A Busy Bee...That's Me

I've been working very hard

over the last couple of weeks,

trying to get ready for our annual

Fiber & Art Holiday Show.

 

 

For the past four years Susan and I

have opened our home

and turned it into a boutique

for a weekend.

 

 

It is a perfect outlet for us and

our artist friends

to highlight

the creative things we've been

working on this year.

 

My thing is wreaths.

This year I've focused on

using up-cycled sweaters.

 

 

Susan, my sister, has a whole line

of pillows she creates using

up-cycled sweaters

and sells them in her

etsy shop.

 

 

Lucky for me, she doesn't mind

sharing her scraps.

I've incorporated some of my

needle felted birds

which is something I am

trying to teach myself.

 

 

This white on white one is

one of my favorites

although it doesn't photograph

very well.

I had seen something on Pinterest

that was similar and made it my

inspiration.

 

 

Well there you have it

that's about all for now.

 

 

Just a few more things to finish

then its on to cleaning

and getting the house

ready.

Not the fun part to be sure!

 

 

Buttermilk Cottage

Holiday

Fiber & Art

Show and Sale

November 22nd, 23rd and 24th.

2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IT'S SHOW TIME...AGAIN!

It is hard to believe it is already time for our Holiday Show
at Buttermilk Cottage.
My sister Susan, and I have been busy
changing our cozy home into
a fun boutique for our weekend sale.

I will have more pictures to share later
but I thought I'd give you a quick
tour of the show.
The preview show is tonight at six,
then open to the public on Saturday and Sunday.

Most of the jewelry is right inside the front door.
There are some amazing pieces
this year.

When you enter the living room
it's a girls dream!
Hats, scarfs, vest, bags and
more...more...more!

We have some wonderful wood pieces
by an incredible wood turner.

Our dining room holds more hand made things.

The focal table is all about red and teal!

Susan is bunking upstairs with me this weekend,
her room is full of delights.

Carolyn White, one of our favorite contributors,
has so many fun wearables this year.

We even have a "Kids" section.

We've turned Susan's studio into our
Christmas Room.

It's filled with beautiful hand made ornaments,
stockings, napkins and more.

I hope you have plans to visit, if you are in our city.
It's a wonderful Holiday time.

Come see us!!!!

Highlights From Our Sale

BEFORE this past weekend this was just another sweet little house on

Pine Street.

Two sisters and some great friends transformed it into a

Shopping Mecca for the Holiday shopper.

Ten Fiber artist & me participated in the project. I don't consider
myself one of the artist, but am sure glad they let me
play with them.
These are a few of the things I contributed.



We used every inch of the downstairs to display the merchandise.
The quilts, table runner,and sweater were all for sale.


We had lots of knitters and one weaver on hand.

One person did homemade truffles.
Oh, so tasty.

The dining room table became our focal point. We started the show with

everything on it in blues, as the sale progressed we had to

re merchandise and added some browns.

One gal, a seamstress and embroider, had some

wonderful aprons to sell.

Isn't the quilt on the wall great?

Christmas stockings of every shape and size.

Some were knitted, some quilted, and others felted.

These guys were the hit of the party. We started with two dozen

and sold every one.

Some of our weaver's wares.

As shoppers arrived they signed up for an incredible

door prize. It was a great way to increase of

mailing list.

The kitchen was set with refreshments.

We served hot and cold cider along with an

assortment of goodies.

Susan had food items for sale as well.

She had brownie kits, cranberry relish, and

spiced nuts, all holiday standards in our home.

I created some holiday garden stakes, sold all but one.

Susan sheep ornaments were on hand,

as well as many others.

Beautiful knitted ball.

This dramatic scarf was one of many, many

wearables.

Cute, cute child's cupcake hat.

One of my personal favorites were these hand crafted

felted birds.

Are they not fabulous?

They were actually pins you could wear on your shoulder

or hat.

Well it's over for another year. Its time to get our little

home back in order and get ready for Thanksgiving.

I'm so thankful I know so many talented people

and we can do a show and sale like this.
Everyone is already thinking what we'll do next year

to make it even better.

I'm linking this week with:

Between Naps On The Porch's

Metamorphasis Monday

Savvoy Southern Style's

Before and After

My Romantic Home's
Show and Tell

All Things Related

Shabby Chic Cottage's

Tranformation Thursday

READY SET SHOW

Susan and I have been working like mad women today!

We are turning our home, Buttermilk Cottage,

into a boutique for the weekend.

Nine Fiber Artist are participating in our second annual

Fiber Art Show and Sale. They have been delivering

their wares to us for the past two days.


My sister Susan, is the creator of this event. She and I are responsible for
all the merchandising of the Show.


Our dining room table becomes the focal spot.


These pictures are from earlier today when we were still
hard at work. It's now a little after ten and we've decided to call
it a night. The show doesn't start until tomorrow at seven
so we have a little more time.


We have a great assortment of merchandise this year, I'm sorry to
say most of these pictures don't do it justice.



We are featuring knitting, quilting, weaving, felting, sewing, wood turning,
paper art, and more.

I'm not one of the fantastic nine, but I have to get into the act as well.

These are some of my contributions. I did some garden stakes,

wreaths, plants, paperwhites, and a few framed pieces.

This is a Christmas arrangement I did.

Wish us luck, I'll let you know how it went after the weekend.

I'll be linking with

My Romantic Home's

Show and Tell

and

French Country Cottage's

Feathered Nest Fridays