do you want to be in 6 years:

Maybe here:

As long as I am:

I don't really care much. : )

.everyones coming up engaged.

Everyone I know is engaged, all of the sudden.

Ok, not everyone I know.  First of all, some of the people I know are already married. 

And really, it's only three people. 

And they didn't even all technically get engaged within the last week.

But I found out about all of them last week.  And considering I have only had two friends get married so far (and I didn't even go to one of those weddings!) this last week has been a statistical anomaly for me.  I think that this officially starts that period of my life where suddenly all of my friends get married.  I hear that it all seems to happen at the same time, yeah?

Anyway, meet the new brides in my life.

.Lisa.

Lisa was one of my flatmates during my year abroad in Swansea.  We used to dance together whenever they played "Dancing Queen" in a club, and sometimes she would watch the last dance scene in Dirty Dancing over and over again.  She's marrying a guy called Simon who I met once and thought was a cool guy.

.Helen.

This is Helen.  She was also a flatmate of mine in Swansea.  When I knew her then she had the curliest hair out of anyone I know, but she wears it straight now.  She is a very sweet girl, and I could always count on her to tell me what she was really thinking.  Her fiance proposed to  her in front of a Godiva Chocolate Shop.

.Nicolette.

I met Nicolette when we did a Summer Theater program just before our Senior Year of High School.  While analyzing a photo of Jewel in a magazine during one of our lunch breaks ("she's wearing a playboy bunny t-shirt and a cross necklace- what is she trying to say?" we wondered) we realized that we were both applying to our local university as our "back-up" school.  We decided that if we did go to that university, we would be roommates.  One year later, we moved into the dorms together.  Over the next two years we spent many nights staying up late talking, she made me countless batches of cookies, and she painted one of our walls tangerine.  When we both did study abroad in the same year, I visited her in Florence.  A little over a year ago, she moved out to the east coast.

On Tuesday, I was driving to work, and thinking about her.  During my break I realized that she had called me exactly when I had been thinking about her.  After sending a hello text back, I had a mini realization and sent this text:

"oh my gosh, you are engaged, aren't you?"

The next morning my silly phone registered the voicemail she left that confirmed: she is engaged.

I wonder who is next? : )

.today i love.

Actors who look awkward while wearing funny headdresses.

.signs.

.gavin and stacey.

.an organized studio.

A few months ago, I organized all my craft supplies and personal memorabilia (to be scrapped) in what I thought was the most brilliant system:

Boxes under my desk.  With fancy-schmancy masking tape labels.

Yarn was all balled up in one huge basket.

And basically, everything was in constant disarray.

But as I mentioned in yesterday's post, now everything is organized a little differently.

Yarn is organized according to color in one of my favorite little dressers. 

I am tying vintage keys around each handle on this chest.  The color of the ribbon and the color of the swarovski crystal I glue on each key will indicate the color of yarn in each drawer.

And supplies/memorabilia are tucked in some awesome cubes I bought at a craft store.

I loved putting these drawers together because I got to use my electric screwdriver.  I briefly pondered a career in construction, before realizing that I am probably not the worlds best candidate for daily heavy labor.  Anyway, these pieces are purchased individually, stack able, and come in a variety of different drawer/shelf compositions.  Some people have posted configurations that they have come up with here.  I can't wait until I have a whole separate room for my studio and can stack them similarly.   I have a feeling that the versatility that these things offer will make me happy with them for a long time to come.

Here's another newly organized cupboard.  Some Etsy projects in progress go here, and my basket full of a blanket in progress is next to it.

Sorry these photos are a bit dark and blurry.  Apparently my room is quite dark, even with an 800 ISO.  I wonder if my room is naturally blurry too... : )

.oh, dear.

I've been such a negligent little blogger lately, haven't I?

Things have been pretty busy around here over the past few days.  I've been re-organizing my room/studio, making tons of stuff for my FIRST EVER CRAFT FAIR on November 14th, and I have been working a lot at my "other" job.

Organizing my studio while there were so many other very important things going on may have seemed like a silly decision, but I am soooo glad I did it.  Everything is so much more organized and looks so much prettier.  I'm not the most super-est of neat freaks in this world, but the clutter had definitely gotten to me.  It was making my mind messy when I really needed to be sharp and perky.  I'll post pictures tomorrow, I promise.

Also coming up this week: some eye candy, some scrapbook pages, and a few handfuls of monster of the week on Saturday (because everyone loooves the house that gives them more than just one piece of candy).

Until then, I'll leave you with a picture of a pretty pink sunset.

Hasta!

.this place is magical.