Crafty Excursion and my New Scissors!

Hi Friends! A couple of weeks ago, I had a fun filled day with my sister out in her neck of the woods. We hit up crafty locations, book shopping (my favorite), and had a pretty cute lunch. 

I've always wanted to check out The French General out in Los Angeles, so that we did! It has been a dream of mine to see her store, and it did not disappoint!

The French General Store

The French General is a wonderful company that sells antique french goods, ephemera, beads, jewelry findings, fabric, she also has published books out there as well.

An hour and a half later my sister and I emerged with wonderful pieces to make jewelry, french badges, and paper crafting items. I can't wait to get started on the earrings from one of the kits I purchased!

My Goodies from French General

We had lunch at a wonderful farm-to-table cafe in old town San Gabriel near the Mission called Alexandras Table. She makes delicious fresh seasonal sandwiches, salads, and soups, french press coffee, and delicious cookies and such.

Alexandra's Table

Did I mention how cute this place is too? It's decorated with cheery colors, and she also sells gourmet foods there as well.

 

Gourmet Foods and Goods for Sale

Pretty Tabletop Decor

I loved this soup - Zuchinni and Potato Soup. Yummo!

Zucchini and Potato Soup

 

Book shopping finds - antique and new. I'm currently reading Susan Branch's new book - A Fine Romance and I'm in love with this book!  It's basically her diary of her trip to England. I highly recommend this one. A New England Nun and Other Stories is a funny one. Basically about women who sew and drink tea all day (hmmm.. sounds familiar). 

Antique and new books

When I got home, I received my Japanese scalloped pinking shears!!! I've searched high and low for these darn scissors. Unfortunately, these are not available in your average craft or sewing shop. Sure there are scrapbooking scalloped scissors out there, but not ones for fabric. I found them on Etsy, and sadly, this was the only pair the seller had. You can find more made from Germany and such just by searching on Etsy for Scalloped Scissors.

Scalloped Scissors

What am I gonna do with these you ask - everything and anything! These will add a cute girly touch to some of my projects. Wait and see!!


See you real soon!

CreamCraft

A Little Friend for a Friend and a Sneakpeek

Hello Friends! During the holidays, I handmade dolls for my little friends as gifts. I have twin nieces, so of course, I made them twin dolls. In this case, this doll is for my childhood friends cute daughter Ayla. Here she is...

Little Friend Doll

Little Friend Doll

I love making dolls, so I decided to make limited edition "Mori Girl Dolls". What the heck is a Mori Girl you ask? Well if you look it up on Google, it's the "Japanese Girl of the Forest Style". Huh? Yes, I'm kinda obsessed with anything and everything Japanese (all the fabric used in my bags, yep Japanese).It's pretty much a cute, girly, sometimes grandma chic style. This is a style I follow and frankly, my husband says I'm weird, but hey I like it and I'm gonna stick with it. I'm still toying with the design, but I want them to have a cute outfit, leather boots, and a satchel of some sort. 

Mori Girl Dolls and Mini Pincushions

I'm also designing new bagettes, cross-body bags with a tablet insert, and cute mini pincushions.

Ideas for New Bags

Don't forget to stop by Earth Cookie Creations for my little bagette give away. I think it ends today.

See you real soon!

CreamCraft

Happy New Year and a Friendly Giveaway from Earth Cookie Creations!

Hello dear friends! It's been awhile since my last post. I hope you had a wonderful holiday. The holidays were crazy, but fun fun fun! I had to sew a bunch of gifts, cook and bake, wrap presents,family parties..whoosh! I'm sad it's over but excited for what the New Year 2014 will bring! I have some new ideas for my shop and I'm gearing for the Spring Vintage Marketplace in March (fill you in on the details later).

My Handmade Christmas Tree

Dolls I made as present for my little friends

On another note, my dear friend Jessica, over at Earth Cookie Creations is having a sweet posting about me and my store with a give away from me! I met Jessica from The Vintage Marketplace about a year or two ago. It was friends at first sight! She always seems to have the exact thing I'm looking for at her booth.  She is an awesome person, and gave me and my sister the boost to participate in TVM. Go check her out:

 

I hope to post a vignette of ideas for my upcoming spring product line in about a week. See you real soon! 

Best wishes,
CreamCraft

The Vintage Marketplace Recap

Hello friends! Just a little recap from The Vintage Marketplace last weekend to share with you. I'm only posting now because I'm still recovering from its aftermath! My craft lab barely got reorganized, and I just started my Christmas shopping!

So here we go:

Our booth - Cream Cottage Chic

Cream Cottage Chic

Array of vintage goods

Handmade Goodies - Pin Cushions, Tissue Pouches, Cute Birdhouses, Leather Hair Bows

Array of Handmade Bags

Vintage Postcards, Herb Markers, Vintage Goodies

Our Little Information Center

Me and my sister in action!

Here are some other great booths at the show:

Booths!

Earth Cookie - We heart Earth Cookie!!!

The Shabby French Home - Our wonderful neighbor

Cute booth (but I don't remember the name!)

Adorable glass door display!

The Vintage Marketplace Photo Booth

The Vintage Marketplace Photo Booth - Isn't this just too pretty?

Me and my sister had a blast! This was our first time ever participating at a show. We didn't even know how to assemble our booth, but luckily our dear friend Jessica from Earth Cookie helped us out. Friday was fun, Saturday rained all day (but hey it felt like camping!), Sunday was sunny and beautiful. We made great new friends and had fun with the best customers we could have hoped for.  It was such a wonderful experience that we are going to participate at the next Spring Vintage Marketplace in March (details coming soon)!!!

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It's Here It's Here!

Today is setup for me and my sister at The Vintage Marketplace!Boy are we nervous and excited too. This is our first ever show where will both be selling vintage wares, furniture pieces, handmade goods, and Christmas goods.If you want to stop by, it starts tomorrow December 6 and ends Sunday, December 8 (our booth will only be there Friday and Saturday). 

Here's more of what I will be selling:

Pin Cushions made with Vintage Honey Cups

 

Large Cross Body Bags

Array of Tissue Pouches

Leather Bow Hair Clips

See you real soon!

CreamCraft

Christmas Time in the Lab!

So I've been MIA for the past couple of weeks, but I have a good reason! I've been gearing up for "The Vintage Marketplace" Christmas edition. It will be held December 6th-8th,2013 in Fallbrook. Me and my sister will have a booth "Cream Cottage Chic", along with other lovely vendors selling vintage and handmade goods. You can find more information here.

My lab definitely looks like Santa's workshop, but sadly, I'm the only elf working. I'm busy sewing multiple bags and have been non-stop for the past couple of weeks while I blast my Pandora Christmas station in the background. 

Here is what I've been working on:

Medium Size Cross-Body Bags

Little Bagettes

I must admit, I'm exhausted and my craft lab looks like a bomb went off! My goal is to have at least thirty bags or so, but I don't know if I can make it! I'll try and have a few posted up in the shop later this week. See you real soon!!

The Vintage Marketplace

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CUTE BAGETTES AND TOTES

I made a cute tote bag for my friend Emily. She's going on a tropical vacation (take me with you please) and wanted a roomy bag.

I used Yuwa Japanese fabric that I purchased in Tokyo. It has 2 front pockets and 1 inside pocket. I created a gusset on the bottom so the tote is roomy enough to take with you on the airplane, beach, or shopping. Have fun Emily!

The Emily Bag

Here is a small bagette I made using Cosmo fabric from Japan. You can view details here. The next version will have a leather flap. I love working with leather and hopefully will be using more of it on my bags.

Cute Little Bagette

Thanks for stopping by!

CreamCraft