I don’t know why, but spring and summer seem to wreak havoc
with my schedule. Maybe it’s because
there’s so many things going on with schools and holidays, and then suddenly
it’s summer and there’s more holidays, and kids to deal with, and summer
vacations…. And even though both my children are fully grown (although one does
still live at home), I still always seem to get lost in there somewhere. This spring, all the Crafty Neighbors were
busy getting ready for our cruise at the end of May. It was something of a challenge because
during our prep time we had three conventions, National Scrapbook Day,
Valentine’s Day, Easter, and Mother’s Day, several birthdays, tax season (did I
mention that Shelley is an accountant?), and our Crafty Neighbor garage sale. That was just January through May! I foolishly
thought things might slow down for us, but that was not to be. I’m leaving on another cruise in about four
weeks with my Aggie Moms group, we have another scrapbook garage sale coming up
next weekend, we’re trying to find a venue for our annual Think Pink for the
Cure crop, and I just got back from my second convention in two months. Whew! I guess I was not meant to live a slow
and relaxing life – I wouldn’t know what to do with myself anyway!
Speaking of the convention…last month we went to the Great
American Scrapbook Convention, which is now owned by Creating Keepsakes. Last year, I was pleasantly surprised that it
seemed to be making a come-back, but then this year there were less vendors
again, so I don’t know if last year was just a fluke, or what. This weekend was the Heirloom Pro Rubber
Stamp Show. This one has always been a
bit on the small size – they use the Grapevine Convention Center – and the last
few years, they went from having a full room plus vendors out in the halls to
not even being able to fill the main room. I was starting to worry about
them. They come here twice per year, but
was it worth it? Today, it seemed like they, too, were having a bit of a come
back, and there were several new vendors we hadn’t seen before. We’ll have to wait and see.
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I hadn’t really intended to do any shopping (I know, that’s
what I always say!), but we stopped to do a FREE make-n-take at the Craft
Fantastic booth, and then I had to buy some jewelry parts to turn it into the
piece I really wanted. I also bought a
few more Copic markers for my collection, and select Tombow markers. I like the Tombows for my calligraphy…the
brush tips are wonderful. So here’s what
I got, including the glass piece we made at the CF booth and the cute bag tag
we made at the Fun Stampers Journey booth.
So the make-n-take was FREE, which is pretty unusual in
itself, but all we did was add the paper to the glass. The show special was to offer a bracelet kit
for free that you can add your glass piece to, but all they had was the antique
color, and I much prefer silver, so I bought these pretty bird cage brooches,
some pinch bails, and a bit of ball chain.
When I got home, I pried the pin back of the bird cage and sanded it
down good, added one of the pinch bails and the ball chain, and voila!
What do you think? I think it turned out really cute, but
I’m not sure if I want to keep it or give it away! While I try to decide, I should tell you
about our semi-annual scrapbook garage sale.
I know this won’t mean much to you guys who live out of state, but for
anyone in the DFW/North Texas area, this is a must-see event! Our sale is so big and so good that we have people
drive from Louisiana to shop – more than 4 hours away! It really is
that awesome! This year I have 23
vendors, each with at least two 5-foot tables full of merchandise. If you’re looking for scrapbooking and craft
supplies, stamps, punches, Cricut, inks, totes, etc., we’ll probably have
it. So come on out, next Saturday, July
21, to the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas Service Center at 6001 Summerside Drive,
Dallas, Tx 75252 from 9AM to 2PM. Sorry
but all our seller space is full. If you’d
like to be on our waiting list, visit our website (see the link below), and
sign up for our mailing list to make sure you don’t miss it next time.
That’s it for today.
I’ve got to get to work finding a location for our Think Pink crop. If you know of a good place in the North
Dallas – Carrollton – Plano – Irving area, please let me know!
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