Craft Fair Opportunity

Hi Everyone,
I just got a call from a mom at my son's old school asking if I could help her find vendors for their Fall Fair. It's at the Housatonic Valley Waldorf School in Newtown CT on Friday evening Nov. 20th 7-10 for adults only shopping and then Sat. 21st 11 - 4 for everybody. This is an indoor fair. The fee is $100 for both days. I can't do it because I've already scheduled another show. Please email me if you are interested and I can give you the number to call. (I don't want to post it.) My email is: jodybishel@sbcglobal.net
If you aren't familiar with Waldorf schools I can tell you that they are big on handmade natural things for kids and adults and the supplies for making projects.

Cold & Rainy = French Onion Soup!

I was cold, it is gloomy, it's raining/snowing here. Just a crappy day in general. Nothing on t.v., don't want to sleep the day away, so........French Onion Soup! It was just right, just the perfect evening treat! My own recipe, my own garlic croutons, my own picture. I tell you, if I didn't sew for a living, I'd cook!

Free Camera Strap Give Away

Visit my blog, leave me a comment in my camera strap give away post. It automatically enters you into my camera strap give away on October 15th. Don't miss out! You can find the contest here: http://deannaimbro.com/

Save the Ta Ta's!

Here is one of my contributions to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. 100% of profits from this item to to the foundation in the purchasers name. Check it out and my other items! http://howardavenue.org

Announcing: Ms. Modern’s Halloween Giveaway Extravaganza!

Announcing: Ms. Modern’s Halloween Giveaway Extravaganza!

Sustainable and Green. Buy Local!

For those of you in the New Haven Area, come to the CT Folk Festival's Green Expo tomorrow afternoon.

Saturday, September 12th

12-4pm

Edgerton Park

Tons of great green and sustainable living vendors. And some of us crafty type folks. You can be "green" and buy local.

It's Free!

Rain or Shine!

Check it out!

http://www.ctfolk.com/ctff/index.html

Back to School

Well, it's the second day of school around here, the weather has cooled off and the sun is shining. My son is a high school freshman now so we're all getting a much earlier start which suits me fine. I'm not a big fan of summer and I always feel a renewed sense of energy and creativity when September comes around. At present I'm painting, having started a series of carousel horses from the New England Carousel Museum. The museum is in Bristol CT and a wonderful day trip rather you're a carousel buff or not. They also have a small fire museum upstairs. If I make enough progress to have something worth posting I'll add it later today. Hats and crochet are on hold for now because I need new paintings for the Greene Gallery. Just as well since I gave myself a bad case of CTS in my left wrist by working on a scarf I designed. Very pretty but the motif has a load of square stitches and ,worse yet, bullion stitches. Doing so many at once was a bad idea.

Is anyone out there?

Hi Etsy team if anyone is reading this...

I want to do a craft fair in Hamden ct on Sept 12th and am looking for someone to share the table with me, which is $100. I do jewelry so preferably someone who makes something else. My email is on my site at http://www.julianascreations.com/ thanks people, I'll try to find some of you on etsy.

New Home?

Hey Gang!

Thought I'd let you all know... my husband and I are 1 step shy of going under contract on purchase of our first house! We're awaiting the sellers' signatures on the paperwork, now that we've accepted their counteroffers. We've got a good house inspector lined up, a paralegal to talk to, and a friend who works for a mortgage institution helping us out. So far, all the ducks are in a row, except for that thing about packing... ick. :)

But yes, very exciting, and we're looking forward to changing our residency from Norwich to Colchester, and settling in to a great house, if all goes well.

Wish us luck!


-Beth

My Inaugauration Experience

Ok, my sewing expertise has taken me many places, but this by far was the coolest. Because of my association with The Cadets Drum & Bugle Corps, I was able to attend the Inauguration Ceremonies and parade this past Tuesday. Our day started at 2:30 am for the trip from southern NJ into Washington. Arrival at 4:30 am in Kennedy Stadium was eventful to say the least. Thousands of buses full of excited people emptied into the parking lots, waiting for shuttles to take us into the city. Most of the city mass transit wasn't available because the walking traffic took over the streets as expected. The grid of Washington was changed to accommodate millions of people attending on foot, and walking was what we did for sure. Miles and miles. We entered the Washington Mall quite early, to see that thousands were already there at 5 a.m. Our eventual destination was the parade route, so onward we went. There were giant screens all over the city so you could view the events live. We located the security check points we would have to pass through to get to the parade route, got in line and was quickly told that the line "started down there". I looked in that direction, and didn't move. There were tens of thousands of people all over the place....what line I thought. We stayed where we were, passed through Secret Service Security, and found our place on the parade route at about 10 a.m. We waited in the coldest, windiest conditions I have ever experienced. I ski. In blizzards. On great big mountains full of snow. This didn't compare. Every part of my body shook. My nose ran like water. I couldn't even answer my phone because my hands wouldn't move. My kneecaps clattered. The only way to make my body stop shaking was to tense up, and over 6 hours of this, my entire body hurt. Finally the parade started and it was everything I expected. Police lined up by the thousands, Marines lining the parade route, crazy cool snipers on the building tops high above us, people of every race, religion, color and age waiting to view their image of hope for the future pass by. I, however, just waited for my Cadets. I am still on the fence about politics, and all of the ongoings of Washington, but the sheer number of people attending was quite impressive. As each unit of performers, military units, politicians, and floats passed by it got colder and colder, yet we stayed. Finally The Cadets passed, in beautiful fashion. A group of under 21 youth gathered from all over the world for this historical event. I was choked up with pride. They sacrificed so much to be here. The wait was worth it. Would I do it again? Yep, in a heartbeat........but I would definately wear more layers.

The Cadets