More Craft Fair Projects

Hey Everyone!  Yesterday was the last craft fair at my house. Yes.. end of an era! But I have one more craft fair on 12/6 at Island Scrapbooking.  Please stop by if you are in the Hilo area that day.  In the meantime, you can see what items I made.. some have sold out and some have limited quantities.  Enjoy!

Here's my surprise pop up can!

And these hand scrubs and foot scrubs sold really well! Had fun making these!

I made more manicure sets but this time packaged them in mason jars!

Thanks for watching and thanks to those that stopped by yesterday to say hi!

More Craft Fair Project Shares

I'm back with more project shares...  I have some of these left to sell on Saturday's craft fair at my house.  Yay!

These are very popular for giving to little children.. Its a mini mailbox to be used to leave your letter to Santa on Christmas Eve.  I decorated each Target mailbox (you have to raid their stash in the dollar bin around Valentines day) and then glued it to the glass candlestick.  Then I added a Mama Elephant Santa and some Island Scrapbooking laser cuts.  On the door, I added a decorative bow and inside there is some candy for the recipient. I'm so excited to make these this year!  The 4 I made last year completely sold out so quickly that I was glad to have more available this year.  I have to remember to save one for Akemi!

Another brain child I came up with this year is altered lunch bags I found at the target dollar bin.  I'm telling you, the target dollar bin is a gold mine for crafters!  I made all the flowers that were attached to the bags and they have been selling pretty good so far. I only have a few left from last weekend and will be making a few more with the stock I have on hand for this weekend.

Here's some altered bags I made originally for my daughter's birthday party last summer.  All of her friends loved them!  So I decided to make some for the craft fair this year. 

More altered canvas bags I made for the fair...

Hmmm, not sure why the thumbnail is not working here... Anyway this video features my altered mirrored compacts and teacher gift sets I made this year...  Teacher gift sets always seem to sell so well here. I think parents with young children are always looking for gifts for teachers at Christmas.

I still have calendars to show here too... will post those shortly.  See ya soon!

Craft Fair Projects

Hi Everyone!

Just finished up a craft fair last weekend at the Manono Marketplace and sold out of quite a few items... but I thought I'd share them here with you anyway, please check out my videos below. I'm making more of some of these and may have some available at my craft fair this Saturday (at my house).

Here's my manicure sets in altered burlap bags... Ran out of this sized bag, so I'm making more in mason jars...

These were some clip containers that I made too. These surprisingly sold out!

Made these stationary bag sets and paper clip jars... paper clip jars all sold out but I still have some of the stationary bag sets available for Saturday.

Insulated cups filled with candy...  These sold out so quickly!  I guess its a great gift idea!

I've decided that this is my last year for craft fairs, so please stop by on Saturday or on 12/6 at Island Scrapbooking to say hi!  I just need to take more time for myself and my family.  Thank you for all your support over the years!  I'll be posting more projects soon...

It's Craft Fair Season!

Ho Ho Ho!  Tis the season for craft fairs!  I'm doing three craft fairs this year (crazy right?).  You can find me at the following fairs:

Manono Marketplace Sidewalk Sale & Craft Fair

681 Manono St. Hilo

Friday, 11/14/14

and
Saturday, 11/15/14

9am-5pm

Christmas Craft Fair

My House (email me for address)

Saturday, 11/22/14

8am-1pm

Island Scrapbooking

223A Kilauea Ave. Hilo

Saturday, 12/06/14

Time TBA

These will be my last craft fairs.  Hope to see you there!

Hello Kitty Wall Calendars

Back again with the Hello Kitty version of the hanging wall calendar.  I was lucky enough to get my hands on this Hello Kitty paper pad and chipboard pieces when they debuted at Michaels on the mainland earlier this year.  I like that HK is in kraft colors since it is a new twist on Miss Kitty!

Hmmm, do I have anything else to share?  I need to go check if I have any more photos.

Sister Stamps Wall Calenders

I guess you could say that these hanging wall calenders are my signature calender each year.  But as mentioned before, I try to change them up each time so that customers don't get bored of the same old thing.  This year I decided to make it so that the calender doesn't need to flip over as in year's past... So in order for it not to be too long, I included two months on each panel.  Here's some of my samples...

You get the idea right?  So, the ones below are pretty much the same except that they are not opened up.

Back soon with some Hello Kitty versions of this type of calendar.

Sister Stamps 12x12 Calendars

Are you still with me?  Yes, I have lots more to share...

Need to thank my sister who really helped me out this year.. thanks sis!  I don't think I could've cranked out as many calendars this year if not for her.

So I also made some Sister Stamps 12x12 calendars too..  This one is my favorite.  I think it's cause it's a new design that will be released next year (she doesn't even have a name yet!).  For now I call her "crane girl".  Made this one for a special crafty friend who helps me a lot every year for my craft fair.

