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Seriously? This is so amazing it might even get my son to eat cauliflower without being asked a dozen times -- Little Miss thinks that roasted cauliflower makes the best snack ever...But that 's a different post for a different day.

In-House Quality Control

How do I know my merchandise is well-made, sturdy, AND comfy? 

(The comfy cowl works for guys too, see!)

Craft Booth Notes

I managed to unearth a picture of half of my booth from the last weekend's Art and Music Festival:

Here are some of the booth notes:

Art and Music Festival debrief

Card Catalog Fun

via design*sponge

Craft Fairs, Holiday Prep and Forgotten Scarves

Working hard. 

End of summer is basically holiday prep time (it may sound crazy, but once halloween arrives its getting close to the end of prep time). Even though as a consumer I can't deal with seeing holiday decrations for sale at the same time as back-to-school items - when you make, and sell, carefully handmade items, it pays to be prepared.

Summer in review

Labor day has come and gone, and walking to and from the train this week, the air has felt very fall-like. I only need one more sign for my personal start  of fall -- persimmions  -- but they're not in the markets; not yet anyway. 

Even without persimmions (and just for the record, I like the crunchy ones, not thoes squishy ones -- ick), I think it's time to do a little summer in review.  

Quality Control

My little lady -- trying out one of my prototypes -- before I started doing fun knots and things.

Toddlers = Quality Control Department.

Introducing.....

I know you're chomping at the bit to know what I've named my awesome new dress form, and we'll get to that in a moment. First a few pictures of what I've been working on for fall and for the Art and Music festival that's coming up next week.

I've been working on about 6 different knots. (There's a whole world of intricit knot tiers out there. It's amazing.) These are Celtic Button Knots.

Giveaway for naming my dress form *Closed*

I need help naming the newest addition to my shop.   Please Note: she is not being given away - ever. I mean, look how pretty she looks in pictures:

Hello gorgeous!