Holiday Bazaar Prep!

I thought it'd be fun to give you a sneak peek of my work-in-progress holiday bazaar prep! I have MOST of my merch set on this 4 foot table at home to get an idea of what I have. I'll actually have a 6ft table at the site. There are still several handmade items I have to figure out displays for. Here's some more detail....

My biz cards will be displayed in this thing-a-ma-jiggy I made. A candlestick & vintage bowl adhered with E6000. I have made a couple different styles of these to hold my stuff...such as this next mini-stand which is made from a vintage saucer & candlestick. Don't my new recipe cards look oh-so-adorable up top there?

This larger cake stand, made from a plate & some sort of vase/compote, shows off fork easels. You've seen this one before: A drawer from a vintage butler cart holds the paint swatch notebooks which will be 'Free Gift With Purchase'--or $1.

These tags were a last minute item I wanted to add. Made from office tags, circles of red/white/cream/green papers & vintage cream/white buttons, they've been stitched on the machine! Can you tell what they're displayed on?

It's a VERY old ruler....

...just folded up with the tags tucked into it!

And I can't remember who it is that gave me this awesome idea, but I've hung the owlies from branches. I still need to fill that metal bucket with rocks so I don't have an owlie avalanche.

And here's another pic of my vintage button ring display. I've added a tier since you last saw them.

Shutters are used to display both my hoop decor & Writing on the Wall book art. Those super tall shutters in the background will be leaning on the wall behind my display. I'm imagining it covered with several pieces of book art. We'll see if I can crank out more art.

I've had this metal dish for a while. I think it has something to do with bread? It's perfect for holding my 1" buttons!

I also just realized this will be my first public appearance selling my cupcake artwork. I'm only bringing a few prints & a few sets of cupcake postcards.

I'm very excited with how everything is coming along. There's just a handful of stuff to still make & then all that un-fun stuff of pricing & packing it all away. My little crafty heart beats faster & faster as the big day approaches! My partner in crafty crime on the last day of the two-day bazaar will be my bestest pally wally Tia! I'm so excited!

And of course I'll take LOADS of pics for you to see while I'm there!

I just received a link about a really cool Christmas card idea: When you're writing out your Christmas cards this year, make out an extra one & mail it here:

****UPDATE: I was just told that the address I gave is NOT correct!! The correct address follows:

"Holiday Mail for Heroes" campaign operated by the American Red Cross.
Holiday Mail for Heroes

P.O. Box 5456

Capitol Heights, MD. 20791-5456

**ALL mail must be postmarked no later than Dec 10.

And lastly, I've been enjoying holiday tunes every day since Thanksgiving. I LOVE 'em! And I thought I'd share my newest favorite holiday song. Click HERE to listen! (Listen to it all the way through. It's so good. It's the kind of song that makes ya feel good & give you goose pimples.)