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Cyber Monday Sale

Published: 11-25-2012 02:22pm
Posted In: Whatever
Black Friday Sale is on all products offered in any of my shops below.  I am offering a 15% discount on total purchase.If your purchase total is over $100 I will offer a 20% discount. **If your purchase total is over $150 I will offer a 25% discount. ** Coupon Code for the 15% in ALL below stores is CYBER2012Shops includedMischyfpaws - Dog and Dog Lover ItemsForgetMeKnotTreasure - Pillow Covers, Laptop, Ipad, Kindle cases(FMKT shop is the mirror of MischyfCouture on etsy.) **All discounts will be refunded to you via paypal or etsy-direct after the sell is completed. This does not apply to the 15% coupon code if used.**Sorry, Total purchase p... » Read More

Black Friday Sale

Published: 11-21-2012 12:00am
Posted In: Whatever
Black Friday Sale is on all products offered in any of my shops below.  I am offering a 15% discount on total purchase.If your purchase total is over $100 I will offer a 20% discount. **If your purchase total is over $150 I will offer a 25% discount. ** Coupon Code for the 15% in ALL below stores is BLACK2012Starts 11/22/12 Thanksgiving Day End 11/25/12Shops includedMischyfpaws - Dog and Dog Lover ItemsForgetMeKnotTreasure - Pillow Covers, Laptop, Ipad, Kindle cases(FMKT shop is the mirror of MischyfCouture on etsy.) **All discounts will be refunded to you via paypal or etsy-direct after the sell is completed. This does not apply to the 15% ... » Read More

Craft Show Checklist

Published: 11-17-2012 09:50am
Posted In: Craft Shows
So you decided to do a craft show. You applied, got accepted and paid for your space... Now What??? What do you need to setup your space to make sells. This is a list of some of the things we take. I've listed things you may need for either an Indoor or Outdoor Show.   Tent - straight legs, avoid slanted leg tents, white top is the best Tent sides / walls Weights 20 pounds each leg - can make these with milk jugs and sand $20. Curtains or fabric to display area Lights - clip-on is the best 10" Work Lamp are the best for lg light area Light Bulbs 150 - 200 watt best light Sunlight or Clear bulbs Extension cords 16 gauge or better ... » Read More

Carts and Craft Shows

Published: 09-29-2012 12:39am
Posted In: Craft Shows
The cart is the best way to transport your craft show belongs such as tents, chairs and plastic boxes full of products to your assigned station.  We looked at quite a few types of carts and decided that this one is the best one for us. All of the sides can be folded down to use the cart as a flat bed. This cart can hold up to 1000 pounds. The handle can be removed and the cart can be hooked up to an electric lawn mower. This cart does double duty as a table to display our products for the show. We don't have to take it back out to the truck while the show is going on. We use our plastic boxes for ta... » Read More

PSM Experience - Week #11

Published: 09-26-2012 01:23am
Posted In: Craft Shows
September 2nd, our 11th day of selling. We signed in today at 84 on the fill-in list. Our number didn't change this week. This week we decided to finally try the ramp. Our space was #428. My mom and I both really liked this space. We talked about the space and considered the weather and how many people walk up the ramp. The people that use the ramp are families with strollers and bicyclist. Early during the morning we had a couple walk up and sneak a picture of our table full of products. Then the man said it is made with good quality fabrics. No this didn't reek someone going to steal my d... » Read More

Making Inexpensive Tent Weights

Published: 09-22-2012 12:19am
Posted In: Craft Shows
I hear you asking yourself if tent weights are necessary!  I asked myself the same thing. Let me ask you this. Are you doing a show outside? If yes, then yes you need weights. I have seen a tent flip over. The breeze caught the tent just right and flipped it. If you would like to keep your tent grounded, over your head and not blowing down the isle then you need weights on each leg. Not to worry thou, weights don't need to be expensive. Here is an inexpensive idea how to build your own weights. We use 4 milk jugs (one for each leg) filled with sand as tent weights. We purchased the sand at the locale hardw... » Read More

PSM Experience - Week #10

Published: 09-19-2012 02:06am
Posted In: Craft Shows
August 26th, our 10th day of selling. We signed in today at 84 on the fill-in list. Our number didn't change this week. We chose a different spot again today. This time we chose #412. We were across from the corner space we were at in July. The 300 and 400 row seem to get a lot of customers roaming through. Row 100 was very dead for us and we stayed there the first 4 times we were out there. We were going to try the ramp today but it was full by the time we were allowed to chose. We had a lot of customers stopping by. We noticed that a lot of the customers wanted to feel the kindle or ipad covers to see if... » Read More

Dorset Buttons

Published: 09-15-2012 12:12am
Posted In: Embroidery
An online friend posted a dorset button she made. She had just made her first one and was eager to share with us. I love to share new ideas and I just loved hers. I must say after I saw the button I wanted to try to make one myself. A few days later I bought a few items to give it a try. I got hooked on them. Now, I'm learning how to make dorset buttons to add to my designs. This is my second one. The first one was a complete and utter wash. I didn't want to waste the ring so I ripped it all out and started over again. This is called the wheel design. It looks like a wagon or bike wheel to me. ... » Read More

