Spitting nail and in need of advice

As many of you know

I have been rolling

around in my brain abt

 selling my items at craft shows

 and opening an etsy site.

So I go and do the responsible thing 

and contact my insurance agent

to get 

Exhibitors and Vendors Insurance

What a pain in the butt!

I have now been getting

 the run around

for 2 weeks.

At first I was told that they didn't 

want to take "the risk"

but did not say what the risk

was. She resubmitted it 

and I get 

hey want to know if there

are going to be small pieces

like beads......

Well oh duh, I said I was selling

jewelry, notepads, garden spoons

windchines, embellished notebooks

I mean who sells jewelry that

doesn't have beads????

So here I sit 

waiting and pretty much

assured I will be denied

because yes

I use a lot of beads

and magnets and small

embellishments

Soooooo

Any advice?

I figure there has to be someone out 

there that insures people

at these shows 

because there are to

many of them 

and the shows require it

This is why

 I didn't want to start 

my own business. 

Things like this really 

sap my energy

and creativeness 

 know there has to

be someone who will 

insure my merchandise

I appreciate any info

that anyone can give me

If I don't find anyone

to insure me I guess my family 

will be getting fridge notepad

 for all gift giving events lol

post script:
I have been looking around
and I have found if you are
a member of the Ohio Arts and Craft Guild
(It is my understanding you don't
have to live in OH to benefit
but please check it out)
you can get reduced
rates on insurance
through your affiliation.
I will be sending my membership off
and I will keep everyone
updated on what I find
They also have many other
benes for your membership
They have a facebook
site as well:

Fridge Notepads

My first project

in my new studio
came from this inspiration
from Kristy at
Next to Heaven

I took these coasters

from the $1 bin

at Michael's

I lightly scuffed

them up
with a sanding sponge

Using my cricut 

I cut a 4in

circle using the 

craft room

 and George cartridge

I modpodged

them together

and put a layer

on top to seal 

the paper

I then took the sanding sponge
and sand with a downward motion

sanded I removes the excess
paper and seals the papers

match up the notepads

Also with cricut

I cut a rectangle

1.25 w x 1.986 h

out of scrap

paper to cover the binder clip

I also scuffed it up 

with a fine sanding sponge

glued them in place

then added

embellishments
this one is a flower button

that I cut the
 shank off of it
and glued it to
he binder clip

and added a magnet
on the back

I also cut a 6 in 

piece of ribbon

and tied it on

 to the back clip

This project will use 

a lot of your scraps

 up not to mention

those leftover 

embellishments

I will be selling these
and my next
 major decision
is whether or not
I should wrap
them in cellophane or not

the pro is it keeps them protected
The con is they are slightly obstructed

What are your thoughts
cellophane or not?

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Creative juices




It's So Very Cheri

Beauty

A while back 

I walked out side 

and saw this hawk

in my back yd

so odd to see in town

He must've seen something

he wanted for lunch

Organization

Some things

I have done so

far in the craft room

to be organized

This is a basket from

Walmart

My hsb cut the dowels
and drilled a hole in the end
so I could put these pins in

they are easy to open

when I need to take a spool off

I had bought 2 black book cases 

from Walmart 

because originally

I was going to make my lg table 

stained on top w black ends

around the edge my hsb 

nailed yardsticks

as I started to fill it 

back up I realized the stained 

top and black bookshelves

was not going to work

so on to plan b

I painted the bookshelves

heirloom white

and even though I lightly

sanded them the paint

did this weird bubble

it wasn't til the 2nd bookcase

and 5 layers 

I realized I needed to sand 

it more

and that worked

The cardboard back on the 

bookcases was flimsy

so we decided to 

put pegboard

and I could use 

it for other things

The 2 roll carts 

are from Ikea

One has scrapbooking items

the other jewelry items

so I can either roll out 

at the big table 

or over to my desk

the shelves in the desk area

were $15 unfinished from

Michaels

3 of them I had my hsb drill holes

in so I could put a dowel through

I will spray painting and cutting them

on the ends I will put glass knobs

There are both drilled and not drill

in this photo

the magnet bars came from Harbor Freight

and will be spray painted

the bar is from Ikea

I haven't completely figured

out what I want on

the shelves

and I imagine it'll

be as I use things

I will figure it out

This area was just empty

and useless

My hsb came up

with the brilliant idea 

to put shelves in here 

and they are wonderful!

I have more plans

for up there 

One is to get better lighting

We plan on track lighting

over the desk area

and a fancy light over the 

work table

Please check out the 

other craft room posts

here

here

here