one month until the craft extravaganza!

It's going to go by in the blink of an eye. I've been really slacking with my promoting and blogging and marketing, etc etc, so on and so forth. There's so much to do in preparation for this craft fair I'm going to, that I just haven't had the time to do much of anything else! I'm thankful I have three wonderful friends who have agreed to come and help me. The craft show is December 5th, so I'm assuming after that date is over, I'll be able to get back into the swing of things.



These are the promo items I made that all of the vendors were asked to contribute for little grab bags to be handed out to customers who come to the craft fair. I have my business card, a teeny button, a little Plini head charm, and a special coupon. It's a secret!

Aside from my craft fair prepartations, I FINALLY got my website up and running. It still needs a bit of work, but it's definitely to the point now where I can show it to people and not feel the need to have to tell them "oh don't worry, I still have to fix that" "don't look at that page" "that'll look different, I'm still working on that". I have to add a few more links and fix the background...maybe rearrange my little gallery page. But I'm really happy with it! Thanks to Lou, of course, for all of his help and patience with my dumb questions about html and ftp.

http://www.jamieferraioli.com

Time management...

...I have none. Has it really been a week since my last post? Yes, indeed it has. But I have excuses! I've been knee-deep in custom orders galore, plus Lou's sister had to go and have a college graduation party 2.5 hours away this past weekend which I {of course} had to attend. Say goodbye to 1.5 days of good ol' production time. I hate that. Don't get me wrong, I love doing things non-craft related with other human beings, but it really pushes me back seeing as my weekends are my most productive times.

Last Thursday the most exciting thing came in the mail. My promo buttons from Promos In A Snap. They're really something. The packaging alone was so lovely, I almost didn't want to take them out. I'm really impressed with the color quality too. And a bit relieved to know that the colors on my monitor aren't too terribly off {which I had been suspecting for a while now}.


Today I was telling Lou that I was willing to put myself in more debt just so we could buy a couch that doesn't suck. This couch that we have was a hand-me-down from our old roommate, and while it looks decent, I swear to you that it is the devil. The cushions you sit on slide out from under you and before you know it you're practically sitting on the back cushions. I'm ready to duct tape the cushions in place that's how abnoxious it is.
The other day I found Lou blending into the couch, which I found a bit strange. He seems to be a fan of brown. Which might be why he sticks up for the couch when I threaten to drag it out into the street so a car can run it over.


Oh! And I found a really neat tutorial on how to make bath bombs. Earlier this week I was scouring the internet for a good bath soak to soothe my achy bones {hehe}when I stumbled on this. It even has pictures, which I love in a good how-to. Now where do I get citric acid?