On The RoAd AGaiN..........

There is never a time that we are not busy, but this time of Year is CrAzY BuSy!  I LoVe this Job.....but, it's hard to keep up with.  

Jess and I  design and make almost ALL of our pieces which takes alot of time.  After many sleepless nights  (most of my designing is in my sleep) we then have to find treasures to use. (mostly ViNtagE).....We DO have SevEral PicKers that HelP us.  Thank GOD for them!  

 

We are only HomE about 3 or 4 days a week.  In that time we work on products to sell in between household stuff that needs done too.  We then pack it all up and Off we go to the next show.......Yes, I do consider us GyPsiEs......but nice GyPsiEs! 

Once we get to where we are going.....we unload from 2 Large VehicLEs.  We have a lot of DisPlay and.... Of course a lot of FabriC.  This is all part of marketing our product.  

 

This is a portion of our booth space at "Spoon River Drive" this last weekend.  It takes us about 4 hours for this kind of booth.  Some of our shows we work 8 to 10 hours just setting up.  We do what we can the day before and finish up the day of the show.  I LOVE staging our BoOth! 

This time of year we have more fun accessories like scarves, gLoves, fuRrY thiNgs EtC. 

One of our Pretty Ladies in a pretty Hat!

ZeLdA......weaRing a Head Wrap.

 

We were inside a Big Circus Tent.  I guess you could say we built a house in a house!

I LOVE ViNtAge StuFf.

It's fun to see our customers enjoying our things too!

 

We truly do enjoy all of you who like our designs and items we personally pick out to sell with our pieces.

We are fortunate and blessed to have the talent it takes to make this

business work and be able to do something we love for our income.  We have made the choice not to punch a 9 to 5 time clock (and be counting the minutes to get off of work) for being a free spirit and doing what we LOVE.

 

I know we both work longer hours....have sore muscles....get up way to early.....But wouldn't trade it for anything else!  It's awesome to look forward to what you do!!!!

 

Thanks for following us.........

PeACe,  LOvE,  JeWeLrY 

XXOO  Tjody

 

This weekend we will be again at Spoon River Drive in Farmington, Il @ Farmington West under the Big Tent.

Give Aways..............

Hey There to EVERYONE who checks in on our Blog.....We announced last week that we want to grow our Face Book Page.  So, we are asking for yOuR HeLP!   We HAVE set a goal to reach 500 Friends by NeW YeARs.   

In order to DO that we want You to Share our LiNk with your friends asking them to LIKE our page.  After they Like it they need To comment that YoU sent them.  We will put your NaMe in as many times as you are MeNtioned!!   Plus, They can PLay too!

Why should you do THIS?   Well.....

• We will post where we will be every month.
• We will keep you posted on WhAts NEW!
• We will offer pieces for you to get FIrst CHanCe at.
• We can give you ideas on what YOU can do.
• WE will be giving things away......( 1 dozen scarves,  to 1 person who has their name drawn ....the first week of Oct. )  so have YOur nAme IN as Many tImeS as PoSSiBle!
• We will keep on GiVing through the FaLL Season, because we are ThANKfuL......and

We are JUST PlaiN NICE....

Anyway, we were at"Third Sunday Market" in Bloomington Yesterday and have a good following from there.  Here are a few pics of our Booth.........

We were Busy all day long.....Thanks!

A little hard to see in this picture...... she has a spider on her neck.

A cute little display piece I found at Hobby Lobby.  Expensive piece but what can I say??????

That will be all for NoW......till next time......

PeAce  LOve  JeWeLRy!

XXOO   Tjody

Way BUSY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a fun weekend it was at Kane County!  We could hardly leave our booth!  Saturday the weather was "HOT" but, the heat never stops "our" girls from coming out.  Sunday was a beautiful fall like day  (we even wore a jacket) ...and EVERYBODY was out and about! 

We made many of our charm necklaces as usual.   (I tried to take a few pictures when I could.)   Also, our one of a kind prism necklaces and belt buckles sold well.    Notice I said "our" prism necklaces?   I say that because we've started seeing them being made by others......who copy us.    Oh, well this is nothing new......just gives us more spark to keep coming up with "NEW"

things for you....our customers!

