Craftacular 2014!

Well I survived my craft show! Love of Character had a booth at a Wichita craft fair called Craftacular and it was a great learning experience. Plus, I got to get my name out there and was able to show off some of the fun things I've been working on lately! My booth turned out really cute, so I thought I would share it with you all:

Make your own box! Pick the hair ties, note cards, confetti pop and box - I'll put a quote on it and viola!

New note cards I'm making for the Little Boxes of Character!

My amazing husband made this totally awesome peg board display to hang my pictures!

Photos via me

I would not have been able to make it through the day without Dustin - he seriously helped so much! There is a lot of work that goes into packing up and setting up a craft fair display. He also checked in on me and made sure I was doing ok - much appreciated! I also wouldn't have had as much fun as I did without my fabulous friends stopping bye - seriously meant the world to me! Like I said earlier, it was a great learning experience and great place to try my booth out. I sold some silhouettes, boxes and hair ties and was able to try out that handy little Square - a must for events like this! Hopefully I will be able to try this out again and put to use the things I learned. Thanks for all of your encouragement - wouldn't be able to do it without you!

I still have a couple Halloween boxes available this week if anyone needs a good Halloween hostess gift! Just shoot me a note and I can get it over to you. They are $12 and here is a picture of the goodies inside:

Hair Ties, Candy Kabobs, Halloween bucket with candy, Paper Straws & Notecards

Lots of Love,

Paper Straw Candle Card

While shopping for my mom's birthday card, I stumbled upon this cute number:

Well crafty girl problems, instead of just buying the overpriced card, I decided to attempt it at home instead. It isn't as perfect, but I think it still turned out adorable and my mom loved it - probably more because it was homemade!

I liked the mix of fun girly colors and the beauty of making your own is that you can pick your colors. You might not all be a party girl like me who has paper straws laying around in abundance, but I'm sure you can pick up a pack for a dollar or two.

Here are the two simple steps for creating this yourself:

Viola! A birthday card full of homemade character! If you get stressed out trying to be crafty, maybe just stick with purchasing the $6 version from Target. No one will judge - it's adorable!

Just a reminder, I have a booth this coming Saturday at Craftacular! Below are the details and below that is a sneak peak of the fun Halloween boxes I am making to sell there...

Little Box of Halloween Character! Comes with Halloween Candy Kabobs, Love of Character Halloween Hair Tie Pack, 2 Spooky embossed notecards, mini bucket of candy & paper straws!

Hope you like! The show is this weekend and I'll be selling boxes, silhouettes, confetti pops & hair ties! If you have any feedback for me before the show, send it my way!

Lots of Love,

Craftacular 2014 - Love of Character Appearance

A couple weeks ago I told you all I had two business announcements to make. The first one was of course Holiday Galleria and now that I've survived that, I'm ready to share the second one. I will have a booth at the Craftacular event this month! The event details are as follows:

I was asked by a Wichita local on Etsy to sell my silhouette pictures and I decided to take on the opportunity - why not! I will be selling my silhouettes, Little Boxes of Character and Love of Character Hair Ties & Headbands. 

If you are in the area that day and looking for something fun to do, I would greatly appreciate your support! Plus, it's a free event where you can come out and support local artisans. The Facebook event page has more of the details!

I will be keeping everyone posted on the products I make to prepare (mainly fun boxes for the upcoming holidays!) and on the booth that I work on putting together - that part makes me nervous! Luckily, Dustin has said he will help and I think we have some good ideas to use. Hope that some of you will be able to venture out that way and check out the event!

Don't forget to enter the giveaway to win a pack of hair ties!

Lots of Love,