Friday, October 7, 2016

What are you working on today?

Hello friends ...
It's nearly dinner hour here in Ohio but I thought I'd quickly share with you what I've been up to today!  I have two upcoming craft shows at local high schools ... Nov 5th and 19th so needless to say, besides keeping up with my blogs & DTs, I need to get busy having enough product ready for those two shows.

The one show I've done for going on 10 years now and so needless to say, I have repeat customers.  I always have my cards but I try to have something NEW along with some of the little goodies that they always look for from one year to the next like my tissue box covers, gift card holders and various chocolate goodies.  This year I decided to make Slider Boxes filled with Hershey Nuggets.  I've only made a couple of these in the past so thought it might be a good idea.  

Here's one I made over a year ago for a birthday celebration  ...


Of course, since the shows are in November, I'm gearing up for Christmas holidays with my designs.











So far I have 14 boxes made and filled with individually wrapped nuggets that coordinate with the cover paper design.

They will all need decorated and packaged but that can be done a little later ... this was the time consuming part!

Of course, once I had the boxes cut, scored and put together, the wrapping was done in assembly line fashion at my sit down work station.  Yes I have a sit down station and a stand up station ... depending on what I'm working on.  As you can see this is my location for coloring ... note my spectrum noir alcohol markers in the background!  LOL   Each box holds 10 nuggets ... that means I wrapped 140 nuggets today ... no wonder my hands are tired!


It's a start!  

Something else I'm working on is an order I received from a lady in N.C. that I met on our Alaskan Cruise.  She saw my 'tea cups' and said they would be perfect for a Ladies Tea she is hosting in November.  She will need 25 and after some chit chat we decided that I would send one completed tea cup (as seen above) and the rest I would make up kits for her and she can assemble them herself.

Tea cups are made using an old (recently brought back on the market) 3d die from Sizzix.  Here's the link if you'd like to purchase one.


Here's the first 8 ... again, it's a start!!!  LOL

Well hubby was going to make dinner tonight but he's gotten involved in fixing my edger so I can edge the driveway so guess I'll cut him some slack and go whip up something for us!  LOL

Have a great evening and nice weekend ahead!
As always . . .

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