The Grinch Tree with Signs

THE GRINCH TREE

with Mini Signs 

I have been having alot of fun

making twists with the usual

only green trees of the Grinch.

I veered out and did a bright red one here

to scream Christmas and Grinch even more loudly.

I do believe I love the greens better, but this is

a little different and it may catch someone's eye

in my Booth#555 at Morehead Peddlers Mall.

Here's some photos below of how I started and ended.

The little signs are real little signs I made out of smaller

pieces of wood and attached them as if the

Grinch may have nailed them on.

Booth #555

                                     

I've spent 15 years at the craft mall and in all honesty, the sales have just been declining too much to ignore.  Even though that's still my favorite thing to do in life, I will find a way to keep doing it all, both online and off.

But I am moving to mainly online sales and craft fairs and craft booths for a while.  

 I've spent so much of my life, buying and reselling and I will not stop.  

It is what I love.  Along with making whatever crafts that I feel like at the moment as well.  

It's just what I love.

And I'm going to continue.  I just need to venture out into new ways to keep doing so.

So here comes more craft fairs and vendor events in my future.

 I have missed going to the craft mall on a steadier basis already.  

It was so fun to see what people would walk around and grab and look at that I made or redone with my hands.

But I get to see that on the sales sheet still, at the end of the moth.

Do ya'll still have a physical craft booth anywhere that is still profitable?

Or are ya'll mainly all selling online now a days?

Personalized MINI Spoon Ornaments with Names

I ran across some cute little mini wooden spoons at Walmart recently.

I can't remember the exact price but I think they were just over $2.00 package.

I went ahead and grabbed them not knowing what I'd do with them.

But I've recently made these 

Personalized MINI Spoon Ornaments with Names

 What I did was use a wood burner and engrave each handle with a name.

If you don't have an engraver, you can easily paint each name on by hand!

Or even make cute stamping designs.

Next, I took some bakers twine and tied the bottom of the handle.

Then I took a tiny drill bit and drilled a small hole at the top.

And then attached matching bakers twine to use for hanging.

And here it is hanging up.

I had to hang them up on a primitive tree beside my mini wooden rolling pins

to get a good look at them.

And here is how I packaged them after putting them in a cute, clear cellophane bag with my shop info.

A plain brown bag does the trick.

And do you notice the mini clothespin at the top?

I also engraved that with To: Jayla to use as a keepsake name tag clip.

I think that added a cute touch.

What do you think?

MASON JAR SNOWMEN KEY CHAINS

I absolutely love any type of mason jar crafts and snowmen.  

And when a time comes to join mason jars and snowmen together, I give it a try.  

So here's the latest idea I've had.

MASON JAR SNOWMEN KEY CHAINS

I have a ton of these wooden mason jars made up because I make them into key chains. Kinda as my business cards, to give out with purchases of my stained mason jars. 

But this morning I had the idea to make some into snowmen key chains.

You could also do this with the flat, wooden, mason jar gift tags found at Walmart.

Set of 12 for $2.23
Photo from Walmart.com

In this photo, I'd already drilled a hole and screwed my eye hooks down into the top.

The plain eye hooks come in a pack of 20 for .59 cents at our local Ollies.

And now for the first step to painting the snowmen faces.

I used these colors for snowmen:

When it comes to painting snowmen faces, don't over think it.  Just do each eye, nose, mouth all at once and it will come together. 

Now, just take some orange paint and stick on a pointy nose.

Now, take the end of the brush, the pointy tip and dot on some eyes.

Now add some mouths with the same end of the brush.

See, step by step they are beginning to look like snowmen and it isn't as hard as you think.

And little lines for eyebrows.

And now time to add some rosey cheeks and a bit of mixed orange and white to add snow to the nose.

And now it's time to attach the ring holder. I always save old keychains for this.  This time I had a bunch of dolphins that I had saved back from a sale I caught at our Preston Court Days.
I got an entire bag of 50 +/- for $2.00 !!

I used pliers to pry off the ring.

And then just stick it right back on my Mason Jar Snowmen Key Chains.

I think they are really turning out cute.

What about you?

Oh, and if you're wondering how big these are, I forgot to say.

Just the right size for a key chain and I also have a little bit smaller size on hand too.

And to seal them, I hung them up outside, by the hangers with clothespins and gave them a quick spray of clear coat.

And that's it. Now we have Mason Jar Snowmen Key Chains. 

A combination of the two things I love to craft with!

And remember, you can get those flat, wooden mason jar tags from Walmart to do about the same craft!

Set of 12 for $2.23
Photo from Walmart.com

Hope ya' liked this idea.

See ya'll next time,

~Lisa