Craft Fair Conundrum

A couple weeks ago, I did a craft fair.

I hauled most of my stuff there, 

and sat down and waited for the money shower to begin!

I mean, I had holiday stuff.

I had tissue holders for stocking stuffers or Hanukkah gifts.

I had quilts that ranged from tiny...

to big.

Unfortunately, the money shower was only a trickle, 

and I made (after my table fee) only...

...$39.00.

However, my booth mate?

Yeah, the patrons made it rain for him 

like he was a girl in music video.

So I think that's my last craft fair for a while.

It was a lot of work to make just $39.00.

Instead I'll keep focusing on my Etsy shop.

The beauty of Etsy is someone can type in the search engine, for example,

"nerd geek baby quilt"

and there it is, in my shop!

People don't usually have something so specific in mind when they hit a craft fair.

But through the beauty of the Wide Wide World of Web,

someone who needs exactly the right quilt for a 

friend/sister/co-worker

can find that online.

"Omigod!  A Kawaii Kitty Quilt!"

So I'll be doing virtual craft fairs for the foreseeable future.

Put On The Brakes, Christmas People!

Last week, when NOVEMBER had barely begun, driving home

I 

saw 

THIS:

Okay, it was actually only three of those giant balloony Santas and reindeer,

but I was gobsmacked.

I hadn't even taken down my Halloween decorations!

(This is just a portion of my Halloween decorations, y'all.  I go nuts for Halloween.)

Look, I've become resigned to the fact that celebrating/decorating for Christmas

is getting pushed farther and farther back.

(I have no idea why the people are so tiny and Santa so huge.  

Just go with the "Christmas in July" idea.)

But can we please at least wait until 

after Thanksgiving 

before putting up the indoor tree and outdoor blinky lights?

I myself handled the transition between the two holidays 

by stacking up my leftover, uncarved pumpkins,

and covering them with a string a white Christmas lights.

It feels kinda Thanksgiving-y with all the pumpkins, no?

And I'll be able to leave those lights up through January 1st.

It's the Lazy Martha way of dealing with decorating for the holidays.

Shorty Post

(I'm getting ready for a craft fair tomorrow, 

so I only have time for a short post.)

I used my birthday money for a new camera to replace my flaking-out one.

I was not aware that the new Canon PowerShot A800 came with an "arty" setting.

Evidently, I pushed that button.