Exciting News

Well we finally did our first craft show! It was exhausting and I'm glad it's over and I'm glad we made ourselves do it.  While we didn't do awesome we did better than I thought we would.  The show was filled with a lot of looky-lous that weren't buying much of anything from any booth.  We did, however, receive good feedback and recognition for what we had.  Here are some pictures of our booth set up:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/166933942/repurposed-horse-shoe-jewelry-hanger

https://www.etsy.com/listing/166864190/vintage-deer-antlers-8-point-mounted

On another exciting note we have changed our Etsy shop name from Emma Beans and More to Whimsical Revival.  We are looking to kind of redirect our focus.  While we will still have vintage items we're going to start incorporating more repurposed/upcycled items as well as more handmade items.  We're also going to get more into social media more so that means a facebook page and hopefully more consistent blog posts.

Our First Craft Show

Saturday the 19th will be our first craft show! We're excited, nervous, and a little stressed; just hoping all of our hard work will pay off.  Here are some - certainly not all of the things - we're going to take will take more pictures of things soon and photos of our actual set up on the day (and sorry some of these photos are kind of dark - I took some of them at like 5am):

Hoop Art

Fabric Button Earrings

Pom-Pom Garland

Fabric Buntings

Monsters

Vintage Hankie Bunting

 

Vintage Earring Necklaces

Doily Bunting

Bow Tie Garland

Can you tell bow ties are my new obsession?! These fabric bow ties are so fast to make and their possibilities are endless. Turn them into hair clips, pins, necklaces, accessorize shoes for her or make some for the guy in your life or for your dog's or cat's collar.  I decided to turn 6 into some garland and I love it!

I was going to make my own tutorial for the bow ties, but I didn't have anyone to help me take pictures while I did the steps. Here's a tutorial I found that made them the same way I did. When I looked online they're all about the same so go here if you need some help making the bow ties: bow tie tutorial

The fabric I cut out for my bow ties was about 5inches by 10inches.

After you make all your bow ties (I made 6) you'll need some string and a needle. I used cotton crochet thread and a tapestry needle. The needle's eye was larger than a sewing needle and was easier to get the thread through.

Thread the needle and go through the one corner of the bow tie, down through the middle, and the through the other corner. Repeat.

When you're done, tie a knot on each side of the string. One knot close to the bow tie so they don't slide off and one knot at the very end so the string doesn't fray.

Hang and enjoy! (:

I put this little guy on the shop find it here https://www.etsy.com/listing/152907485/bow-tie-garland-fabric-handmade-ready-to