Mad Hatter's Tea Party

Just finished up our little part of the Mad Hatter's Tea Party on Saturday. This is an annual event held at the Idaho Botanical Gardens and I was participated as one of the vendors. The booth typically touts hand knit scarves & shawls, hand warmers and hats. But since the occasion was geared to the children the inventory grew to include crowns & wands, lots of "little people" hand warmers, crazy hats and of course, all the fun-fur "feel good" mini scarves a little girl would want. Those who visited the booth had a great time....although they were few & far between. Just had 1 1/4 inches of rain the day before & the weather was still a little overcast. I think that kept a lot of people home.

There was this Crazy dressed up guy who kept running & screaming through the vendor area that he "was late..I'm SO late" for something or another. And this very pretty lady dressed in a velvet dress must have had a lot of candy in her pockets as she had a line of kids constantly following her. They were doing a "Parade of self-made Hats" and let me tell you...there are a lot of pretty creative kids out there!

Five different little ballet troups entertained the crowd during the afternoon tea. They were absolutely adorable.

What a "FABULOUS" event for the children! They had a great time.
I have never been to this event but if my grand children lived here...I would definitely make this an annual Grandma's day out with the grandkids.

Bless her sweet little heart...My daughter-in-law....volunteering to work on this blogspot for me. I am so busy with my job that I seldom have time to work on this page and she was so excited to jump right in & do it for me. What a Dear!
The fall craft shows are just around the corner & I have been feverishly clicking those knitting needles to create a lot of interesting things for this year.
New products will include:
Fingerless Gloves, Hoodies, Bikers Pant Straps, Ear Warmers, Cupcake Trinket Boxes,
Hats, Mary Jane Slippers, Leggings, Wraps & Shawls, Collars, Coffee Kozies, Stix (Special complimentary scarf closures, Gift Certificate Pockets, Skongs (skinny/long scarves),
Short Scarves, Long Scarves, and anything else that crosses my mind or yours.

I have scheduled a showing at the Boise Mad Hatters Tea Party in September. I am having a fabulous time creating some "Interesting" hats. My husband has been asking when I'm going to start marketing some of my products. I keep telling him how hard it is to market winter apparel when it's 97 degrees outside. I think he's figured it out.

My Little Cupcake

Here's a cute little idea my co-worker requested I create as a "Special" little gift for a special friend. It started out as a pin cushion & now I have adaapted it so the top is removable & can also act as a little trinket box or sachet. What a fabulous idea for enclosing that little gift of cash or gift certificate.

What a fun little project!

Following are comments left on my friend Rachel's blogspot.

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I went on a diet, swore off drinking and heavy eating, and in fourteen days I lost two weeks. -Joe E. Lewis

I was browsing thru an old Crafts 'n Things a month ago and saw a little cupcake pin cushion...it was cute, but small...and well....I don't knit, so I passed it by. As the days went by, though, I couldn't stop thinking about it. I have a friend...well a few friends, but 1 in particular that just LOVES cupcakes!

So, I asked a friend at work who knits if she had ever seen one. She hadn't so we went searching...and boy was I delighted and surprised to see the number of Knit Food Patterns there are on the web. Cupcakes, Doughnuts, Cake, Fruit...wow!

So Diane got started and made me one that I could send to Jessica...and then the obsession began...I think she has made 10-15 of these darlings in the last month! Good thing she does a lot of Craft Shows! :)

I wish I had taken more pictures...maybe Jessica has taken some...I'll check and add them here if she has more.

ETA: Here are a few more pics Jessica took...gives you an idea of the size...

(If you are interested in purchasing one of these contact me and I will get you pictures of what is available, or Diane can make one to your color specifics. They are $10 each)

posted by Rachel Hope at 11:04 AM on May 18, 2008