Off to market...

Some of my items are that is. I shipped off 20 scarves, 20 pairs of baby booties and 6 hats to a gift show in Salt Lake City this weekend. It's at the South Towne Expo Center. I went there once several years ago to a car show. It's a nice facility.

This weekend there will be over 400 vendors. My items will be in booth #613 and possibly a couple of others as well. If you go, find booth 613 and tell them Stacey sent you. Here's the website for more info. and a $1 off coupon for admission:

www.familychristmasgiftshow.com

I took a few pics of some of the items before I shipped them off so here they are:

A small sampling of some of my scarves. I've been making these for several years now.

Recently started making these hats and love them. I'm excited that soon it will be cooling off here so I can start wearing one.

One pair of each color of the booties I sent to the show. Started making these a few months ago. They are all gift wrapped in origami boxes and tied with a bow ready for giving.

Baby Floral Cloche

I made this hat this morning for a custom order and I'm so in love with it. It's so cute. I can't wait to make some more smaller hats now for little customers.

Child Floral Hat

I'm pretty sure my mom started making this hat for me over 30 years ago and it got set to the side and never finished. It was just a few inches shy of the second row of the brim. Luckily the pattern was easy to figure out so I finished the row and added a scallopped row to finish it off.

I thought it would be cute with a flower so I modified the pattern from below and made a flower with 5 petals instead of 7 and only did two rows.

I'll have to examine the hat further and figure out the pattern. I'd like to make another one. I think it'd go pretty fast since you are crocheting with 2 strands of yarn. I remember having a hat like this when I was little. It's warmed up to the 90s again here so it's too hot to wear my hat on our evening walks now but hopefully it will cool off again soon and I'll be able to start wearing it again.

Floral Cloche

I came across this pattern quite a few months ago and fell in love. It wasn't until last week when we had a super cold day (high of 59 instead of 118) that I made it. I love it and wearing it makes me feel like I'm from another time. Wore it a couple of evenings on walks and it did a great job of helping to keep me warm.
I'll be making a few more real soon.

Pink Baby Booties

This is one of the latest batch of pink baby booties. I had enough yarn to make five pair. They come wrapped in an origami gift box and a bow. You can virtually send them to your expectant friends using my new Stacey Lyn Designs Gift application on facebook or can send them a real pair.

Crocheted Edge Baby Blanket

I love it when I finish a project. I serged this baby blanket together years ago and just got around to finishing it. My pattern book has 8 different edges. I've tried a few of them but grew inpatient with going around the entire blanket 4 or 5 times so I shortcut on this pattern to only go around twice. I just did the first and last rows and skipped the middle rows. I think it's actually better not to have a such a fancy edge with lots of holes for little fingers to get stuck in. The thread is variegated pinks & white. I used a #8 hook.
I've already started on the next one so when I get done with that in the next day or two I'll post it.

Where have I been?

I can't believe it's been over a month since my last post. So busy with so many things I haven't stopped long enough to update about what I've been doing.

For one thing, I've been having a booth at the Queen Creek Farmer's Market every Sat. from 8am - 12noon. It's a great group of people and has been a lot of fun. Each week we are growing and now that the weather has finally dipped below 100 it won't be such a scorcher and I'm sure we'll attract more visitors. I've been taking my Cookie Lee jewelry and handmade items since it's been too hot for my candles but once it cools off I'll start taking those too. Other vendors include: Fresh Homemade Salsa, Tortillas and Tamales, Fresh Veggies, Avon, Gold Canyon Candles, Sports Memorabilia, Golf Clubs, Ceramics, Crocheted Items, Tupperware, Close to my Heart Scrapbooking and more. You can even get a massage! You never know what you'll find there. So... if you are looking for something fun to do on a Sat. morning stop by. It's at the NE corner of Ironwood & Ocotillo. I'll be there every Sat. that I'm in town.

Hope to see you there!