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[you fill in the blank] hi all. so it's pretty embarassing that i haven't blogged in almost a year although i have some pretty good excuses. since my last post i have lost my job, started a new company and have seen my parents go in and out of hospitals. i wish i have had more time to craft this past year. but i have committed to two craft shows this holiday season so that will force me to get my act together! stay tuned for details!

3 down, one more to go

last night, was the 3rd of 4 craft shows that i am participating in this season. this show was held at my office during one of our 'friday @ 4:30' (aka 'beer-thirty) events. i had the privilege of organizing the first craft show (at least since i've been working there) that we have held at the office and i believe it was a wonderful success, if i don't say so myself. it was great to see what my co-workers create in their spare time. although i was too busy (with selling my own wares + shopping) and too distracted to take photos of the event, i will leave you with a photo of a beautiful felted flower pin created by loree, who works in the marketing department at my office.

my next and (thank goodness) my last show of the season will be at p:ear. i will be joining my friends next sunday, december 14. please stop by and introduce yourself!

hi from harvest moon bazaar

my friend, yuwen and i are here on location in boring, oregon at the harvest moon bazaar. so far everyone is super nice (volunteers insist on helping you unload your car) and there has been a fair amount of customer traffic. below are a few photos of our booth. if the photos look dark, well that is because it is dark in our cave, i mean, booth.

here are yuwen's bags...

and here are my pillows and zipper bags.







if you just happen to be in boring, oregon (don't worry we're not holding our breath) stop by and say hi - we are here until saturday at 1pm. happy friday!

makin' pil-lows

it's craft rabbit central at my home because i signed up for my first two craft shows next month. the first on november 9 is crafty wonderland. i am actually sharing a table a few of my co-worker/crafty peeps. we formed a group called the limbo collective and there will be 5 of us selling our wares. if you are able to attend crafty wonderland, please say hi and introduce yourself, we will be the 3'x3' table with a mountain full of merchandise! we haven't figured out how we are going to fit everyone's goods in the limited space that we have, but we'll make it work!

the second show is the harvest moon bazaar on november 13-15. i will be sharing a space with another one of my co-workers, yuwen. our space will be twice the size of crafty wonderland and it's a 3-day long bazaar so i need to make alot of inventory! below are a few photos of my process and a preview of some of the things that will be at the show(s). well, back to work for me!

work in progress

next month my youngest niece will be turning one. we agreed to host the party at our house to give my sister a break from her on going entertaining. but secretly, [ok not much of a secret anymore] i just wanted an excuse to craft up some girly decorations for my sweet little niece, colette.
i have seen everyone and their dog make these cute fabric flags and now i finally have an excuse to make them! the fabric is vintage amy butler from her gypsy caravan collection.

i also made 54 feet of garland with paper circles and picot ribbon...it doesn't get any girly-er than that! the paper is also from amy butler.
also on the party to-do list are these pom poms or these cute paper flowers. i'm just getting started...

rabbit travels.

my husband, shawn has recently been doing quite a bit of business travel to dubai. although i have not been to dubai (and i am in no hurry to get there), we had the opportunity to go to rome and florence, italy this past july after he had been in dubai for 3.5 weeks. i am always blown away at the history and culture in europe. this was shawn's first trip to italy but was my first trip to rome (i went to florence and venice back in '91). it was great to see a visit a new city for the first time together. below are some photos from our trip.


our hotel room at hotel condotti...

via del condotti from the spanish steps...

lunch at canova tadolini...

short rabbit at piazza navonna...

we came across this modern floral arrangement in a hotel lobby during one of our evening strolls...

a cool quilling window display at fabriano ...

colosseo...
food on display at mercato centrale in florence...

campanile di giotto...

beautiful stone floors inside the duomo...
crowds walking along ponte vecchio...
sprial stairway as you exit the vatican museo... proscuitto and melon appetizer at ao roma...

and the pantheon.

project swing bag

i made the insane offer to make 11 bags from amy butler's swing bag pattern for a dear co-worker of mine, carrie. she gave these bags as gifts to her 'sista friends' as she called them. i committed to this project months prior, but little did i know i would have a huge deadline at work and be traveling the day prior to the weddding. there is never just one deadline at a time, they always seem to be grouped in threes...hmm. i guess that's life for you.

carrie got married july 26th at the chinese garden here in portland - she was the most beautiful bride. i am sad that i missed it but i was en route to rome (more on that later) to meet my hubby, shawn, who had been in dubai for 3.5 weeks prior.

photography by evirm icoz