Market Mondays?

Mix It Up Mondays just isn't working for me.  Even when I do make a new recipe, remembering/having time to snap pictures seems to be an issue.  Furthermore, in light of some resolutions, I'd rather not focus so much on food this year--at least for now.

 Making the move to Market Mondays

I've mentioned that my biggest goal this year is to create a private "market" for family and friends.   I searched like crazy, btw, for creative names but I kept coming back to the word "market", like our local farmer's market and it seems to have stuck.  

Really, I think a favorite part of my vocation is being able to make gifts for others.  First of all, I'm practical and it's one of the ways that's allowed me to be a stay-at-home mom.  But I do love it.  Lucky, lucky me!  

I wish you could see this hat as the pic doesn't do it justice. 

Doesn't making gifts for others make you really appreciate the time and love put into any hand-made item? 

 [ooh, there's a reminder to finish part 4 of my series.  It's about time!  

I mean, yes, it's time I finish it but, no, the subject is time!]

  

I have a real passion for hand-made, and I wish we all had more access to buying that way.  The way I see it:  we all need to make purchases for us and for our home.  We also all buy gifts.  Why not encourage buying hand-made by offering some of my own items--that I love to make anyway--to family & friends? 

And, maybe eventually on etsy but for now, for ease & convenience, I'm sticking to local.

To help me stay on track, I'm hoping to post new items/projects every Market Monday.  At the very least, I'll show my progress.  I've created a blog for family & friends to browse but now I need to fill it with items!  "Open" date?  By the end of January.  Earlier, if possible.  

Below is a random list I've "sketched out" as a start but we'll see where creativity takes me once I head back to my sewing room after the holidays--that's probably tomorrow!  As always, I'll be constantly watching for new ideas from other bloggers and maybe even come up with a few on my own.

1)       Quiet Art Packet (U-Create)

2)      Coffee Cozy

3)      Lunch Tote or Knitting bag (Pink Penguin; also In Color Order)

4)      Table Runners

5)      Corded fabric bowls

6)      Business Card Holder (Crafty Cupboard)

7)      Scarves, hats, mittens, socks

8)      Dish Scrubbers

9)      Knitted Dish Cloths

10)   Cel Phone Cozy/Holder (Fairy Face Designs)

11)   Pumpkin 2X4’s / Fall Decor (Pocket Full of Pink)

12)   Hot Pads (pumpkin, etc) (Stitched in Color)

13)   Home Made Vanilla & labels (Whipperberry)

14)   Menu or Calendar—magnetic on galvanized backing (Heartland Paper)

15)   A Rooster to Crow About (sewing.org)

16)   Trays & Tray Mats (Missy Mac Creations)