SALES, SALES, AND MORE SALES!!!

It is back to school time and the Schooling at Home Etsians are busy planning for the school year and running sales in their Etsy shops. Check them out!

Free Shipping and more. Details at Ocean Breeze.

I have a few feed sack purses on sale now! Come and see...

ginnymae/handcrafted at wit's end



To celebrate the second etsy-versary of farmgirldesigns, we are offering FREE SHIPPING to the U. S. on any item in our shop from August 13-16. Farmgirldesigns features handcrafted jewelry and pencil drawings created by farmgirls.

Sale at Rachel's Aprons

It is time to snag that deal that you have wanted on an apron! I am clearing out the closet so take advantage while you can. Sale is good till all the apron are gone. Don't think you can use an apron? Are you a crafter? Use an apron to keep tools, glue, tape, beads. string, whatever it is that you craft with close at hand and stop losing them under it all. Like to cook? Apron pockets are deep enough that you will not have utensils falling out. Childcare worker? Keep those things close at hand.....pacifiers, tissue, wipes. Visit craft fairs? keep your reciepts, change, pens and extra pens close at hand and still have room to store some buisness cards. And of course a waitress. It was a waitress than inspired me. Aprons are marked down to $10-$13 each. Snag one as a featured item and recieve shipping free!

Back-to-School Shipping Sale at Meggy Rose Bows, .99 shipping on all orders. No minimum order required. Custom orders included in sale. Now through August 31. Featuring many boutique style hair bows, character bows, headbands, hair clips, custom orders, bottle cap jewelry, and more.



Free shipping until September 19 at Huggy Bear Knits.

Introducing Handcrafted at Wit's End

You may ask, "What exactly is Handcrafted at Wit's End?" This is how Ginneymae answered that question on her website.


"Literally? All kinds of things. It's sort of a play on words, since I refer to my home place as Wit's End Farm and I like to, uh, handcraft stuff. My main focus is totes and purses upcycled from vintage feed, seed, sugar, flour and coffee sacks.
This is nothing new, really, as resourceful mamas were doing it many, many years before I picked up my first needle and thread. They did it out of necessity - trying to reuse/repurpose something for their household or family, often making curtains, dishtowels and clothing from empty sacks. After a while the mills got wise and started making their feed sacks fancier, with all-over prints rather than just the name of the mill and the contents. I suspect there were quite a few little girls running around with "Layer Mash" bloomers! Since my own daughters would have nothing to do with that notion, I started making purses when my feed sack collection outgrew the space I had to display them. That purse evolved into the carpetbagger version that I sell the most of today. The original kraft paper pattern has since been remade on a stencil blank so it will hold up better and because I let the sacks tell me what they want to be, I will occasionally tweak the existing patterns to come up with new and different purses. Otherwise, they get made into pillows if the design or graphics are too big or too spectacular to cram into purse form!"

If you have not visited her website yet you really should, it is an enjoyable read. Then be sure to pop on over to her Etsy shop and take a look around.

And I leave you with a little more directly from her website:

"I have gotten some great exposure in Small Town Living (a pdf file) and at Napa Farmhouse 1885. Oh, and MaryJane Butters of www.maryjanesfarm.com bought one of my carpetbaggers herself and she LOVES it! Woot!

The big news is that one of my carpetbaggers will be featured in the September 2008 issue of Country Home magazine!

The bag shown at right is the actual carpetbagger that will be in the magazine!"

Introducing Cards 'n' Crafts by KLow

I am a new homeschooling mom with four little blessings, ages 1 to 6. Like most I am a busy mom with lots to do each day, but thank the Lord for all He has given me. My cardmaking and crafts are a bit of a creative outlet for me that I enjoy doing when I have some time to myself. My mother is a skilled craftswoman who has taught me to love finding new endeavors in crafting of all kinds.

You may see everything from knitting and crocheting to cardmaking to small sculptures in my shop. My inspiration comes from the outdoors, my children, and the daily routines of a stay-at-home mom.


















Come check out my shop and see all I have to offer including my new line of "Sunday Dresses", a line of blank greeting cards featuring fun little dresses.