http://www.tooaquarius.com Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:54:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The American Thanksgiving holiday happens about 6 weeks after the Canadian one and while I can live without the extra frenzy of eating I have to admit that I can definitely do with another opportunity to be publicly thankful. Sometimes the only difference between being happy and the opposite is ... http://www.tooaquarius.com/2008/12/01/thankful-again/ Yesterday was Thanksgiving in the US - it was 6 weeks ago here, in Canada, and I didn't even have to toss leftovers out unseen this time - and today marks the shopping frenzy called Black Friday. There's even a bit of it here with lots of chains offering special ... http://www.tooaquarius.com/2008/11/28/the-simple-things/ I'm sure a lot of my Southern neighbours are enjoying less.. plastic... baking today with the American Thanksgiving festivities. Here, I will have to make do with this pan of goodies: This was the stack of items that require sanding that I referred to in my post yesterday. I doubt they'll ... http://www.tooaquarius.com/2008/11/27/tray-of-goodies/ The benefit of selling at craft shows, for me, has been the chance to not have to focus on beads or canes as I usually do for online sales. Not that I don't LOVE beads and canes and they ship so nicely but sometimes I like to use them.. Of course ... http://www.tooaquarius.com/2008/11/26/the-chance-to-make-stuff/ I've seen Ebb & Flo pretty much since I joined Etsy - I made a particular effort to look up and keep an eye on Canadian sellers - and she's a pretty familiar face for forum lurkers like me! So when I found out that I had the perfect chance ... http://www.tooaquarius.com/2008/11/25/pomomama-a-feature/ If I didn't love doing the darned things so much... This weekend marked the first effort at a fall show by my local community. It was better than their spring show this year and I did make several times my table fee. And the organizer, this time around, was very ... http://www.tooaquarius.com/2008/11/24/the-craft-show-lament/ Despite the fact that I've done half of my seasonal shows already, it's been a little hard to get in the winter holiday spirit! The fall has been unseasonably warm for Calgary. The peek outside my window this morning should cure that though. I can almost feel the urge to pop ... http://www.tooaquarius.com/2008/11/16/winter-inspiration/ When I was younger I looked forward to the fall because it was a chance for me to hang out with my grandmother, one of my favourite family members. She did craft shows throughout the fall and my grandfather was not the most patient of company. So I went along, ... http://www.tooaquarius.com/2008/11/06/come-wave-at-me/ I got a shipment of lovely clay in on Friday and between that and all my upcoming craft shows (yes! 5 in the next 6 weeks) I've been digging in. First up is a refill of my Delft blue canes. A small change this time - I used the last of ... http://www.tooaquarius.com/2008/11/05/colour-me-blue/ And according to the wonderful number generator on Random.org the lucky winner for my Bloggy Giveaway is comment #128 which corresponded to Nikki! While Nikki picks out something lovely from my collections of goodies, please consider my next giveaway which is part of the much larger (one item a day, for ... http://www.tooaquarius.com/2008/11/01/bloggy-giveaways-winner-and-the-next-giveaway-launch/