Craft Show

This weekend I am getting ready to do my first craft show. I am a part of a local group of crafters called North Alabama Crafters and we are hosting our first annual holiday craft show. I am sooooo nervous! Since most of my items are personalized, I'm having a super hard time developing an inventory to take to the show. I will probably end up taking examples and order forms but I want a few things on my table to show. Anyone have any tips on craft shows??

I plan to sell Christmas Ornaments:

plates

and a collection of Alabama/Auburn themed merchandise

Please share your tips, suggestions of items to take, etc!

GIVE-AWAY WINNER!

I'm pleased to announce the winner of my first ever blog give-away! The winner is post #4 Crystal!! Crystal is expecting twins any day now so I'm super excited that she won this mug. I see lots of coffee early mornings in her near future! Congrats Crystal and thank you to everyone who played! I hope to do more of these in the future! Thanks to all my new followers!

GIVE-AWAY

This will be my first give-away post. I want to try to do these more often. I will give one lucky reader a Personalized Bistro Mug from my etsy shop Over The Moon Gifts

This large bistro mug is one of my newest products and makes a GREAT teachers gift. It retails for $6 and is personalized with your initial. You can choose the color of your initial. The mug fits perfectly in a Keurig.

Here's how the give away will work- to gain an entry, follow and comment on my blog. To gain additional entries you can follow my twitter @OTMGifts and refer a friend to leave a comment saying you sent them. I will use a random number generator to pick the winner on Tuesday 11/1.

Good Luck!!

New House Make-Over

My husband and I recently bought a house and have been working hard to make it our own. Here are a few rooms we have finally finished! For you readers, I would never suggest getting married and buying your first house all in the same two weeks! Life. Is. Crazy. Hectic!!

***EDIT*** My walls aren't NEAR as yellow as they appear in the photos :)

Before Living Room:

AFTER Living Room!

and my personal favorite change....

Dining Room Before

Dining Room AFTER

Thanks in advance for the comments!!!

Just for a Laugh

So as most of you know, my "real job" is in college recruiting. Basically, I go around to high schools and talk students into coming to the university that I work for. You would be surprised at the things high schoolers (and some parents) say...Here are a few of my favorites from this year:

Student: I want to major in Anthropology
Me: Well what do you want to do with Anthropology?
Student: (Blank Stare)
Me: Do you know what Anthropology is?
Student: No, I just like the store...
Me: Well in my Anthropology class we studied insestious tribes in third world countries, so it's really nothing like the store

Student: You got hair?
Me: You mean cosmetology?
Student: What's that?

(at a fair in TX)
Parent: Do TX students get instate tuition?
Me: No mam, Texas students would be considered out-of-state in Alabama.
Parent: Well I thought schools gave in-state tuition to states boardering their state...
Me: mam, Texas doesn't boarder Alabama.
Parent (obviously embarrassed): Texas touches everything!

Student: Do you make toys here?
Me: No, we make rockets.

Student: A school in Alabama?? What do you learn there? Hunting?
Me: No, more like Aerospace Engineering
Student: What's that? Like flying planes and S!
Me: No, like Rocket Science

Student: I'm sorry for the messy handwriting, it's really tiring walking around all day with this ankle bracelet on.

Me: Hi! Do you have any questions for me?
Student: Yeah, do your football jerseys have numbers or names on the back?
Me: We don't have a football team.
Student: Oh, nevermind, I'm not going here then.

Hope you have enjoyed these! I could tell you stories for days, but for now I'll let you keep some hope in the next generation :)

My Pintrest addiction got the best of me...

I'm a severe Pintrest addict, like I need a support group haha. This week I have tried several projects I have found on pintrest and here is how they turned out :) The first was to wear to an Alabama game with my sweet husband...Here is the tutorial
I used this tutorial and here is how it turned out

I really wish I had taken pics a long the way....oh well. I will for sure next time!

I also tried this recipe for Creamy Chicken Pockets and it was sooooooooooooooo good. It was pretty easy so you should all try it too :)(her blog wouldn't let me snag a pic to post)
Creamy Chicken Pockets

I'MMMMMMM BACK!!!!

Well I am officially back to Etsy, and blogger, and FB...and Promo Frenzy team! I am very glad to be getting back into a routine. The past two months have been a whirlwind! I have gotten a husband, a new last name, moved to a new city and bought our first house! The wedding was all I ever dreamed of and more! Of course a lot of it was DIY, here are a few of my favorite DIY wedding projects!

DIY Aisle markers

Tablescape

And of course this blog post wouldn't be complete without a picture of the bride and groom!