December

December is a crazy month. We have been so busy!! The shopping season has started and we are not complaining:)

We met so many nice people at The Way Out West Bird Show. Lots to do and see there:) And we made some new customers.

We had a wonderful time at the Greenfield Holiday Boutique. Lots of nice people with good taste in jewelry!!

Coming up this month....

We have a Car Show December 13th.
(will post more information as I get it)

For all you who have been asking if we will be planning to attend more of shows, we have decided to wait till January to attend any more so that we may get ready for the holidays ourselves:)
February will be huge and we do have a couple lined up for January.

Sorry for all of you who have been shopping off the website. We have been tremendously busy and I just haven't finished updating our website and much of our jewelry has sold out. I will be updating in the next few days to put up new and take off the old. Thanks so much for your understanding. Keep in mind that we have a large inventory and that we probably have something for any occasion -ask us what you are looking for and will find it (we can email a picture-it's much quicker than posting it on the web). If you've seen something from one of our shows that you are interested in, email us to see if it is still available, even if it isn't, we might have something similar. Thanks again for your understanding.

Sweeny Todd/ Mrs. Lovett costume pictures

Hi everyone,
Here is a picture of our costumes we wore for Halloween. I think they turned out really well. Enjoy!!!

November

Wow!!! What a month October was!

Halloween, our favorite time of year, has come and gone like a blink of an eye. We hope that everyone enjoyed their holiday. Good news is, we are now in jacket weather... okay maybe hoodie. But still, there is a definite crispness in the air... LOVE IT.

We had a marvelous time and turnout at the Festival of Music and Dance, Saturday. Thanks to all that visited our booth:) It was amazing seeing all the beautiful belly dancing garb!!! The food was DELICIOUS!!!

WHAT'S COMING FOR NOVEMBER you may ask???? Well let me tell you:)
Saturday November 15th is the Fairie Festival in Goodyear. We are definitely very excited about this event!! We are thrilled to hear that one of our favorite musical acts is going to be there...Traveler. We have made some great friends amongst the Fey. We look forward to seeing some of you at the festival. Be sure to check out the link for the festival for more information.

Also coming this month...
The Way Out West Bird Show
November 23rd
9-4pm
Arizona State Fairgrounds

NEW IN DECEMBER

We have a Holiday Boutique that we will be showing our wares. It will be held Wednesday, December 3rd at Greenfield Elementary School in Gilbert, AZ from 6-9pm. Hope to see you there for some holiday shopping:)

How to make a Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett costume update

FINISHED!!!
I just finished the major sewing parts of the costume... Yay!!!
Here are some pictures of the finished product. When Halloween arrives, I will post us wearing them:)

I decided to make Matt's pants and used Butterick 3648
This was definitely a tricky pattern, took me hours to make it...but worth it I think. I used some navy blue suiting that I had gotten on $1 day at Savers.
I did make some hand warmers for Matt using a pair of grey socks. I think it looks pretty good, I just cut it off at the heel and then a little hole for the thumb. Now if I can just find a scarf!!!

2nd Anniversary Celebration - Festival of Music & Dance

Watch some Dancing and eat some yummy Greek food at the Festival of Music & Dance. We will be there with bells on, selling our finest sparkly jewelry from our treasure trove right out of Ali Baba's cave!!
2nd Anniversary Celebration - Festival of Music & Dance
Saturday, November 1, 2008, 10 AM - 5 PM
First Congregational Church
1407 N. Second St. (1/2 blk S of McDowell)
Phoenix, AZ 85004 View Map
480-233-0022

Festival admission is $5. Children under 5 are free.

Way Out West Bird Show

We will be having a booth at this years annual Way Out West Bird Show in Phoenix. This is a wonderful show for all you bird lovers out there. This show will be held

November 23rd, 2008 (Sunday)
Arizona State Fairgrounds
1826 W McDowell Rd
Phoenix, Az
9am-4pm


See you there!!

Make a Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett Costume

I have decided to make a Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett costume this year for Halloween. Since there are no real patterns out there, I am going to try to find something to make my own. I will keep everyone posted to new developments in the outfits.

I have been thrift store shopping for vintage clothing at Goodwill and such places with no luck. I did go to Joanns recently and bought some cool decorator fabric that looks very antique for $3/yard - got 7 yards (I am trying to do this on a budget). I have looked all over the internet for costumes and they are soooooo expensive and not up to the exact look I want. I figure $50 will be my budget for the costume (so x 2 = $100 total budget .... I will try not go over:)

I do tend to stock up on patterns when they go on sale for $0.99 each, so I had some patterns in my arsenal. Luckily, patterns were on sale again so I was able to find something that would fit what I had in mind...

for Sweeney's vest I decided on Simplicity 4083 - I will make the dickey too since Matt already has a similar shirt but not collar... had the pattern and I already have some fabric I think I will use, it's a brown moleskin that I happen to have... so far I haven't had to buy anything yet:)

for Mrs. Lovett bloomers and shirt - simplicity 2777
skirt - butterick 3418 ($1.99)
black and red verticle stockings - Ordered online from Jaded Minx ($14)
underbust corset - Fredericks of Hollywood Ultimate Cincher ($25)

Irish Festival and Fairie Festival

We had a wonderful turn out at the Irish Festival yesterday!!! It was so nice meeting some of our customers and making new ones:) It was such a lovely day for a festival too! We couldn't have asked for better weather.... very Irish!!!

Also, don't forget about the Fairie Festival November 15th.
Estrella Mountain Regional Park
14805 West Vineyard Avenue
Goodyear AZ, 85338

We are so excited for this festival. It is going to be great!!
Click on the icon at the top right of the blog to see their website and festival information or go to

http://www.westerngatesfaerierealms.com

See you all soon!

Irish Festival 2008

Hi All,
We just wanted to announce that we will be having a booth this year at the Irish Festival in Phoenix from 10am -9pm

Arizona Irish Festival
Sat. October 4th
at Margaret Hance Park and the Irish Cultural Center in Phoenix.
1106 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, AZ, 85004
(602) 308-4601

Studio Art Quilt Association Annual quilt auction

Check out the SAQA website, for their annual auction. Loreena Everhart has donated a quilt square for the auction and can be viewed at

http://www.saqa.com/newsebulletins/Squares08_9.aspx

Beginning Silk Painting Class

We will be having a class August 2nd, 2008 at 2pm painting silk scarves. If you are interested contact Loreena at Freja13@yahoo.com. We have 3 slots left so contact us soon while there is still space available. Also, coming in late August, a pearl dyeing class.

Phoenix Fairie Festival 2

Hello again,
We are proud to announce that we will be having a booth at the second annual Phoenix Fairie Festival in Goodyear. The location for the festival is at Estrella Mountain Regional Park, 14805 West Vineyard Avenue Goodyear AZ, 85338. The festival takes place November 15th, 2008 (Saturday Only) from 10am - 9pm. We hope to see you there!!!

Welcome to our blog

We have just started a blog to discuss things that will be happening in the future. We are excited to have this up and running. This forum will be to ask questions, inform customers of future shows and laud the genius of our wonderful artwork!! We look forward to hearing from you