Tonight at the Market

These are some new things I sold today at the Farmer's Market. Some Halloween skirts!

Some silk shoes...I have been selling lots of pink ones of course, so I thought I would try blue! and purple too!

The Market after dark! This is the first year they got lights up around all the tents! It is a great Idea, b/c it's only the last 5 weeks of the market that it get's dark before 8:00pm! but it adds alot and makes it really fun, there is also music playing the whole time. Tonight we even had some live singers who have come before in the past, they do an AWSOME job singing. Everyone walks around to the beet of the music and it was VERY nice tonight 72 degrees!


For pics, keep scrolling down!

Tonight at the Market, Cont.

This is my booth at the Farmer's Market! I share with a wonderful lady named, Cheryl. She sells knitted hats (I've already bought two!) we laugh and have fun looking at the passer-byers and the buyers too!

These are some of the items I sold! Soccer shoes!

Camo shoes!

and a cute Halloween skirt

My biggest sellers however, are of course the girl shoes, anything with glitter or rhine stones and of course the silk is a big hit! Everybody here is so nice. Every Friday I have been buying these homemade mint patty's from a booth selling homemade hard candy and such, and tonight I didn't even go over to her, she just plopped some peppermint patties in my lap and said these are for you with a big smile on her face! So nice. One of the other booths gave me some fudge too! all for FREE! I also made some market trades tonight. I got TWO bars of handmade soap! and I got two beautiful hair bows, also handmade. I had a lot of fun!

Rexburg Farmer's Market

Omigosh!? is that fur you see? yes it is! My newest baby shoe now has minky fur on the inside of the shoe to keep your little baby's foot warm through the winter =o)

These are the new fabrics I bought (after being told by some young students what style was in) stripes, argyle(not shown), and "the chevoron" which is zig-zag. I feel so out of the loop! to not know what the style is? I must be married with two kids and not gettin out enough to go shopping! SO, after their advice I got straight to work!

Skirts and shoes to match!


And part of my display for the Farmer's Market!

Okay, so remember when I told you that sewing these shoes was not something I did everyday, and that I wasn't obsessed and it was just somthing to do when I had nothing to do at all -well, skratch all that! It's offical, IM OBSESSED.
It's a good thing too, b/c I got into the Rexburg Farmer's Market, and I am now selling the things I am making!

I never thought I was one to put myself out there, and I was WAY nervious my first time I sold stuff (not to mension I only sold two pairs of shoes the WHOLE afternoon) But I have been there 2 more times since and have done very well.

My favorite thing about the Farmer's Market is that I am really feeling a sense of community, when we're all setting up our canopy's and tables every one is there saying, "can I help you?" "Can I get that for you?" "Oh, is this your first time?" "How did you do?" and my personal favorite, "Here, have some free dinner!" (from the vendor's selling food!) Every one is SO nice and so excited to succeed and to see everyone else around them succeed. I have had some great tips from other vendors, (who sell hair bows) tellin me which fabrics are "in" and I have had better success for it! I had a girl say , "Oh, I saw the cutest onesie with a vest sewn into it, you should sell those." and then she gave me a websight!

I been calling my parents to let them know how I do each week, and my second week there I told my Dad I sold 11 pairs of shoes...and he said to me, "An entreprenuer is born!" and I have been thinking about that and it's true! It's like a bug! I have caught the bug and I love it and I am so excited to find new things to make to sell.

The second thing I LOVE is seeing my product on the little babies being carried around the Farmer's Market. I have found a new hobby. I have found more fulfillment in life. The BEST part is, is that I can sew during my kid's naps and at night! I rarely work on my sewing when they are up and about! I get to spend all the time with my babies and still have this little business on the side to help support Judd and our family through all of HIS entreprenuer atempts :O)

New Skirt!

I saw this AWSOME fabric at our craft store, Porter's. So, of course I had to buy it and I found a pattern, from a blog, that had a tutorial on how to make this "cupcake skirt"! so CUTE! anyway I just followed the directions, it was WAY SIMPLE, you could do it too. I'll post the blog at the bottom of the post.

So this is my skirt...well it would fit a 12-18 month old!

Then of course with the scraps I made some shoes to match =o)

And this is a whole nother project! Jackson is officially OUT OF OUR BED!! yeah!! it has been almost two months, and the last two weeks he hasn't even whined about being in his own bed, he just accepts it and even kind of prefers it now! who'd of thought this day would ever come? not me! ANYWAY his prize? I would paint a dragon on his wall. This dragon comes from a book I have loved since the third grade when my teacher Mrs. Bonds, first read it to our class. I bought the book in gradeschool from schelastics and I found it a few years ago. ANYWAY< I read it too my kids now =o) So I copied the dragon from this book. (the only difference is that Jackson wanted his scales purple, instead of red)...

I had a lot of fun doing it and took me longer than I thought (three nap times) But it was all worth it to see Jackson SO happy! what a little cheese ball!

Baby Blankey

Oh, this is just a quilt I've been sewing on. It turned out WAY cute...I'm just a little proud of it=o

The Fair

Jackson entered two pictures in the Madison County fair and he got a blue ribbon for each! He was so proud, and partly didn't even know what was going on or what the ribbon was for. We told him it meant he did a good job painting his picture. He didn't understand what judges were...and well we had fun at the fair!

I entered a Rhubarb Pie and some Huckleberry Lemon Scones. which also got blue ribbons =o) but the grand champion was a lady who entered a razzelberry pie. so, next year Im going to make a razzelberry pie! hehe

My Garden

Okay so I did "My Garden" over two posts so keep scrolling down!
This first post are the things I have harvested from my garden!!!
Cherries!! I have even more jars downstairs!! Judd actually helped me pitt and can these cherries, he is such a good worker! and they are SOOO good!!

Squash!! lettuce, carrots, beans!! (today was are first time to get beans!) and Garlic!! yup, who knew?? It's funny b/c Judd and I thought this whole time the garlic were onions! they started growing in April so for 5 months we thought the garlic were onions!!! So we are VERY HAPPY we eat a lot of garlic! mmmm
but b/c we waited so long to pull them up, they aren't as potent as the store's bummer! the lettuce has been SO nice to have around. I buy a head of lettuce every week, and I haven't had too all summer. So it's saved me at least $10 =o)

These are my helpers. Jackson insisted on wearing his dinosaur costume this morning and of course whatever Jackson wants Porter wants too!

Jackson is VERY helpful, he helped my pick ALL the beans this morning, and he catches the bad bugs that try to eat our corn (grasshoppers)

And last but not least. MOST IMPORTANT, even more important than my garden...Jackson is in his own bed now!! for over a week now!!!