Keep Calm...

I was browsing Etsy the other day and came across this. I've seen a lot of different plays/spoofs on the popular "Keep Calm and Carry On" poster, but this has to be my favorite so far...

KEEP CALM AND SEW ON, 5x7 Poster

I love it! This exactly what I need to remember on those days before a craft show when I'm freaking out a little and feel like I don't have enough product made.

I'm not loving the green "Lime Soda" color the example is in, but they do offer different colors. I'd love to get it in the turquoise "Oceanic Waves" color they offer. Maybe after Christmas. I can't justify buying anything for myself at this time of year. But it IS a sentiment I need to remember. (especially since there's only 2 weeks left until Presence on the Patio!)

Window Display at Shirt Factory Cafe

We finished the window display this weekend at Shirt Factory Cafe for Presence on the Patio.

Big thanks to my hubby for helping me out! (only real men will help their wives fluff out tissue paper pom-poms in the middle of a coffee shop!)

I love using these pom poms to decorate. (I first saw them when I was helping decorate for a baby shower) They're so easy to make. I have instructions on how to make them in my baby shower post, but you can also check Martha Stewart's website for a more official tutorial (she's where my friends got the idea from in the first place).

I even saved the scraps of tissue paper I cut off the ends and used them as a kind of confetti...I think they look like fallen flower petals.

I need to get more tissue paper and make more of these for decorating on the day of the craft fair. The flowers/pom-poms are taking the place of the paper lanterns we had up for the winter show...since they have a springy feel and the spring show is during the day instead of in the evening.