candy colored craft and a question

hi..

here is my crafty shop update pile..
(The mushroom box bunny is in there too..)
The wee fancy boxes have tiny baskets with tiny shiny earrings in them.

Stage One will be on Monday at noon...

There will be a whole Parliament of Various Owls on Tuesday at noon...

But I need some feedback from you. I decorated the baskets and now I need to know if they should be filled up or empty in the shop.
And should they be filled for ladies or kids?
I must admit I never get a decent basket anymore, since my mom quit making mine, so I am tickled to make craft baskets for big kids...

The problem I see is that a properly outfitted basket would end up in the 35.00-45.00 range, in all likelihood. Quite a splurge. But it would be overflowing with all sorts of fantastic goodness.

Hmmm.. What do you say? Be my market research team...

Mushroom Box with Chewy Bunny Center

Springcraft!

I don't want to torture anyone but it is spring here in California. Daylight Savings and Easter are right around the corner.. my shoes are muddy. Sure, it may not last but right now it feels like it is mine to keep.

I am going mad with cute-craft and pastel colors.
Mad I tell you!
Perhaps it's the spring fever that is making me dizzy.

Wooden mushroom box was found at the thrift store..
but is was covered with weird flowers and melted on plastic bag ink...
repainted.
And I added some felted sweater grass
and a great big lady bug
and some forget me nots...

And what about the inside? A tiny bunny.

Grey and white needlefelted bunny,

with blue glass eyes.

Sally Stitch: Chapter 6: Buttonholes

Wildly, I am unable to complete anything to post.. By complete, I mean "photograph and write about anything that I am making"... And I am making stuff ( Utili-Obis, Easter baskets, Spring Bling earrings, tiny bunnies, pompom animals, Mrs. Home Maker accessories), as well as big messes. I blame my affliction du jour : Vertigo. It is minor but very distracting. I did go to the doc and it is supposed to clear up on it's own. It gets better then occasionally worse... Now, on day 11, it is quite tiresome. The computer really seems to make it more noticeable. So I have a stand in post today and hopefully something delightfully crafty tomorrow. I am planning a big shop update with Easter-y Vintage-y goodness which should happen about next week. I hope.

Until then: Buttonholes.

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