Craft Bazaar - Preparing #2

I'm still working on lots of items for the Craft Bazaar next Saturday, October 20. Here are a few things I made, if you are interested in anything let me know before the Bazaar! And as always I am able to do custom items, just send me an email (craftyweeks@yahoo.com) or message me through Etsy.

Crayon Rollup for 24 crayons - $15 (includes crayons)

Legwarmers 13.5" - $5

Legwarmers 14" - $5

Legwarmers 13.5" - $5 (front)

Legwarmers 13.5" - $5 (view of back)

Legwarmers 13.5" - $5

Legwarmers 15" - $8

Finger Paint - Washable Finger Paint Bold Colors

We finally got a chance to use the finger paint I got Adeline. I needed Alan home so that someone could take pictures!

Adeline really liked the texture of the paint and exploring the way it felt on her fingers and on the paper. It is a little too watery like the mess-free paint, but it works and didn't smear too badly.

Here are some pictures of Adeline and I playing in the paint:

After finger painting it was story time with daddy before bed.

So serious

There's a smile!

Adeline loves to read books

Eat Baby Eat Giveaway Extravaganza!

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Finger Paint - My First Crayola Mess-Free Fingerpaint and Paper

Adeline did her hand/foot prints several months ago when she was still in daycare and some of the older babies (12 months) got to do fingerpainting. I've been waiting to do fingerpaints with her and when I went to Target to pick some up, I found this - My First Crayola Mess-Free Fingerpaint and Paper. So I picked up some regular Crayola Washable Fingerpaint and a pad of paint paper along with the Mess-Free Fingerpaint.

I was so excited I decided to try it after dinner since she was already in her high chair and semi-dirty. I decided I wasn't impressed with the Mess-Free Fingerpaint and Paper. For several reasons:
1 - The pattern on the magic paper is too dull, it is not as bright as the package shows.
2 - Since the pattern is repeating, unless you paint an actual figure it just shows the the pattern. And since this product is 2+ maybe it is a little too old for Adeline, but I don't know many 2 year olds who can draw/paint actual figures and not a bunch of blobs.
3 - The paint is too watery, needs to be a bit thicker so it doesn't smear as bad and cause the blob effect. I even tried to paint a few little things with it and it looked horrible since the paint was too watery.

I have a couple recommendations to Crayola - the "paint" dries clear but isn't totally clear. Maybe it would be better to have more color to the paint so you can see where it goes down then it can dry clear. That would probably make it a lot easier on little ones to understand what they are doing. The pattern paper...I think it would almost be better to have a solid color background.

Overall I would only recommend this product to older children that can fingerpaint clear drawings (houses, stick figures, etc.), any other child would be disappointed I think in the blob effect showing just a repeated pattern.

Here are some pictures of Adeline and I playing with the Mess-Free Fingerpaint and Paper:

Hum, what's this?

That looks gross mommy!

Come on and paint daddy!

And smear paint everywhere...

Disclosure: I was not given anything or reimbursed for my review of the above product. All opinions are my own.

Craft Bazaar - October 20, 2012

I've decided to participate in a Craft Bazaar on October 20, 2012 to sell some of my wares. I've been busy busy making more things to sell, at the moment I'm not going to list new items on my ETSY site until after the show in hopes that I sell them there and no listing fees on ETSY!

So if you are in the Roanoke, VA area come on out - Emmanuel Wesleyan Church, 402 Hershberger Road, Roanoke, VA from 9am - 3pm.

I've been very blessed the past few weeks, my ETSY shop has really taken off and I've sold a few things and had a few custom orders. It would be great to make the extra income my family needs since I'm now a Stay at Home Mom to Adeline!

Here is a banner I made for my table at the Bazaar, lighting in my basement is not so wonderful...

Here are a few onsie's I made with the new Light Blue Flocked material I got this week:

This was a custom order. The customer saw THIS onsie and wanted it in blue instead.

I also got some Purple and Green flocked material and can't wait to make a few items with that as well. Thinking a green tractor and maybe a blue one too.

Wallpaper for Windows Review

A while back I won a giveaway from How to Nest for Less for a $75 credit from Wallpaper for Windows! There were so many wonderful choices it took me awhile to pick something out. Once I put up the window film I waited for awhile till I posted my review of the product.

This is the pattern I picked out:

Photo from Wallpaper for Windows

They have a great service where they will cut down the film to your exact measurements for your window. I ordered the 32x86 and had it down to 32x75 (the leave a few extra inches at the end to help with adhering that has to be cut off).

Installation for a large window like mine required two people. I didn't fully read the instructions and made a couple mistakes. So if you decide to order one of the window films read the directions carefully and follow them! One mistake I made was getting the backing wet,which is big no-no as it makes the backing stick to the film! It only got wet because I didn't read the directions carefully.

Here is what it looks like from inside my house:

 Here is what it looks like from outside (please ignore my neglected plant beds):

Overall I really liked this product. The only thing I would change would be the color of the flowers.





Disclosure: I received the item reviewed for free, but my opinions are my own.