Day 215

This is the last of the cigar boxes I altered. This one has an unattached lid and is really too small to have a decent-size pocket...so I made this insert. You could put in jewelry, doo-dads, $20 gold pieces.

Really terrible pictures...I should take them again...but I probably won't.

Day 214

This is what I've been working on for the last couple of days. Found a basket full of wooden cigar boxes at a garage sale...$5...and had an old picture of altering them this way...making an inset for the lid that has two pockets. Something new for the August French Nest.

This one fits into the back-to-school theme.

Day 203 – 213

I just have to accept it…I’m a blogger who blogs occasionally. I avidly follow several people who blog almost every day…and they put on lots of pictures…and they have families and lots of other things going on in their lives. I admire them all…but it’s just not me.

I’ve been working on some new items for the August French Nest. It will be just before school starts so using that as a theme. I’ve made lunch box notes, notepads and notebooks and I’m going to try a calendar. Pictures soon.

Also have modified three wooden cigar boxes with paper and ribbon…I like them…we’ll see if anyone else does. My 365 pictures have all been of Fort Collins homes this week.

This is a church. It's for sale and I'd LOVE to buy it and open a wedding business. It would be such a great place for weddings.

Day 201-202

The calm after the storm...the three or four days after the Market are very mellow. The next one seems a loooooooooong time away...of course, it isn't....and I try to catch up on everything I let slide in the frantic runup to the show.

Continuing with my 365 pictures project, I've decided I need a theme each week...or at least some weeks...to keep my interest up. Old Town Fort Collins has some gorgeous old homes so that's the theme this week.

Day 199 - 200

Today was the July French Nest Market...ohmigosh...soooooooooooooo hot!!! Still, lots of people came out. I did fairly well...sold some cards, lots of Post-it note holders and a couple of notepads.

This is my brand new card display unit conceived by Michele and built by Matt, Michele and I. It worked really well and lots more people stopped to look because it was such a cool display.

I also try to sell some of the "finds" from garage sales/auctions. Today I sold the oval mirror and the little seed box on the table. I thought for sure someone would buy the cradle with the new mattress and pillow but, nope!

Day 196 to 198

Posting to this blog almost got away from me again...what to do??? Sitting down at the computer is the last thing I do before bed, and sometimes I'm just too tired to think about what pictures to post and what to say. And this is the last couple days before the next French Nest Market so, of course, I'm REALLY busy.

These are two of the new cards. I'm hoping cards with the look of summer will be popoular.

In addition to my paper goodies, I also sell vintage treasures I find at garage sales/auctions if I can fix them up and make a profit. One of my finds was an old suitcase. And although I know most people display old suitcases closed and stacked up, I'm hoping someone will be interested in buying one to display open. I decoupaged the inside top and bottom with travel stuff. It looks pretty cool in person...the picture's not great.

Day 173 - 195

Blackout!!! Somehow I got away from writing here and every time I thought about getting back to it, I was too discouraged by how much there was to make up. So, I'm not going to make it up...I'm just going to start from here and go forward. I do have a few more of the Spain/Paris pictures. This is Monet's garden.