My first Festival/Craft Fair

I'm actually surprised that I didn't post this sooner. I was so excited and nervous to do my first craft fair. I came into it not really knowing what I was doing but it was still fun.I mainly wanted to do it to advertise and get my name out there. I passed out tons of business cards that day and made almost $300 smak-a-roos! So, needless to say I was really happy.
I definetly learned alot from this experience and I hope to do more of these very soon.

Here's some pics of my booth and some of the merch I had for sale. :)

Last two pictures are of me and my biggest supporter, my fiance. :)

Cheap Easy Halloween Wreath Tutorial

Items you will need:


Wreath, Black spray paint (glossy or flat), Spanish Moss, fake birdie, Haunted sign of your choosing, and hot glue gun.


(Everything I bought was either at Hobby Lobby or the dollar store and it all cost me less than $15)

First step: You will need to spray paint your wreath black. Put it on old cardboard box and spray away. Leave to dry for a few hours and spray the back. Continue doing this till it looks the way you like.


Second step: After it's nice and dry you can start decorating it. Take your Spanish Moss & separate it a bit so it's not a big clump. You will then hot glue the Moss to the bottom portion of your wreath.

It should look something like this..

 

Third step: Take your fake Birdie (Dollar Tree) and either Glue him to the moss or this particular one comes with wires on the bottom of his feet, so you can just wrap that wire around a few stick pieces of the wreath. (I did both to ensure it would stay.)

It will look something like this..

Fourth Step: Hobby Lobby has a bunch of cute Haunted type signs that say cute things like Spooky or Beware, but you can find these almost anywhere. What I did with this particular sign I had to cut the back ribbon so I could slip it through the wreath. I then slipped it back through the hole of the sign and used hot glue to hold it. You can also hot glue portions of the sign to the wreath to ensure extra hold.

Now, you may have to play with it a bit to get it exactly the way you want it. Just constantly go back and forth to make sure it's even before you start hot gluing anything.


After you're done with the sign you're finished! You can also add little spiders and glue them around or use thin pieces of fake spider web to add on the sides. It's entirely up to you. I left it like this because I feel the simplicity of it makes it eerie enough. The end result should look similar to this..

(first one I made)

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial and that the instructions weren't confusing. Ask me questions if you need any help.

 Thanks Again and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Halloween Wreaths Galore!

I didn't get to post all the Halloween wreaths that I made for my first festival. But here's a few I had leftover. And I have some pictures that I didn't get to post earlier.

(Last 3 were sold)

I loved selling these. I had so many people tell me that they had NEVER seen a Halloween wreath before...

Youtube advertising

Hey Everyone! I was chatting in Etsy and a fellow etsian suggested that we make a slideshow on youtube for advertising. So, here's the one I made! Hopefully it'll help me get a few more customers. :)





Let me know what you think. :)

Recycled Halloween Wreath

I found this great tutorial on how to make a cute Halloween wreath out of a clothes hanger and a trash bag. It's really cute and I just wanted to share it with everyone!!

http://dabbled.org/2009/10/recycled-halloween-wreath.html

If you guys end up making one, share a picture so I can see!!

Halloween Wreaths!

Halloween will be here before you know it and this is technically my time of year so I need to get moving.
This weekend I bought some materials to make some Halloween wreaths and the first two turned out cute!
I'm going to be selling these at a craft festival in my area but if anyone is interested in them just let me know. And I'll figure out shipping and all that hooplah!

This first one looks a bit plain but I think that's what gives it it's eerie-ness. It was easiest of the bunch I plan to sell this one for about $25. I may also make a tutorial on this one if anyones interested.

This second one was a bit harder but overall it came out really cute. I've had this idea stuck in my head for weeks and finally got it made. I'll sell this one for $30

Woodland themed baby mobile

My sister wanted one of these for her babies room. I looked at a few different mobiles and started working on it. It wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. Trying to get everything to balance out was kind of a pain. But I think it turned out pretty cute.

I'll have to take more pictures of the finished product. My camera wasn't working with me yesterday..

The little characters

Bear

Owl

Deer

Fox

Tree