And here's some Taiko calendars.  Had to make more cause Paul showed them to his Taiko group.  Girl will be a new release for next year too.

Yoshimi is an old favorite, but do you see someone new?

Kiki makes an appearance too!  Miyoko is altered a bit from the original image. She used to be holding a cupcake, but now she's holding an umbrella.

We have another new image here along with Miyono.

Couldn't go without Kiyomi!

Even had some of the critters make an appearance.

Mei Lin is here too along with another newbie.

 If you are interested in these, hopefully you can make it to my fair on Saturday!

Hello Kitty Calendars!

Another new design that I came up with this year was a year-at-a-glance 12x12 calender. I like these a lot too since they are not that much work but people feel like they are getting a good deal.   What is pictured here is not all of the ones I made.. just a sampling.  I wasn't able to get photos of all of them since I sold a lot before I could take photos.  These are the Hello Kitty ones I made.  Love that I could bring them out of storage and give them some love!

Wow- is that enough?  Hoping I have some leftovers for Xmas gifts this year.  More 12x12s to come...

Kokeshi Calendars

As I told you earlier, I try to come up with new ideas each year so that my customers don't get bored (and me too).  While making the animal coaster calenders, I thought I really wanted to make some Japanese girl calenders using the same concepts.    Here's what I came up with...

I think these are my favorite new products this year!  I used coasters as the base and built up from there. It was easier making her into a kokeshi since I wouldn't need to make arms! :)

And here's more of the little girls in different colors.

Putting the finishing touches on all my stuff and getting ready for tomorrow!  Hope to see you there!

Altered Cosmetic Bags and Pencil Cases

Hi!  Back again to share more craft fair items... Susan and I shared a booth a few weeks ago at the Manono Marketplace craft fair.  It was the first time they hosted a craft fair at that location, so we got a good deal on the booth. 

Wanted to test the waters on some new items this year, so I altered a bunch of cosmetic bags and zippered pencil cases this year.  Got me some shabbies and trims and went to town decorating them...

I was surprised how well these sold!  Need to stock up on more for my fair next week!

Here We Go Again!

Did ya miss me?  It's been quite awhile since I last posted, but I have a good excuse!  It's craft fair season again, so I've taken a small break from Sister Stamps to work on some stuff for my upcoming craft fair on December 7th (at my house).  If you would like more information on the location, please email me at sisterstampsllc@gmail.com and I will send you a flyer.

Just wanted to share some of the projects I've been working on.  Every year I make a lot of calenders for the new year.  I try to change them up a bit because 1) I figure shopper don't want to buy the same calenders each year and 2)  I get bored easily.  

I've been making coaster calenders for a few years now, but this year I decided to try something new... Animal coasters!  I've been inspired by the kawaii style and decided to try making some kawaii animal coaster calenders this year.  Here's some pandas.. my favorite!

And penguins...

Can't forget the doggies...

Made a few bunnies and Hello Kittys...

And a polar bear and brown bear.

These were really fun to make!  Wish I had more time to figure out other kinds of kawaii animals to make!

There will be 5 craft booths this year with lots of paper crafts, beaded jewelry, holiday items, and even caramel apples!  Please stop by and say hi!

Sister Stamps Note Pads

Actually I don't know what to call these... I found the unfinished ones at Ben Franklin and was stoked since it came with the notepad and pen!  Covered each one with washi paper and even coordinated the pen to match.  

Here's what it looks like open.  I added in a mini calendar and post it notes so the recipient can make notes and check dates.

Made a bunch more to sell at the craft fair..

Wow!  Can't believe the craft fair is tomorrow!  So not ready, but ready or not, here it comes!  If you would like directions, please email me at midoridew@hotmail.com.  Thanks!

Favorite Frame

I gotta say, I think this is my favorite frame of the bunch.  I love the washi. I love it so much I almost didn't want to use it on the frame.  Then I had such a hard time deciding which image to use, then what embellishments to use with it.  I wanted it to be perfect!

If you look really closely, you'll see that the washi has a subtle pattern to it.  It includes tiny cranes, hexagons, sakura, etc. all in a pale blue color.  This was a paper I got from the Paper Source in LA.  I had initially only bought one sheet, but after using a lot on one project during the Anniversary release, I decided to conserve... Luckily, I was able to replenish my stash when I went back to LA in October.  Yay!

To add interest, I added in a crystal flourish. I think its a Recollections brand, which I got from Michaels.  Finally, added some acrylic flowers that I bought from Etsy and also found some at Craft Supply in Honolulu.

Ended up coloring Miyoko's cupcake light pink.  Somehow I just can't imagine a blue cupcake!?  Weird yah, so even though the rest of the design has blues, I went with a light pink wrapper and cherry.

So in case you come to my craft fair and don't see this frame, it's cause I decided not to sell it!  I'm still debating...