Getting ready for the craft show

The Altrusa Club has a craft show around August - right in time for "Back to School" spirit. Since I don't have many people to sell to (no school), I am using this time to stock up on my bows. So I will have plenty when the craft show comes around and plenty to sell.

I'm glad I got the paw print ribbon in...those will be a hit I think.

Have you ever noticed that some sites were a racket? I signed up for Classmates.com and they want me to upgrade to see who signs my guestbook. Shouldn't I be allowed to see it for free?!?

Smaller Bows

Some people around here aren't into the bigger bows like I've been making, so I have had to start making smaller bows. These bows are about4" in width. I really hope that these bows go over just as good.

I gave a little girl bow to the lady at the convenience store. There is a method to my madness though. She said that she probably would not put bows on her baby once it is born for the first 6 months or so...I wanted to show her how cute her baby would look in bows and she would call me for some more. I guess I also have a soft spot for anyone that is having a baby girl...I have two of them (baby girls) and I want all baby girls to be very cute!

If you will notice, I updated my price list to include small bows and small korkers.

More bow orders

Last night I got 5 more bows ordered and I'm supposed to go and pick up some shirts today to match...7 of them. Then my mom ordered 5 bows from me this last weekend. We are looking at a busy week...

• 3 korker bows
• 2 matching bows
• 5 bows in different styles for girl next door
• 7 bows to match uniform tops
• build up stock for a lady to look at Friday and another mom to look at next week

This is going to be a busy bow week...I hurt myself twice last night making bows. Stupid wire pierced the skin on two fingers. One on each hand...

Now that I know...

Now that I know what sells, I am getting ready to order more bottle caps from my lady on Ebay. I didn't have the bottle caps for a full day and I sold 6 of them. Tomorrow I am going to deliver two Dallas bows I made. I'm thinking I should have done something more to them...I might tear the clip off the back and add another layer to them.

For some reason, "Daddy's girl" bows sell the most. I for sure ordered more of those bottle caps.

Bow dilemma

A lady ordered 4 bows from me and I am supposed to deliver them Friday night. Only problem...I couldn't find my black 1.5" grosgrain (found out its pronounced "grow-grain"). My lady in Oklahoma can't get it here before Friday. I looked online and did not see it in any of the Amarillo stores. HUGE DILEMMA!

I called one of the stores today. They had ONE roll left. *biting nails* Thankfully they were willing to hold it back for me. So tonight I have to make a ribbon run to Amarillo to get the grosgrain so that I can make a single bow (but a very important one to this lady that ordered the bows).

Today I'm going to make some more cute bows with the bottle caps that I finally got in the mail! I'm so hyped about that...

Oh - they have mentioned the Altrusa craft show more than once to me. They say that my bows will go over really good at the craft show and it would help get my name out there. I'm trying to call and find out about it now.

I thought I forgot how to crochet

I am remembering how to crochet. I bought this fuzzy yarn and am having to crochet it to make it look right around the flip flops. This is a pair ordered for a 5 year old by another mom at my daughter's school. She also ordered a pair for her and I promised them to her this weekend. My poor fingers will never forgive me!

Diversifying...

I am finding out all sorts of stuff I can make now that I can make bows...this morning, I "decorated" my daughter's flip flops...look!