Last Craft Fair

While my profile says I like to do crafts, I don't get to post much about my crafting.  The last craft fair of the season for me is this weekend at the Holiday Extravaganza in Elmwood.  I only do a couple craft fairs a year, as it gets to be a lot of work, but it is still fun.  The last couple of weeks I have been busy trying to replenish my inventory from the Ameritas craft fairs and get a couple of special orders done. 

When Ben was in the hospital, I was able to get a little crocheting done, but not much.  I also got a big order of gemstone beads in while Ben was there and I could not wait to get home and play with them. 

One of my new items this year is wire wrapped beaded rings.  I saw some similar ones at a bead shop when I was in Branson on vacation this summer.  As soon as I got home, I tried making some and figured out the pattern.  It turned out to be very addicting.  I finally got my 72 tray filled this week and have sizes from 3 to 11.  I call them Bling Rings.  At just $5 each you can get one to go with each outfit. 

So far I have gotten just a few of the bracelets made from the new gemstone beads.  I love the feel of cold stones.  Here is a small sample of what I have done.  Bracelets are just $5 to $10, and make excellent gifts.

If you are in Southeast Nebraska this weekend, check out the craft fair at the old roller skating rink in Elmwood (Now Josoff's Social Hall) from 8:00 to 3:30.  You will be sure to find some great gifts for everyone on your Christmas list or yourself.  There will be lots of fun things to do, all day long.  Click here for a complete list of activities planned for the Holiday Extravaganza.

County Fair

Last week was our county fair. We each took a few items to be judged. Randy took some photos, I took photos, crochet, and crafts. John took photos, cooking, crafts in both 4-H and open class. Noah took photos and cooking as a clover kid in 4-H, and photos in open class. We got ribbons all over the board, from white to purple. It was a lot of fun.
John's muffins were chosen to go to the state fair. They were a zucchini dill muffin. The squash bugs are threatening the zucchini plants in the garden. Hopefully I can keep the plants alive until the 27th when we have to have the new batch of muffins baked to take to the State Fair.


Here is John singing with the Cass County Creative Cats 4-H club. Noah is in the back ground. Back in my day it was called a song contest and everybody sang. Now it is called a Performing arts contest and most all the other groups danced or lip synced. We were the only ones that sang. Our group did "Kids of the Future" of by the Jonas brothers. Each kid dressed up as a profession that they might want to be in the future. We only practiced for a couple of weeks before, and they were not very polished. Plus they only had one microphone, and we had planned on two so we had to make some quick last minute adjustments, and it was hard to hear them. They still got a blue ribbon, which was excellent for the first try.


Noah took this picture to enter in the special contest for next year's fair. Pictures need to represent the title "Meet Me at the Fair"


This will most likely be my entry.


Ben got in on the fun too, and enjoyed the merry go round.


Here is a picture of John getting ready to go on the Round-up. Not a ride you would ever see me on. Noah went on it too a bit later. He was scared at first but really enjoyed it in the end. Overall we had a great time at the fair.