craft table revamp

This past weekend was the Got Craft show, so I thought I would share some pictures of my table. This season I decided to revamp the look of everything… partly from being super bored with the old display and partly because parts of the old display broke. Out with the old and in with the new! I decided on a rustic outdoors-y look, so gone was the white table cloth and in its place some cozy grey felt. I found some wooden crates at Michaels and after buying them over a period of a few weeks (with that darn coupon they only let you use once a day… yes, I am that weird when it comes down to 40% off), I stained them a dark brown. The cute little blackboard signs were from Michaels as well… they are so cute, I might have to go back and get more (with coupon of course, haha). Oh, and the pinecones you see were foraged by Jasper… yes, I even got my kids starting to help out with the decorating. ;) 

little blossoms

Hope everyone had a great Easter weekend! The sun was shining up here in Vancouver, and I actually wore a t-shirt (yes, you read that right) for the first time this year... it was that nice! And best of all, the trees on our street are blooming left, right and centre.... so just thought I would share some cheery pics to kick start the week. Happy Monday!

sad sad plants

Yes, you read that sign in the photo correctly... “Sad Plants.” And yes, the plants for sale under the sign were looking mighty sad indeed... they looked on the brink of death to me, but maybe someone with a super green thumb might be able to bring them back (that is not me, btw). Maybe “Sad Plants” means something else in the garden world? An acronym perhaps? Latin name? Or maybe they just are really depressed?

spring it on

Some spring blooms spotted outside our home. I think I can officially transition from winter coat to spring jacket now! Yay!... wait... maybe I shouldn't have just written that, in case I curse it, and a big snow storm decides to come...

cherry cheer

The sun has been shining all weekend, so I thought I would share a cheery photo, well, a cheery cherry blossom photo to be precise. There have been many sightings around our neighbourhood, both up above and on the ground. Happy Monday!

touch of sun

This past weekend was full of sunshine here in Vancouver, and now it is gone.... forecast is rain and clouds all week... sigh. :( Well, at least some of the flowers are out. Here is a pic of some sunny blooms I saw over the weekend... ahhh, seems like a distant memory.

mellow yellow

Spotted... some cute yellow crocus flowers lining the streets by our house. Ok, so spring does not officially begin until March 20th, but seeing these, in my mind, marks the official time when it is ok to be munching down on chocolates shaped like eggs and bunnies... too early?... nah.

tiny buds

Could this be? Magnolia buds that I see on my street! Hooray! I am counting down the days to spring... each one of us in this house has had a cold at different intervals... (currently, it is the baby's turn)... sigh. I can't wait for t-shirt weather... I'll even settle for light jacket weather! ;)

ps. don't forget to enter my February giveaway here!

we made it!

Thanks to everyone for visiting us (the Hob Snobs table) over the weekend at the Make It craft fair. It was nice to see some familiar faces as well as meet new ones. Check out some of the photos of our booth. My next fair isn't until next month... so I am gong to take a bit of a craft breather... well, for a few days anyways, until I start getting the itch to craft again (which seems to always come sooner than I anticipate!)

make it!

I am finally posting!! After a computer incident last week which left me at a standstill, I am back online! Had a bit of a scare... thought I lost a few months worth of work and baby photos on the 'ol hard drive as the computer was acting funny, but all things are back on track now. Phew!

Some event news to announce today. I'll be at the Make It! Vancouver event happening this weekend. So if you happen to be in town and are in a crafty or shopping mood, come and check it out... there will be over 80 vendors! I will be at booth #43 as part of the Hob Snobs Craft Collective and will

have some new items (coasters and prints) as well as some sale items as well! Hope to see you there! Now back to finishing up some more inventory in time for the show....

DETAILS:

Friday, April 15:

4pm to 9pm ·

Saturday, April 16:

11am to 6pm ·

Sunday, April 17:

11am to 5pm

The Croatian Cultural Centre,

3250 Commercial Drive, Vancouver

Pay once, Shop 3 days! $5 at the door –click here for $2 off!