Heres a look at some of our ladies and their new necklaces!

 (some are hard to see but you can get the idea)

  Mary and Keri bought long necklaces this time.    

(I know that Keri has a few!)

Farah put a little mirror on her chain with a pink ribbon, key and initial.

Debbie had her soldered initial with some crystal baubles.

This is Char.

  She also used a soldered initial as the center piece.

Jan used several pieces.....mixing textures which makes

an interesting necklace!

Betty and Zoie (I love that name!)  made a simple collage.  

Cute!!!

Thanks ladies for letting us post your pictures and contributing to a great show for us.   Please share this with your friends as we are trying to grow our Blog!!! 

Until next time.....we will be working on new things for you.

XXOO

Tjody  

 

     

Looking for some "TREASURES"

This last Saturday and Sunday Jess and I went to The Riverside Flea Market in Grafton, Il.  It's a small show for us compared to all the others we do. However......after the big one we just got done with, it was an easy show and it gave us the opportunity to look for things we could use.  I am STILL looking for vintage 

TINKER TOYS!!!!

This market is inside an old boat marina right off of the river.  It gets a big crowd because of  "The Loading Dock" http://www.graftonloadingdock.com/  

Our booth was right inside the door so we had a great breeze off the River.  This is Jess walking early in the morning before people were there. (she will be happy to see her picture ha ha!)

What a gorgeous weekend it was!

This was a cute booth inside.

I wanted this bed for a display piece but was reminded I had no more room to haul this around.

They say....

One man's junk is another man's treasures. Who wants this?  Not me!

 

This was my big purchase this weekend.  Bags of beautiful doilies.  Some of these I will hand dye and they will become part of a scarf.  I made some last year....they sold really fast!  This past year I have been collecting these so I can make more.  I will post some pictures of them another time when they are done.  

As always I am looking forward to "Kane County"  this weekend.  This show....... I could fill a semi with my finds!  It's a good thing I don't have one cause I'd be broke. 

We will be in the "Rabbit" building... booth 8 and 9 this time down on the other end......Hope to See YOU there.

XXOO  Tjody

A few Pictures from "The Festival of the Little Hills"

I forget from show to show sometimes how hard it is to leave our booth to take pictures.  Especially at Festivals where there are sooo many people!   Here are just a few pic's from the Festival of the Little Hills.

 We hung this chandelier up in our booth, it gave off good light and set the mood.......it's kinda  hard outside to look your best so we do whatever we can!

A few shoppers in our booth....

This was a beautiful courtyard across the street from our booth.

I love this old home and it's yard.

This next week we will be at Grafton, Illinois near the Loading Dock.  Hope to find some cool vintage pieces for our next project!

XXOO   Tjody 

Historic St. Charles Mo.

We are looking forward to this weekend!  Whats going on?  "The Festival of the little Hills" in St. Charles Mo. 

  We prepare all year long for this one.  It is usually really  hot and humid...sounds good doesn't it?  For us....we need to be in pretty good shape being able to withstand the weather and long show hours.   I try every year to loose as much weight as I can just for this show!!!!   (I didn't have great success this time but that's a whole other story)  Anyway, for everyone else who attends...it's not too bad.  They have many air conditioned places to go into like cute little shops and restaurants!

There are many vendors on Main St. and Frontier Park.  It is a juried show so they do hand pick their artisans.  I always have enjoyed "Christmas" shopping here because there are sooo many GOOD BOOTHS!  Many of our Customers are "Christmas" shopping too!  Can you believe it's only 4 months away?

Anyway,

after the show I will post some pictures of my favorites.  As for our customers, we can't wait to see you. We are both working night and day all week, (right up to Fri. morning) for new things just for you.  Mention this blog for a discount off of your purchase!!!!   See you This Weekend....

XXOO  Tjody   

A few "New" things....

I am so happy "Fall" is upon us!  After each show we work ALL week making new things for upcoming shows....lots of Fun Festivals with sooo many people! 

Here are a few things we did this week.

These are made from Vintage Neckties....wear them in your hair or as a brooch.  How cute on a denim jacket!

Headbands full of Vintage Jewels!

We have more things I will post later....

Now we are off to Mendota for The SWEET CORN FESTIVAL!

XXOO  Tjody