Lots of crafting going on this weekend. We're getting ready for three craft shows in October and one so far in November. Super excited! Stay tuned for more updated!

Working on new business cards as well...what do you think?

The back will have my name and email...hmm...?

More later!

-hjc

Buh-Bye Easy Street

July was our last month having a booth at Easy Street Resale in Pelham. It was really a great experience and I think it really helped to get our stuff out there. I however did not have the time or space to continuesly keep the big ticket items going to make rent plus a profit. I would definitely love to give it a shot again when I'm able to go more, but for now I think I'm going to go the craft shows and etsy route.

If any of you happened to check us out there, then THANKS!!! :)

-HJC

China Cabinet :)

Finally, FINALLY I found a china cabinet to refinish. This was a decent price and had goof bones and LIGHTS! The glass was missing from one door, but it was ugly anyways. I painted it an antique white, replaced the glass with chicken wire and distressed it. I love the way it turned out. Wish I had room for something like this in my house :)

-HJC

Burlap Christmas Stockings

Recently, a friend on Facebook contacted me about ordering Christmas stockings for her 5 kids. She saw the pictures of the houndstooth stockings I made and wanted similar ones made in burlap. She also sent me this picture as inspiration:

The original blog post these came from can be found here :)

Instead of the blue ribbon on this, she wanted Red for her girls and green for her boys.

This is how they turned out:

I'm always nervous when I do something for someone specifically, that they won't like it. Most of what I make is stuff that I like and, hey if you like it too, buy it ;). But these turned out great and she likes them!

I'll be selling stockings on my Etsy store that can be custom ordered, so if you like these be sure to check out my store Hello Joyce Creations on Etsy.

-HJC

Houndstooth Chair

I found this chair at one of my usual places and really liked the lines and modern-ish look of it.

The fur-babies really liked it too

Add a little red paint and some houndstooth fabric and look at how cute it turned out!

If you don't know already, you'll learn that I really (REALLY) like to up-cycle materials in my crafting. The thrift store is my best friend for materials. The fabric for this chair is from a skirt! It turned out great for this piece, plus its super soft :)

-HJC

Yard Sale Finds!

After doing some running around with my mom on Saturday, we pulled into her neighborhood and decided to stop by the neighbors yard sale. They were trying to raise money for a mission trip and they had GREAT prices on everything! We spent $20 total and picked up some great pieces!

Once again I, of course, forget to take before pictures because I'm so excited to start working on something, but here is the results of my yards sale finds :)

Desk & Chair at Easy Street Resale

Chair - Painted "Beach Sparkle" Blue and recovered with a fun black & white fabric.

Vintage Record Cabinet, left mostly original with painted "Oxford" blue doors.

 Desk painted "Apple-a-day" Red. Love how this turned out!

-HJC

Chalkboards ♥

I am really loving these cute chalkboards! They make wonderful signs for events, weddings, photography, businesses, etc!

Here are a few I've done lately :)

-HJC