Taylor Street Market

Saturday was Taylor St Market and it was super wonderful! Honestly, the best craft/vintage market I have ever been to. Ok, the only one I have been to, but it was such a good mix of vendors. Perfectly vintage and handmade, who knew all of these fabulous people were in Reno.
It was alot of work getting everything up and running for the market.

Printables...garlands...displays... Oh my! I even made my own tablecloth. My biggest challenge was making stands for the garland to hang on. Luckily, Ms. Emily from Pickled Tink, set me up against a chainlink fence.

What a brilliant and thoughtful idea! Thank you, Ms. E! I promised my hubby that I wouldn't buy anything, and I made good, aside from some to die for almond cookies with frosting made by Bloom and some delish chocolate chip cookies by Bash. Yum! I did trade with my new friend Ms. Ashley for the cutest windchime made from vintage silverware. LOVE!
I wish I had taken pics of all the vendors, aka some new friends, but these ladies are on etsy, and I am so telling you all about them when I get home. Here is one more pic from the market taken from my phone (better pics later, promise!)

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Ironing Tricks and Cowboys + Rat Rods

Hope you had a lovely weekend! I didn't get nearly as much done as I would have liked for the Taylor St. Market (four days away! eek!) We went to a car show on Saturday, the boys' first ever.  I am biased, but every lady there thought my cowboys were the cutest ever! 

Now for a party trick, er...ironing trick. I hate ironing because I can never get all the wrinkles out.  I love you mom, but I don't think you knew how to iron.  Or if she did, she never showed me.  I have been doing my own ironing since I was 8.  Ok.  Only ironing when I had to, but still...  I might have ironed more if I knew this trick.  Disclaimer: I am probably the last person to learn this trick. 

INTRO:  I was chit chatting with the ladies at the yardage shop while purchasing my fabric.  I am going to make a floor length tablecloth for the folding table in my fair display. Folding tables are ugly, and I didn't like those poly-whatever they sell for trade shows.  I'm a girl who loves a straight stitch, and it's been months since I have sewn from a pattern anyways, so why start now? Exactly! Anyhoo, back to the story.  The ladies and I were discussing my bad ironing and they said "use a squirt bottle with water to get the wrinkles out." D-U-H  Holy cannoli, can it get any easier?  I always loved that squirt feature on the iron, but hated that I would use all my water for the steam function.  This trick works wonders for muslin, which has a knack for wanting to stay wrinkled.  So, there you have it.  A trick you probably knew anyway, or if you didn't...shhhhhh...I won't tell.

Larger, Fluffier Garland...oh my!

I have been working with a bride for her custom order of garland.  Ms. Melany suggested a larger width, so when you see the garlands together it they would be visually interesting. What. A. Fantastic. Idea.  My friend Ms. Bina, also mentioned that she was picturing the garland fluffier. My original inspiration was for crepe paper streamer style garland, where you can see the twists.  I am still new at this.  I am learning as I go.  I think both together is totally fabulous!

This new guy is 3" in diameter, and I increased the ruffle so its a bit fluffier.  The larger size accentuates the fluffy.  See the pics of it compared to the smaller 2" size.  Lovely. 

I have only made samples of this guy, but will definately have it at the Taylor Street Market.  Which I am a "sneak peek" for the fair here. 

Nella Designs

I LOVE this! I NEED this! er...these?!

Custom Silhouettes by Nella Designs
Super cool, you can choose from generic silhouettes or she even makes them out of your OWN photos, two boys in cowboy boots coming right up...

I Heart Garland

Sorry ladies, I have been so crazy busy that I have neglected to share some of my faves from etsy.  Did you miss them?  I have determined that I really need to have more parties just for the heck of it, just so I can use all of these pretty little garlands!

I saw this last week, and didn't click into it until today.  I was thinking, "what an awesome idea, so pretty and so simple, so martha..." So I clicked in today to get the links and boom - it says "as seen in Martha Stewart Weddings"  OF COURSE!  Lovely! Kuddos to dsharp!

I love buttons too, check out this cool paper garland.  I wish I had it for the baby shower! Blue Graph Paper and Paper Button Garland from packagery.

I have seen this seller all over the blogosphere... I love her pictures against a blackboard.   LOVE!  How incredibly creative. Love the flower garlands, made from fabric. Juicy Fabric Flower Garland from PrettySwell.

I am really loving the vintage pennant shape on bunting lately.  The classic triangle is awesome, but this is pretty darn cute.  I have been toying with the idea of doing a bunting sign for Taylor Street Market next weekend, and I think this shape (way bigger of course) would be pretty in muslin for my sign across the front of the table.  I love the colors! Pretty Party Bunting C from paperklipdesign.

I am a sucker for hearts. Its one of those things that I grew into (as my former anti-girly teenage self growls) and I now squeal in delight.  Wierd, I know.  It happens, I guess it could be worse.  I made a red felt heart garland for Valentines Day, I wish it was this cute.  red love garland by deardesire (love the shop name!)