Christmas Marketplace

I have been a busy bee trying to make as much as possible for our church's Christmas marketplace December 15th. Last weekend I made quite a few hair bows and headbands. Today I made about 7 sets of cup coasters, my first time doing so but they turned out very cool. Still have to put a few touches on them and will post pictures when I do. Tomorrow I plan to do some canvas and wood paintings. I also want to make some more bows as well. I figure the more I have the more likely I am to make a good profit. We could defining use a little extra money for the holidays! I've added a few phone pics of the bows I made, if you see any you like I would be happy to make one for you!!

So I decided to start a blog to go along with starting my shop on etsy. The shop is not up and running yet, but will be soon! I'm in the process of making things to sell, making the logo, and doing other things to make sure that it is a good as possible and the best reflection of me! 


The shop and blog are of course named after my little diva of a baby girl Ava Rose. Whenever she was born I wanted her to be as glammed out as possible, but doing that proved to be much harder than I thought. I could find little ribbon bows that were pretty simple and plain, but not many that I thought fit my little girly girl! I also had a terrible time finding decorations for her nursery that lived up to my level of cuteness that I expected! 


So I went to work; I've always been pretty crafty, I graduated from art school for goodness sake, lol. So soon I had many cute things for my little Ava. Well, every time at church, or the store, or the park, or wherever I got questions as to where I got the cute bows in her hair, my response "oh, I made them." I realized that people would probably pay good money to get these cute little things for themselves. I am already making them for my baby girl and my niece so why not make a little money making them for everyone else!? 


So I'm hoping my store is successful, I know it may take awhile, but getting a customer base definitely takes time. Who knows, I may finally do my goal of learning to sew, then I can add all the cute clothing I would like to make as well!