PSM Experience - Week #9

Published: 09-13-2012 03:08am
Posted In: Craft Shows
August 19th, our 9th day of selling. We signed in today at 84 on the fill-in list. Last week we were at 86. Our number keeps moving up inch by inch. Today we chose a different spot again. We are still in the search for the perfect space for our booth out there. We chose under the bridge in isle 300 for this weeks trial. One of the suggestions we received from various vendors when we first started is to try different spaces out. What works for one vendor doesn't for another.  One of the vendors next store decided to move to a brighter space since they didn't bring any lights. We decided to open one side of the... » Read More

What I've Been Working On

Published: 09-12-2012 05:32pm
Posted In: Working on
  This is what I've been working on the last couple of days. The entire design is stitched out with aqua metallic thread on a light suede cloth.   The Eiffel Tower is one of my first designs that I created.   I made a new Fleur de Lis border for this project. I've also been working on two dorset buttons (not picured) to go with it.  I hope this project gets done this week. ***************************************... » Read More

From Sketch to Embroidery - Orca

Published: 08-29-2012 08:00am
Posted In: Sketch to Embroidery
This is the Orca I sketched earlier this month. I drew the Orca from a picture of a live whale in the ocean. Of course, I didn't take the picture but it took a while to find one online that showed the whale from a full side view. The photo I used was taken by a professional driver taking pictures of Orcas in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. After I drew the whale in a simple form, I transferred it to an embroidery design. The test embroidery is shown below. Growing up in California was in no way lacking on things to do. I remember seeing my first killer whale when I was 6 years old. My school took us to Se... » Read More

From Sketch to Embroidery - Paw Print

Published: 08-22-2012 08:00am
Posted In: Sketch to Embroidery
  I have always loved the paw print it is one of my favorite things. I love my puppies paws. They are so big when they are puppies and they grow into them. The paw print shows where they have walked in the yard leaving a track on prints in the water, mud or snow.  My paw print sketch is a very crude pencil sketch. I tried to simplify my puppies paw print to the simplest form. Embroideries are better that way for me right now. Here is the example of the embroidery paw print after I digitized it as an machine embroidery design. I've been using this embroidery on paw towels and totes for a while now. ... » Read More

From Sketch to Embroidery - Bicycle

Published: 08-18-2012 08:00am
Posted In: Sketch to Embroidery
 Portland Oregon is listed as one of the top 10 states with the highest amount of bicyclist in a city. That is quite an honor since there are so many thousands of cities. I already knew there were a lot of cyclist in the Portland but I never realized we were in the top 10 cities. WoW!!!     Inspired by the news and looking for embroideries that would appeal to both genders I thought I would design my own bike embroidery. I found neon pink and neon green thread and tested it out with those colors. I just love the neon pink bicycle. This is the first bike we embroidered on a Kindle Fire case in neon green. Th... » Read More

New Items - Kindle Covers

Published: 08-15-2012 08:00am
Posted In: New Items
 Introducing our new Amazon Kindle Fire, Kindle Touch, Kindle Keyboard sleeve cases. These will keep your Kindle safe, secure and clean. We pad our Kindle covers with fleece to insure it has enough padding in case it gets dropped.  Our Kindles offer a flap with velcro (hook and loop) closure. The soft cotton lining helps keep the screen clean and scratch free.  There is also a pocket on the back under the flap. The flap helps keep items from falling out of the pocket. The top of the pocket is top stitched. All seams are surged and enclosed beneath the lining. This purple Kindle sleeve case i... » Read More

Tent Lighting

Published: 08-11-2012 08:00am
Posted In: Craft Shows
I certainly didn't think that lighting would be a big deal. I thought a lamp is a lamp is a lamp. Just grab a lamp not in use and we would have plenty of light in the tent. This is sadly not the case. When it comes to lighting your craft tent it is just as important as buying the proper tent. The lighting illuminates your products and provides a welcoming glow to your tent. It welcomes the customers in to stop and look at your products. After all no one wants to enter a dark cave. Lesson learned the hard way. If you want to get an idea of what type of lighting you should use, I suggest going to a craft show / farmers market n... » Read More

PSM Experience - Week #8

Published: 08-09-2012 08:00am
Posted In: Craft Shows
Today is July 29th, our 8th day of selling.We signed in today at 86 on the fill-in list. Last week we were at 87. One more down. We have been trying to get into different spots to sell. This week we got into a 10x10 corner under the bridge. This spot is just off of the ramp. There is a lot of people that walk through this section. We set up with to one of the side walls up today. We have two open sides. We lined up the table and cart to corner in the front. I also made the new price list to be placed in front of each item. I still need to update them with the new information for next time.We noticed when we got there today that th... » Read More
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