I skipped out on you all last Crafty Tuesday, but it wasn’t because we didn’t have anything to show. Birdie Jamie and I have been very, very busy!

A few weeks ago we had a little craft boutique here and we ended up with a packed house! Besides the Two Birdies, we had another 8 or 9 vendors and a really good turnout, including a lot of the teachers from school and some of our city council members. It was a really fun night and everyone keeps asking when we are going to have our next boutique. We are thinking possibly doing it 4 times a year – each season or so.

We sold some of our bottlecap necklaces – the Cougar ones were a pretty big hit. Can you guess what our display for the necklaces and magnets used to be? Remember those metal TV trays your grandma used to have? Yeah – I found one at the flea market, we gave it a fresh coat of paint and then used our cool machine (aka Eva) and made a vinyl adhesive logo for it. We are currently scouting for other smaller metal trays that we can personalize and use for the bottlecap wardrobes.

We also sold some snackpacks. Little waterproof and reusable snack packs. I’m still searching for some less “girly” laminated fabric.

And Jamie played around with some boy tees, too.

Another hit at the Boutique that we didn’t even suspect would be a big seller were the personalized clipboards. What an incredible way to get rid of all of the scrapbook paper that has been collecting dust around here lately.

Since they were a big success we all made them for the Moms in our lives, too. I can show this one because I know that Nena got hers. I’m not so sure about Nana and  Meesh’s though.

And then we made  a couple for the teachers for Teacher Appreciation Week last Friday.

And of course, we sold a bunch of our pillowcase dresses at the boutique. And even more exciting…some of our dresses are in an honest to goodness store! If you pop into our friend Hallie’s shop, The Stylish Child, you’ll see some Two Birdies dresses.

And we also used Eva to design the girls’ outfits for the Variety Show. She (yes, Eva is a girl!) cuts fabric! And makes temporary tattoos! The girls were kickin’ it in their bling and tats!

So we have been busy, you see…it is just a toss up. Take time to photograph and blog or use the time to craft?? Hmmm…it doesn’t seem that hard of a choice. Back to crafting!