At the Farmer's Market

I was going on and on about how wonderful Fall is, and I stand by that!! But...one thing I am sad to see leave for the year is the Farmer's Market. It's really a great place for finding the produce that we weren't able to produce, and some craft pieces, as well. Unfortunately, I didn't go as often as I wanted.

But today was a glorious day, and I managed to wake up at a decent time (for Saturday, anyway), so we decided to stock up on some treats! And I am going to try to make it out there once more before it closes for the year.

Aside from sweet potatoes, turnips, acorn squash, and a little cucumber for sandwiches, I picked up a really lovely glass cabochon from Blue Swallowtail Studio. It wasn't attached to any kind of bale or chain, so I plan on wrapping it myself (I'll have pictures of the piece I bought later.) But even if you're not crafty with jewelry, I would highly recommend stopping by the BSS booth! There are some fabulous handmade jewelry pieces.

I didn't get as many photos as I wanted today, but here is a brief look at the Market.

Happy Birthday, Gandhi!

Etsy Finds: Through the Gypsy Forest

Inspired by

crisp fall

air,

crisp fall

leaves,

and

crystal clear skies...

pants by fromthefigtree

painting by rachelsstudio

photo by photosbylinda

top by ZizzyfayWear

handwarmers by KnittingArchitect

bracelet by easternsky

photo by mrshennejoyner

necklace by bionicunicorn

soap by scodiol

felted mushrooms by McBrideHouse

Happy Customer

I have been so terrible about writing here! Or not writing, I should say. But I finally have one of my big projects out of the way--for the time being, anyway--so hopefully I should be updating and sewing more!

But right now I wanted to share some lovely pictures from a lovely customer that I did a special order for recently. I think this bamboo top and pant set look fabulous on her!! They are really the perfect clothes for bellydance...and pretty much everything. (You know I love that bamboo...)

Scraps

So...I had this lovely, albeit small, ball of yarn I had spun right here. Really not enough to do anything with. But then I remembered that I also had a small brown alpaca ball and a small ball of alpaca/wool. So I made a stripey scarf! I love the color combination. I added only one button to the center of one edge, and the other edge has yarn overs all along it, so I can button it any which way.

Morning

I love my Irish Breakfast Tea...even though I haven't put the water in yet. :)

Mug by Jill Houtz of the Secret Gallery .

Nooooo!

Not rain! Not now, when Wichita Handmade is supposed to have its second ever Craft-in-Public!! :(

Can you believe the sun was shining so bright just a couple hours ago? Like when I caught this silly thing sleeping in my future garden spot:

While Kansas does have a reputation for lightening-fast weather changes--and oh yes, the pun was intended--I doubt if it will be clear enough by the time the event's to start. So instead of preparing to publicly craft, I thought I'd experiment with some "business cards". I love it when I purchase a handmade item online and the seller includes a little something extra. It doesn't even have to be anything real special, but it's always special to me if it's handmade.

So I made a few mini log plushies. I think they look cute, but some improvements could be made, as far as the process goes.