2016 Christmas Fair

 

I’ve had a ton of fun getting ready for the upcoming Christmas fair that will be held in our local town of Berlin, Ohio on Saturday, December 17th.

I’ve done fairs in the past, but this is my first time with this particular one, so I can’t tell you too much about it, other than I think there will be around 20 vendors there. We are hoping to have many last minute Christmas shoppers stopping by! It’s also a fund raiser for the Hair for Hope foundation, so it’s definitely going for a good cause..

I thought about simply sharing some photos on my Facebook timeline of some of the things that you will find in my booth, as I have been doing, but then I decided it would be easier to just write a post and publish it here on my blog for those of you that are interested.

Since I have a very limited space, it has been challenging for me to stay small. I’m not used to this way of thinking in the annual Walnut Creek Vintage fair, so I had to continually remind myself to stop making things!

Seriously, I joke about this, but it has posed a problem. I will wildly try to create all the things I have in my mind to make, and end up having six different little projects going on. One morning a few weeks ago, I told myself “today is the day that I will finish all the things I have started, and only then will I start something new” Before lunch time, I had maybe finished one or two items, and once again started a few new ones! At times it almost feels like I have no control! Anyway, it usually, surprisingly, all works out in the end even if it’s a bit last minute.

Just because I rarely share with you my mess ups here on my blog, don’t think they don’t happen, because they do! I even took a few pictures the other day of a few flops..

 

I’ve developed a fascination for mod podge, but I’ve discovered it’s a bit tricky to use. The signs pictured above are an example of mod podge flops. You may not be able to tell in the picture, but let’s just say they will make good fire starter in our wood burning furnace this winter. An inkjet print out doesn’t like mod podge very well.

I did some Christmas gift boxes, where I took old drawers, painted them and filled them with some decorating items that maybe someone would like to buy as a Christmas gift for someone, or for themselves.

 I wanted to do a garden themed box and printed out some images of plants to use for the drawer front. You may not be able to tell from the picture below, but the images look horribly discolored. So here is another flop..

Again, it may be due to the fact that inkjet printers and mod podge don’t mix or just poor quality images, either way, I ended up sanding it down and re-covering it with a nice green contact paper that I thought fit the gardening theme.

  

So, besides some time wasting mess ups now and then, everything went fairly smooth in getting ready for this fair. I set up my table in my workshop, so I would have a better idea of how much space I have and it will help to make it easier when it comes to set up time, to know where everything goes. These pictures aren’t taken in the best of lighting, but hopefully you can kind of see what all I will be selling.

 

I will also have an assortment of succulents and house plants for those of you green thumb people. :)

So as you can see, there are lights, painted jars, coffee filter wreaths, plants, chalk boards, wall scrolls, and much more! I hope to see you Saturday!

Thanks for visiting!

-Mary