More Christmas space at the Tomah Cranberry Mall

Here are 2 photos of the right half of my space. It was so much fun. The entire wall above is peg board for wreaths. The shutters were attached with the louvres on the outsides ends to point up so I can easily hook S hooks onto it and hang dolls, wreaths and stitcherys. You'll notice I have empty spots to fill right away but it was so hard calculating how much I could fit in the space. I put toys under the Christmas tree including a vintage wicker cradle with raggedies sitting in it.

I enjoy making very large items like 5 foot tall standing snowmen--much too large to ship but I could put them here!       Thanks everyone for looking and for your comments. I appreciate the feedback. This is the ideal store. I can arrange it to suit myself and yet I don't have to be available all day to work there so I can create to my hearts content.

Christmas year round at Tomah Cranberry Mall

Here are 2 photos showing the left end and middle of my new Christmas year round space at the Cranberry Mall in Tomah, WI. The Cranberry Mall is on the south side of the Tomah Antique Mall located at Hwy I94 on Hwy 21 East. It's an opportunity for people to find handmade collectible Santas, snowmen, ornaments and other winter and Christmas related gifts at any time of the year. Open nearly every day of the year except New Years, Christmas, Easter,and Thanksgiving. Summer hours are 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Sun and 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM the rest of the week.

Extreme Primitive Beehive pattern

The pattern for this wonderful extreme primitive beehive with bees is now available on my website as a mailed pattern or e pattern or  go to PATTERNMART for an instant download---same price.

And for those of you who don't sew,,,,don't fret. I've added the FINISHED BEEHIVE to my website.

Beehive for summer

Beehives and bees sort of belong to summer don't they?  My friend was taking a wicker love seat to be sand blasted and repainted and wanted the fabric removed--all that was left was the burlap backing and she didn't want it so I brought it home for inspiration. I set it in front of my sewing machine so it could inspire while I worked. I glanced up and caught sight of a new snowman design and beehive sprang to mind. I used Mary's loveseat burlap for the prototype but now make them from decorator burlap (nicer weave and less "smelly".

The bees are muslin with black fiberglass window screen wings. When the pattern is ready (later today I hope) I'll post the link here. The finished beehive is available for sale on my website. The finished beehive comes with a generous amount of Spanish Moss to spread under it.

Armed Forces Days Craft Show

This past weekend was Armed Forces Days and since our town is located very near a military installation, they had a celebration complete with parades, street dances, carnival, volleyball tournament, horseshoe tournament, softball tournament, rummage and bake sales and I hosted a craft show for several local crafters. It was colorful, fun, and showed off our wares to people who came to town to participate in the fun. We all had flyers and/or business cards to hand out because when people come to an event like this, they don't necessarily plan to spend money.

Now they know how to find us when they do plan to make a purchase.

My cat enjoyed the weekend more than anyone. She lay in the middle of the drive way where many people could admire her "great beauty" and of course pet her. She's one of the 7 cats I adopted after they either strayed from their home or were abandoned by former owners.