The Glitter Workshop Dish

Vintage Find and Swag Reminder!

Finally! A little vintage find to share with you. These adorable squirrel salt and pepper shakers are up in the shop

Our anniversary ended up quite nice with dinner and root beer floats at my in-law’s house although it was pretty rough for a while after school. My kids have decided that I, and I quote “treat them like slaves” because I had the nerve to ask them to carry their laundry basket up stairs and remove their fort from our neighbors yard (neighbors I don’t even know!). Yep. We’re pretty awful. Oh, and we asked them to start washing off their own dishes after breakfast. Usually this consists of one plate / bowl, a utensil and a juice cup. My mother-in-law does make some type of magical spaghetti though, so once I told them we weren’t going to be able to go if they didn’t knock it off, things shaped up pretty quickly. They could probably eat an entire pot of her spaghetti if we didn’t make them stop!

Craftacular related, I am still taking donations for the 50 swag bags for the June 28th show. Some of you have already contacted me about this, so if you could mail it as soon as possible that would be great! I’m hoping to have the bags done by the 16th of June so this gives me just about a month to finish collecting goodies.

Remember, you do not have to be a vendor to participate! Any artist or crafter who would like to get our their card, promo, or small sample to 50 customers, media and shops is welcome to be a part of this. Simply leave a comment on here with a way to contact you, or email me at naomi@glitterworkshop.com and I will get you shipping instructions.

Thanks so much and wish me a better day today with my little slaves! Laundry is done, but they are going to have to help change their bedding…. uh-oh..

Happy Anniversary, Jerome!

I was spoiled again this morning. At the crack of dawn Jerome sneaked out to go to my favorite cafe and get me a fresh baked cinnamon morning bun and yummy cup of coffee. I made a big smoothie and had a great breakfast with the man I love.

I am slowly adding the vendors to the Craftacular page, so go take a peek at all the amazingly talented artists I will have at the High Noon on June 28th!

I also added a couple more coasters to the shop. I love this Shy Little Kitten One!

My Special Week

This is a busy busy week in our household.

It started yesterday with an absolutely perfect Mother’s Day. I received wonderful handmade presents from everyone! Here are the girls’ presents

Here’s a closeup of the gift bag Zoe’s candle holder came in

It’s a little hard to see the detail, but there is a garden gnome being sneaky with the hose, a little hedgie, an owl and a squirrel! Does this kid know me or what??

Here is my handmade gift from Jerome.

It is still a work in progress, but he is building raised beds for me! Not only will this help contain our extremely out of control yard and garden, but it is getting ever increasingly hard for me to bend and this way I can still play in the dirt this summer and grow some fruits and veggies!! We’re even going to have a strawberry patch!

My mom had gotten us a gift card to her friend’s greenhouse too so we stopped down yesterday and picked up this little lovely.

It’s a miniature lilac. It can still get 5′ high, but no where near the size of most traditional lilacs. The car smelled so yummy driving back up from the greenhouse yesterday.

I even got to eat at my favorite place on earth for breakfast yesterday, The Original Pancake House. We met my sister and her family there and had all kinds of yum including crepes with fresh strawberries and real whipped cream and thick sliced bacon.

The festivities continue tomorrow with our wedding anniversary. We aren’t doing anything special really, but I can honestly say that every day is quite wonderful since I have had Jerome in my life.

The crazy week wraps up with my birthday on Friday. I’m excited because I am getting a rain barrel! No, I actually did ask for, it’s not like when you get a blender! It will also be pretty low key with probably a cake on Thursday to share with the girls and perhaps even a mellow night at home.

On a different note, I did finally whittle away at my Craftacular applications last week and sent out notifications. It was sooo hard because there really is such a limited amount of space at the High Noon.

Here are the postcards I got printed.

Natalie (Ms. Orangy Porangy) did a fantabulous job on the design as always!!!

I did officially set a date today for the Christmas Craftacular too. I know it sounds crazy, but I really needed to set it up this far in advance to reserve the venue. The show will be held Saturday, December 6th at the Masonic Center here in town. It is going to be in the main ballroom which is absolutely gorgeous and will hold many, many more vendors. This is the same day as the Renegade Holiday Show in Chicago, and after much hemming and hawing… Jerome and I decided to go ahead and keep it this date. I will not be doing much out of town travelling with a new wee one, and really, shopping wise, we are not in competition with a show in Chicago. Our shoppers are quite loyal as are many of the vendors and I am also thrilled that I will be able to have so many more vendors who have not had a chance to be in past shows! It will be a conflict for some people, but I’m still confident that it will be a great time for vendors and shoppers. I will be getting out more info in the months to come, but if you are interested in being added to my email notification list, shoot me a message and I will get you on!

Time to scrounge up dinner! No pampering tonight…

xxoo n

Shop Update

I finally listed a few more items in the shop and updated some old favorites such as these:

Here’s a couple of the new goodies.

I was also excited to find this great picture that Make it Mine magazine took of our booth at the Craftstravaganza.

Yesterday didn’t quite turn out how I had hoped, so now I’m playing catch up.

I had been having stomach cramps for a couple days and called the doctor just to check in, and they basically told me I had to go to the hospital as soon as possible for assessment. This of course meant missing Zoe’s field trip. I knew I would have one angry nine year old on my hands, but I do need to listen to the doctor. So, Jerome came home and took me and basically we just sat there hooked up to monitors for a couple of hours and listened to little man dancing around. They said everything is totally fine and he is probably just laying in a really awkward position causing the cramping and pain.. Great…. I have three more months to go and I am already totally uncomfortable!! Well, it was wonderful to hear him thumping away and to hear that everything was fine. I even made it up to Zoe with a Star Wars figure and peanut butter bar and she of course forgot all her troubles.

Now I have to go start sorting through the stack of applications I have for the Craftacular. It is going to be SOOO hard to choose vendors!!

I do have exciting news to share soon though!!

Gnome and Hedgie Postcard Contest!

I finally got my gnome and hedgie cards professionally printed and I LOVE them!!!!

So, in honor of excitement, I will be giving away a pack of six to one lucky reader. Simply leave a comment between now and Friday and a winner will be randomly selected!

Take a look…

Well, I’m off to chaperone a bunch of third graders to an Indian Mound cemetary. In the rain… wish me luck!!