Every year I attend Fair Diddley craft show hosted by the Mental Health Resource League in historic Woodstock Square in Woodstock, Illinois. My sweet sister and I were up early for the ride, which is a little over an hour away.
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| The center of the square is where we always start our hunt for the pretties. |
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| The bubble lady showed everyone how to make fun shaped bubbles with her bubble wands. |
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| Shoppers filled the square and because of the 89 degree weather you had a short wait in the sno-cone queue. |
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| If only I could get rid of weeds that easy. |
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| These would add some color to my yard. |
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| Now here was a plan to take those unwanted/mismatched plates, vases, glasses and make them into a solar light holder. |
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| Interesting idea. |
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| The tutu skirts are cute, but this, no sew, tutu dress was adorable. |
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| Handle for toss away bottles. I just don't get it. |
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| Cute garden glove filled with poesy's. Hey, I think I have one garden glove that has lost its mate. |
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| Plain bird houses... |
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| and fancy bird houses. |
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| The butterflies sway back and forth on a bowl of a spoon. |
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| It was so hot and humid outside I could hardly look at these knit hats. |
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| Cute bench, I now wish I would have purchased it. |
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| These garden art flowers require no water. |
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| I wonder how hard it would be to make one of these. Oh, that's right I don't craft. |
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| Fancy bird baths. |
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| Cute shelves but my grandkids have more than four letters in their names. |
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| These gourds made me smile. |
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| Mommy and me aprons were cute, but I like my vintage aprons more. |
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| I prefer the quilts that Cathy from the blog Blueberry Patch makes. Check out her blog Blueberry Patch and beautiful quilts and tell her Paulette sent you. |
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| I skipped this booth because Judy from the blog Cranberry Morning sells some awesome soap that I just love. Check out her blog Cranberry Morning or visit her shop Homemade Soap n Such. |
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| Hope the vendors went home with empty trucks. |
What fun did you do this weekend, I would love to hear all about it!
love the spoon butterflies and the gourd chickens. it's fun to go thrifting with your sister, isn't it? i do that with mine all the time and even if we don't find anything the companionship is the best.
ReplyDeleteFantastic photos Paulette, I would have spent a fortune if I had been there.Some gorgeous things for the garden.Looks like you had some lovely sunshine too!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great fair and you had fantastic weather. I was able to get to an antiques fair in Brimfield, Mass. It was great to get away.
ReplyDeleteLooks like loads of fun! I'd love to have a good nose around that market. I've blogged about my weekend too.Rx
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Those solar light holders and the china "flowers" are right up my alley! Thanks so much for sharing your visit to the craft fair. I've got a few new ideas to tuck away in my mind....with hopes that I can once again retrieve them. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat terrific weather you had. Some great ideas there especialy the solar light holders. Looks like you had a great day.
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awesome weather! i could spend the whole day in that craft fair. sooo much eye candy and overloading with craft ideas! its made even greater when u are there with ur sister :)
ReplyDeleteThat looks like an awesome craft fair!! And Paulette, thank you so much for the very nice plug for my handcrafted soaps! :-)
ReplyDeleteMy 12 year old son makes and sells paracord items, and I'm going to show him the bottle holders. I think the point is two fold: easier to carry, and you don't have you hot hand on your cold drink. I know he and his Boy Scout buddies would thing they were cool, even for their reusable water bottles.
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