Bonita and I didn’t have enough merchandise to go to the flea market today so we decided to stay home and work on more things to take next weekend.  I have made some little shelves with two saucers.  Well I can make two shelves with three saucers because I have to cut one in half to make the shelf.  It’s not as easy as it sounds because most saucers are curved just a bit so you have to make a curve of a cut on each end to make it fit on the saucer.  It’s much easier to cut a cup in half and make a planter.  I’m not sure these are going to work out but it’s something I’m trying.

I may end up putting a half of a saucer on a plate to make a little shelf on the plate.  I could still put the clock into the plate too.  I have so many different ideas running around in my head that I have to draw them out so I won’t forget the idea.  it’s all trial and error at this point to see what works and what doesn’t.  Bonita is working on new things with recycling the plastic that our friends have been saving for us.  She’s amazing with that art work she’s doing.

Bonita and I took everything we had to the flea market and came home almost empty handed.  I’m absolutely amazed at the response to the things we have made.  Bonita has been making artwork out of all of the different colored plastic bottles and they have sold like hot cakes.  She makes fish, flowers, butterflies and even made some birds and they’re all gone.  It will take awhile to get more plastic bottles to make more.  Our friends are saving all of theirs for us thank goodness.

Another huge seller has been the plate wall clocks.  I have even taken some saucers and cups and made little flower holders to go on each side of the plate clocks that match the clocks and they are just flying off of the shelves too.  Bonita is now going to thrift shops and yard sales when we can find them trying to find more plates, saucers and matching cups.  I have made some saucer plant holders that don’t have clocks to match and they’re even selling.  I love this country!!!!

I have a very special girlfriend from Virginia that has been not only a wonderful friend but has also been an inspiration to me too.  In fact, she’s the one that got me into blogging.  Her name is Noreen and I just want her to know how much I love her and apperciate all she has not only done for me but also for what she has been to me.  She’s been like a big sister or family member and that’s means more to me than all of the stars in the sky.  So here’s to you Noreen!!!!

Well I did take a lot of our items to the flea market Saturday and Sunday and did better, well far better than I expected.  That has made for an extra busy week because I’m going back next weekend too.  I got some ideas from seeing what some of the vendors had for sale of other items to make too.  Bonita was my eyes that day.  She went around to the vendors and when she found something interesting, she came back and told me where to look.  We drew up our ideas for a similar item and that’s what we’ve been working on all week.

Some of the things came out great and some came out absolutely awful but that’s part of the fun of being creative.  Some things work and some don’t.  So this coming weekend, we’re going back to the flea market and see if it was a fluke or if we can do a repeat of last weekend.  I hope it wasn’t a fluke!!!  The best part of all of this is we are taking what some call junk that would end up in a landfill somewhere and turning it into something that people are actually buying to hang or put in their homes.  Pretty neat huh?

The economy is tumbling down and down so I don’t think I need to reopen my store early after all.  Bonita and I are still hard at work making the things we know will sell but I had a better idea than opening my store early.  There’s a huge flea market not too far from here and it’s a lot cheaper to rent a space there than it would be to reopen my store early.  They have inside booths too.  I checked with them and for the cost of the space for the weekend, I only need to sell 2 of our items and the space is paid for.  I think we are going to try that out for a few weekends before we do anything else.

I still have stores calling and wanting our items but I’m even going to hold off on that too.  Quite honestly, we need the money for ourselves instead of someone else making most of the money, ya know.  Times are tough and you gotta do what you gotta do to get by.  I’ll let you know how that works.  I might even look into eBay.  Who knows, that might be even better but I’ll try the flea market first.