pretty scrabble tile pendants

ignore the messy desk which i just drew your attention to...ha!

so, here are the adult scrabble tile pendants i have left.  if you are interested and want an up close and personal look, let me know and i can e-mail you a picture of the individual one.  and each one of these is $4 (comes with your choice of a ribbon or zipper pull-aka key chain loop).  if i can get my wits about me, i'll get a picture of the children's ones tomorrow.

sandersdesigns@bellsouth (DOT) net

a sale!!

don't you love bargains?  i do.  so if you want a great deal, snatch up one (or more!) of these paintings before they go full price on etsy.  that's right, for the next two weeks, i'm going to let you faithful blog readers have a chance to order our craftiness for a discounted price!  don't forget, you can have any of these personalized for free!  so here's what's for sale...

Personalized Butterfly 12x16 $25

Personalized Butterfly 12x16 $25

"Once upon a time there lived a princess named..." 16x20 $45

2 Canvas Flower 2-11x14 $40

Up to Mars 16x20 $65

Personalized Flower 11x14 $25

Soccer Ball 18x18 $65

Baseball 18x18 $65

Retro Flower 20x20 $45

Elephant 12x12 $35

Lion 12x12 $35  

(there's also a monkey in this set that sold, but Jon can paint it again if you want a set of three)

Ambulance 12x16 $45

Mr. Turtle 11x14 $35

Worm and Apple 20x20 $60

and jon is now taking custom orders as well.  so shop away!!

i also have oodles of napkins and pendants left.  so, if you are interested, let me know.  napkins will be $4/set of children's ones and $6/set of adult.  i've still got lots of fun patterns left!  pendants will be $3/kids and $4/adults.  i'll try to get pictures of those soon.  

just e-mail me your order at sandersdesigns@bellsouth (DOT) net

wrapping it all up

i don't even know how to begin to sum up our experience at lilburn daze.  such a small event, but i feel like the Lord taught me alot through it.  everyone wants to know how we did financially-what's the bottom-line.  (and they probably want to know because i kept asking people to pray that things would sell!)  we definitely broke even.  jon sold 6 paintings there and 6 to his parents.  (got to love parental support.)  the pendants-which i did not enjoy making, were a smashing success.

the best part though was the shift in my heart a few days before.  i sensed the Lord reminding me that life isn't all about making money.  yeah, it's necessary, but not central.  so, my heart's desire shifted from selling to loving people.  and it was a great day.  we had a very angry woman in the booth next to ours.  listening to the way she talked to those working with her in the predawn morning made me yearn to be kinder to everyone--even when i'm stressed.  the wind was probably the most stressful aspect of the day.  the paintings kept flying off.  lovely.  "come to our booth where you'll get knocked in the head!"  nice.  jon came to the rescue with his drill and some zip strips and magically attached the paintings.  i was very thankful.

i think that about sums it up.  a good day with my hubby.  a good start to selling his paintings.  and an end to the making of napkins for me!  (i made 70 sets-sold 4!)  thank you all for your encouragement and prayers.

and we'll have more exciting news about jon's art soon....

and the winner is....

(chosen randomly of course)

becky kicklighter!!  congrats friend...just get in touch with me to pick your painting.

because i'm so thankful for everyone's help, i picked TWO MORE winners.  so melanie z.  and lubee (aka my lil' sis), you guys can choose a necklace or some napkins.

thank you all.  i'll post later today about the whole experience.

the big day

lilburn daze is, oh 11 hours or so away from starting.  we have to be there at 6:30am to set up...which should be totally illegal.  i think we've got most everything mapped out as far as the set-up goes.  and now, i'm tired and antsy.  it's the same feeling that i used to get the night before summer camp.  excited.  nervous.  anxious to know what was going to happen.  how was it all going to play out.

i want to thank all of you for giving us so much feedback and help in this little journey of ours.  if you get this tonight or on saturday, feel free to pray that we would be able to connect with people and love them well without selfish desire for our own gain.  that's where i want my heart to be.

i'm off to (hopefully) sleep!

rocket ships, lions and castles

here are some of the paintings my super talented hubby has prepared for lilburn daze...what do you think??

what would you pay-round two!

we are hitting the home stretch...it is like cramming for finals with kids in tow.  good grief!  lilburn daze is a week away.  and when it is done, i will blog about fun things again...like abby's first bike, the fair, jon and my trip to six flags.  the possibilities are endless.  but for now, i need your help again.

so, i've made scrabble tile pendant necklaces/bookmarks/zipper pulls...whatever you want to use them for.  i'm going to include a pendant and some pretty ribbon (for a necklace) OR a pendant and a dainty key ring circle so that you could attach it to a zipper pull.  my question for you is simple, what would you pay?  i'm just asking now about the kid themed necklaces...