Another Surprise...Shhhhh....

Ok so it's really not a surprise...I'm having another incredible sale!! Starting June 10, enjoy 20% off everything in my shop when you enter the code YARNIE20 !!(excluding custom made items) If you are on Facebook you can sign up and read all the details HERE The best thing about this sale is that all you have to do is go to my website and shop...no crowds, pushy salespeople or long lines at the checkout counter! :-) You'll have to hurry because the sale ends June 25, 2011 so if there's something that you have your eye on now's the time to claim it! See ya there!

SALE TIME!!

***THIS WEEKEND ONLY DECEMBER 4 & 5*** Save an additional 20% off ANY item in my shop! SPECIAL IN-STORE PROMOTION Enter The Code "YARNIE20" in the code box when placing your order! THIS WEEKEND ONLY! Now's the time to grab all those goodies that you've been eyeing...but don't dawdle! Many of the items in my shop are OOAK One-Of-A-Kind and are very unique. All of my items come nicely wrapped in tissue and ribbons, ready for gift giving! Ok...ready...set...Shop Yarncoture NOW!

Craft Fair Recap...

Well, another craft fair has come and gone. The North Haven Garden center hosted its Holiday Show on December 5th and 6th and the turnout was yet again sparse. We arrived Saturday morning at about 9:15 a.m. and got a spot right at the door. It was pretty chilly outdoors but because the fair was held inside the greenhouse we kept warm and cozy.

I set up my table rather quickly as I had arranged all of my items in packing containers the day before. With all of the rushing I didn't have time to make a banner for my table, so I made sure that every item had a Yarncoture tag with pricing/sizing information. One small table held all of my spa/kitchen related items as well as my daughters' famous keychains (to which they sold quite a few), while the larger table held my hats, scarves, shawls and other miscellaneous items.

I had a quite few new items that were on display that I had not yet listed in my Etsy Shop and to my surprise, I sold a couple of them! My new head mannequin "Helga II" made her debut and definitely helped me to sell a couple of hats, one of which was a custom order that I whipped up and sold the very next day!


My daughters were with me again and they were as usual the social butterflies that they are! They hit every table and sold about 7 keychains between them. It was a wonderful experience for them as future businesswomen!

Overall, this craft fair proved to be yet again another wonderful learning experience. I got loads of helpful pointers and tips from other attending sellers and met a few new friends! Some of the wonderful shops in attendance were:

Haster's Toffee
Enchanted Frog Soap

Natures Images Photography
Karma Crochet
Hats By Millinerium
Beautiful Crochet by Modest Ambition
Alicia Colina-Ashby Designs
EBRAUNNAGEL
Cut Out And Collect Designs
Three Yellow Starfish
Eye On The Sparrow Designs
Scentsy
The Pig And The Peacock
Yoga In The Pines
Fis For Frank
JMargot Jewelry Designs
Tefi Designs
and Emma Allison Designs (who by the way, made some gorgeous earrings for my daughters!)

A great time was had by all...here's to the next show!

Etsy Twitter Team Shop Of The Week!

This week Jusshar Designs takes the spotlight as the Etsy Twitter Team's featured shop of the week! This fellow crocheter has the cutest designs in her Etsy shop and is an accomplished knitter as well "I absolutely adore making the sweater shrugs that I have listed as a custom item in my shop! I was surprised at how popular they are with brides."

Jusshar has the cutest accessories from newsboy hats to scarves to coffee cup cozies and right now she's offering 10%Off For Fans Of Jusshar On Facebook With
Free Shipping in the US and Discounted Rates for Those Outside
The US.

OverWHELMED!!

That's how I feel right now... This Saturday and Sunday Dec. 5th and 6th I will be participating in the NHG Holiday Show where I will be selling my knitted and crocheted items. I've been knitting like crazy to prepare for it, and as always it seems as if there will never be enough time to knit and crochet everything that I would like to! My two daughters will be attending the show to help keep me company as well as assist in sales. During the last month I had a wonderful custom request by my dear thread mate Dorana from the MMG BNR thread. She was in need of a wrap to wear at her upcoming wedding that would take place outdoors. I was able to create this very special wrap for her. This beautiful wrap was crocheted with a luxurious alpaca, silk and wool yarn that is extremely warm yet elegantly delicate. I then received another request from a returning customer for another Vintage Inspired Ascot Necktie in a beautiful cherry red silk-alpaca-wool I also had a couple of requests for a uniquely knitted and felted hat designed by Terri Barr in which the top is left open to let dreadlocks or braids spill out and hang down.





These hats were felted by me BY HAND! No washing machine was used because the hat felts up rather quickly and doing it by hand allows me to control the shrinkage for a perfect fit. I definitely will be adding more of these to my shop after the NHG show!