Yes, it is July . . . but a day was spent taking inventory of my "wares" . . . the tags, ornaments, cards and assorted items I market annually at the November O'Tis a Festival in Norwich. I counted and sorted and thought about what I want to spend time making for this year. An ever-changing list was begun . . . decisions, decisions . . .
A few things from last year . . . . I pack and transport the goods in fabulous cardboard suitcases I found at Michael's several years ago. They work perfectly . . . I just open the lids and everything is pretty much ready for viewing.
The case seen below holds flat paper goods . . . note cards, bags, tags, and flash card banners. A few new Christmas stamps arrived in that brown truck so my popular tag selection will expand a bit this year. With the coloring book phenomenon in full swing, I'm thinking of adding some "color it yourself" tags to the mix.
A second case carries paper ornaments including embossed and glittered partridge-style birds, ice skates, and little dresses folded origami-style from dictionary, sheet music, maps,and text pages. Silhouettes of men, ladies, and a Sherlock style fellow are stamped on book and school register pages in a black card stock frame.
More ornaments in the third case . . . embellished sheet music angel wings, a glass ball ornament with a little tree and glittery snow, and some half globes with snowy scenes of deer, trees and a cabin. The gift bags with tags keep these from shifting around.
The final suitcase holds "objects," including a variety of wooden spool ornaments. There are also bottle brush trees in or on various containers or spools in the snow globe theme popularized by Anthropologie several seasons ago. I've also been collecting little vehicles and plan to add Matchbox style cars/trucks carrying little trees to the 3-D selection.
Although it's in the 80's outside, the Christmas spirit is moving along inside, worked in around the golf schedule!
Cheers!
S.
