What to do...

I've been trying to sell this clock on Etsy and at craft shows.

It was fun to make, especially while staining it in the port wine that I was drinking at the same time...hehe. So anyway I've been toying with this and was curious of what you all would think if I added this to the clock. (pic is not the greatest, as I took it a bit quickly)

I would paint the letters with a wine color acrylic paint, or maybe a black. Should I add the saying or leave it blank. I don't want to put numbers on it... Thoughts?

btw, it is a working clock...lol

Slumped Wine Bottles

yay! I had my wine bottles slumped and just got them back today. Now I can decorate them a bit, add the "wino" touch, then include a cheese spreader to each and sell them as cheese trays. I really how the Little Black Dress bottle turned out!

ShowMe Etsy Street Team Trunk Show!

The ShowMe Etsy Street Team is having a fabulous trunk show in St. Louis on October 16th at SqWire's Annex. Please stop by for some great handmade items to purchase, either for yourself or the upcoming holiday season!

New idea

So another Etsian in our Team gave me this cute pendant that was a cluster of grapes. I fell in love with it and wear it quite often. She was kind to send me the link, and I ordered 7 different colors of the grape clusters made of cubic zirconia beads. So I was racking my brain to make these into something The Crafty Wino would sell. They came on a black rope, but I wanted to add my Wino touch to it...

After hunting at several stores, here is what I came up with!
I really like it. The spiraling vines add a fun dimension to the necklace. The memory wire has a strong magnetic clasp and is 18" in length. Now to figure out price~~~

New Space to create

So I decided to take one of the four bedrooms we have, the smallest near the stairs and a bathroom, and turned it into an area that I can call my craft room. I have a TON of color in my house so to do a white with a green tint color called Wisdom, with an accent color called Silver Setting, was a bit interesting for me. It's kinda hard to see the "colors" but it's there and I like it! The pics above, first before then after, shows the closet by the window which I plan to keep the doors off and leave open. The back of the closet is painted with the Silver Setting, as well as another wall in the room. The main walls were painted with the Wisdom. (Behr paints, worth the $) In the end keeping along the white color scheme will allow the colors I work with pop as well as taking pictures of items to post in my Etsy store. Natural light comes in through the window that faces East and gets decent sunlight up until late afternoon. Now to figure out where to put a 6ft table, sewing table, ironing board, and a few other things. This is exciting and fun! Here's another view of the finished room with the other accent wall. And yes I painted the back of the door leaving the white outlining the squares...LOL:

Wine Charms

I have fun making unique wine charms; something different and unusual. These are along those lines, and I adore them! The glass beads were handmade by GypsyFlame. Bright colors with white polka dots...they look so juicy! I decided to caged them and placed two spacers on the hoop for a simple accent. Fun to make, and soon you can purchase them in my Etsy Shop: http://www.thecraftywino.etsy.com .

ShowMe Etsy Street Team @ Peach Festival

9 of us were at the 2nd annual Peach Festival @ Pere Marquette Lodge, Grafton IL. Fab event that was "just peachy". This is Becky of GypsyFlame, working with her fire as she made beads while people watched. There are some more pics at http://www.flickr.com/photos/thecraftywino/sets/72157606550984503/. Our next event is the Cool Art Hot Jazz held at Queeny Park in St. Louis. Here is more info: http://www.gslaa.org/.

Cork'd Side Table

I had fun with this side table. I found it discounted well enough to buy and cork the top of it. Now my hubby won't let me sell it! He likes it so much he's "acquired" it...brat! lol

Shop Apron

This is such a cute idea to keep a vendor organized while they sell their items! It measures 10x23 with a 72 inch strap and has 5 pockets measuring 6 inches deep. My shop name embroidered on a separate pocket that is 3 inches deep. The font is close to what my shop's is, and I had mentioned I like greens and blues. I absolutely love this and recommend on getting one of your own.

Bobbi with DownZipper is the one who crafted this fine apron. Check her out and the other fun items she has at www.downzipper.etsy.com.

starting again~

Getting starting again on the website front. Had stopped a bit to get things back on track.