November Craft Weekend

Our November Make and Take Craft Weekend was a complete blast from the moment the ladies arrived on Friday evening until Sunday morning when they left. So sad it had to come to an end so soon! Our weekend in pictures (a lot of pictures!)...

Name tags for the lovely ladies.

Elena cutting her material for ruffles.

Jill killing the sewing machine as a newbie! She even hemmed some of her pants!

Maggie and Erin starting their mason jars.

Ruth sewing her ruffles on her tote bag.

Ruth, Rita and Bev working on their tote bags.

Elena hemming her ruffles, she discovered there's something to this "crafting" thing!

Jill, Elena, Maggie and Erin working on their bags Friday.

Maggie and Erin pinning their ruffles onto bags.

Rita got creative and added a pocket to the back of the bag! Love!

Bev's

Erin's

Jill's

Maggie's

Elena's

Rita's

Ruth's

All the pretty bags! Such personality in every single one of them!

Jill "posing" while shopping at The Vintage Farmhouse.

Checking out the goods at The Painted Home.

Lunch at The Old Dutch Tavern.

Wanting everything in this vintage sewing window display at Four Seasons Florist.

Thinking about those signs from The Painted Home.

Bev with the adorable hoop art she made for her awesome grandson!

Erin working on such a beautiful hoop art project!

Erin and her finished infinity scarf, loving the pop of yellow from her flower pin.

Picking out and cutting knit materials for infinity scarfs and flower buttons.

Rita and Debbie figuring out Rita's scarf.

Rita sewing on some pearl beads to her hoop art. I'm a little jealous of her mad skills!

Love how Ruth added the burlap behind her ribbons!

And this my friends is what creativity looks like plus snacks on mug rugs!

Burlap runners just in time for Christmas decorating!

A few finished projects from Saturday night crafting!

Rita's bag and scarf, cute!

Wire words.

A table full of completed goodies!

Another table full of completed goodies!

Our awesome, amazing, funny, kind, full of laughs November Craft Weekend ladies!

This weekend was phenomenal, amazing, magnificent and way too short! We had some veteran crafters and newbies and they all killed the crafts we had for them! Everyone was so willing to help each other out and I believe we all left with new found friends. We had many first this weekend: sewing through the flat head of a pin without breaking a needle, sewing plastic on the inside of the bag, sewing the bag shut, and hot gluing a button to a behind! The memories and laughs we shared will forever have a place in my heart and the best thing is, these ladies are all so close I see some get together's in the near future, I hope! Thank you ladies.

If interested in coming to a Craft Weekend, we would love be your host and pamper you, check out Make and Take Craft Weekend. We will be adding more dates soon and we just added the April Craft Weekend which will coordinate with St. Louis Vintage Market Days! We are also offering a few Scrapbooking Weekends, we provide lodging, meals and snacks and you bring your supplies to have a whole weekend dedicated to scrapbooking!

St. Louis Vintage Market Days

Just returned from St. Louis Vintage Market Days and it was spectacular! The weather was beautiful, the venue very rustic and Oh! all the goodies I could have bought! I limited myself to just a few treasures.

I fell in love with the chevron blanket and when I picked it up the square blanket was underneath. Of course I had to have both, blankets are a big thing in our house. The mirror is going on the wall at the bottom of our steps, I've been searching for something and that just caught my eye right away. It's from the vendor The Vintage Farmhouse, she has a store in Union, MO and every time I go there the whole store has changed. The owner is so sweet and she always has great stuff with awesome prices. She knows my Mom and I as the mirror ladies, we both have an obsession with mirrors right now. The crown made out of an old tape measure is also from her booth and it's finding a new home in my daughters' bedroom. 

If you're looking for something to do tomorrow, Vintage Market Days is going on Sunday from 10-4, I highly recommend going. Our little business, Make and Take Craft Weekend, is one of the sponsors. Hopefully you get a chance to check it out, they hold them all over so if you're not from the St. Louis area check around they may have one closer to you. Vintage Market Days