Kids 12 & under are free

tickled pink

Some more spring goodness to share today. Passed by these on one of our stroller walks and had to stop and take a picture as baby was trying to grab one of the buds and put it in his mouth. I am really snap happy lately with all these flowers blooming everywhere... so bear with me! It rains here a lot, so I am living up every dry moment we get this spring!

spring refreshment

I have signed up to do two craft shows this spring, so have been working on some new products. Ta-da!... this is one of them... new spring-influenced cork coaster sets. These sets include four coasters each made with 100% 1/4-inch cork featuring a new floral design burned onto them. I can't wait until the weather warms up a little more and I can set out a nice icy glass of ice tea... hmmm, on second thought, set out an umbrella drink on one of these. Check them out on my etsy shop here. Happy Monday!

cheery cherry

Hooray for Friday! A bit of a cheery post today... well, technically a cheery cherry post... wow, try and say that five times fast... sigh, I've always been horrible with tongue twisters. Happy Weekend!

hello spring

Hello spring! Hooray for finally being here... it seemed like a really long wait this year! I have been noticing some blossoming trees and plants scattered around the neighbourhood here and there... a pleasant colourful surprise during this very grey and rainy month. Hopefully the sun will come and make its appearance soon too. I am in need of some Vitamin D.

ps. new giveaway this month starts Wednesday!

little buds

I noticed yesterday that some spring blooms have suddenly appeared in front of our building... hooray! That means spring is on its way! Every time I see these types of flowers, I have an urge to go buy some Easter chocolate... yah, I know... waaaaay too early, huh?.... I must resist... don't think of chocolate, don't think of chocolate, don't think of chocolate...

ps. don't forget to enter the giveaway here... the draw is this Wednesday!

chirp chirp

The sun was out yesterday, so baby Jasper and I went for a nice stroll... and we actually saw some flowers blooming and heard some birds chirping!... we didn't actually see the little chirpers though. I am thinking maybe that little groundhog (Punxsutawney Phil) might be on to something... maybe Spring will come early!

did you win!? did you win?!

Hooray... today is giveaway draw day... woohoo! Thanks to everyone who entered the May spring clean giveaway... over 80 entries!! And everyone has seriously been in a major cleaning/organizing mode too... wow! Ok, ok... I will get to the winner announcement now... a random draw was made this morning from the shiny trophy cup by Roger... and the winner of the cute bird notebook is:

Frannie from Notes From Thoughtfulhearts.com! Congrats! How did Frannie get her spring clean on?

"I've finally finished spring cleaning! The house is in order. There is something so uplifting and new, fresh. Please don't laugh.... I even organized my pots and pans. Maybe I am nesting too....I will be a grandmother again in about 3 weeks. I was going to start on my daughter's home next...but she beat me to it."

Ok, I feel a bit guilty since my nesting instinct hasn't resulted into 100% organization yet... heehee. Anyhoo, if you didn't win, no worries, there will be another giveaway come June, so stay tuned!

may giveaway! - win a cute mini bird notebook!

I'm in full late spring clean mode over here... hmmmmm..... or maybe it is my nesting instinct starting to kick in. Regardless, it is time to clear out some of my old classic craft inventory. So perfect time for a giveaway! This month I am giving away a cute little mini lined notebook (3.25 x 5") featuring one of my little bird illustrations. This is the last one in this style, so I never got around to listing it on etsy... but, alas, time to make way for the new... so it must go!

Enter to win by posting a comment telling me one thing you have done this year in your spring clean mode. Did you organize your bookshelves in alphabetical order? Did you finally donate your high school prom dress to goodwill? Or maybe you just pushed many items further under the bed to get them "out of sight"... that counts right?

A random draw will be made next Monday, May 31st, so check back to see if you win! Please remember to include some sort of contact info (etsy shop, blog, website, or e.mail address) and please only one entry per person. Good luck!

two times the tulips

I am loving all the spring blooms around me... I think I have very heavy garden envy this year, since the only plants on our balcony this year are left over from last year, and I have yet to plant anything new yet. Eeep... really got to get on that! So again, these pics of these pretty tulips are not from my garden... these were outside our local museum. Hmmmm.... don't the top ones remind you of fancy cut radishes? Or maybe that is just the garden envy in me coming out again.

just ducky

I had to post this pic today, since everyone needs an "awwwwwww" moment to brighten their day. We saw this little duck family over the weekend swimming in the fountain outside the local museum... the wee ones are just so darn fluffy and cute, how could I not stop and snap a pic!