Cascade Heights and PCC!

These past two weeks have been a whirl wind! Between getting ready for finals, slaying finals, bazaars and custom orders we are ready for Christmas break!

Saturday the first we were at Cascade Heights public charter school. Now Karis and I have never heard of this school and I vaguely knew what a charter school was. To say the least we didn't know what to expect. We set up shop the night before and arrived Saturday morning expecting the worst and hoping for the best.

It was a blast! We were busy most of the day and most of the people we were having transactions with were kids. They were pretty amazing.

 Karis of course.
Soon I'll put up pictures of both of us. So you know we are both real.

We loved this bazaar! I heard whispers and them doing it again next year but trying to advertise it more. We will be there. ;D

We met a wonderful lady who was selling reusable sandwich bags that Karis fell in love with. Check her out at her Etsy shop!

And our box farm animals. Always a hit!

The Portland Community College bazaar was interesting. We knew about this one because Karis used to go to PCC for Japanese. So it is understood by all persons involved PCC is a FLYING PONY away from our house. To get there we took the Sellwood bridge which is a nightmare in the morning. After traversing the treacherous roads we made camp in the college center of the campus. It was a very long bazaar (8am - 6pm) and it felt like it was slow going. We did loose quite a bit of sales because we do not accept debit while we are at bazaars. So next year, or maybe as soon as spring, expect us to have the fancy square! The marvelous device that quickly and simply allows us to take your money.

WOW! This is a longer than usual post. I am sorry for the longedness and dryedness. I hope future posts are more joyful and glorious.

I want to give a shout out to one of our followers Markus. Follow his blog here. Here is a cute male fellow who lives in Europe, as I'm told. He has an adorable pattern on his blog for a christmas tree. Thanks for being amazing Markus!

From ,
Dea

Beaverton Bazaar 2012

Can I say that we got 17 pages views yesterday. While I am going to assume it wasn't all the same person that is pretty freakn awesome. 

Sorry for the late update but here is some info on the Beaverton Bazaar. 
Karis and I left home with high hopes as we headed to the delightful town of Beaverton. We could smell the winds of change and money. We had a very positive feeling and hopes the day would bode well for us. 

So of course it started out pretty difficult. Beaverton is a little bit of a jaunt for us to go to. The rain was very intense ( as it usually is in beautiful Oregon) so Karis got to feel what hydroplaning is. But don't worry! We live in Oregon, we know what to do. 

When we set our eyes on Beaverton high school we parked up front, for easier unloading of course. We had some early trouble finding our table but soon settled down and set up shop. 

<------ There I am. I don't know what I was thinking when I made that face. 

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                                                                                   There is Karis. Like I said, we were having a tough morning.

And toys! Of course toys. And don't worry you guys, we told every customer they could find us on Etsy. (Return customers perhaps?)

All in all it was a great day at Beaverton. We had really great sales and we bought some stuff for christmas.

Try to buy local! Hazzah!

Thanks to the lady who helped find us a table and spot, thanks to the band players who put on beautiful music brought us pizza to buy and bought some toys from us. 

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This up coming weekend, December 1st, we are going to be at Cascade Heights public charter school. We have never been to this bazaar and I have never heard of this school. We don't really know what to expect, but you know we are going to look good doing it. ;D

We will update you guys soon. 

We love custom orders

Blue = Karis

I don't know if it's publicly known yet but Dea and I love doing custom orders. We make these, we call them "big dolls", that are just perfect for customization. 

And we had just such an order come in. 

One of Dea's co workers is expecting a new grand baby and really loved our dog pattern. She gave us the baby's theme colors and Dea made an acute observation that her co worker is a very big blazer fan. (Oregons NBA basketball team. Go blazers)

And so we got Dylan! :D

 As you can see Dylan really likes the Blazers too.

This made Dea's co worker so excited. She loved it! And it was so much fun to make a wee little blazer jersey. 

Now her new grand baby needs a jersey and then they can match :)
 

Craft update

Blue = Karis

So, I took one class this summer and just took my final. That means no studying. Or homework. Or anything. It's a weird concept.

And my job is at the wee hours of the morning so by 10 o' clock am, when I clock off, I've already worked a full shift. 

So due to me not having class until fall term starts and only working in the mornings I have expansive days set before me. I can do anything I want! It makes me giddy as a school girl! 

While most of my time is spent playing Pokemon Conquest (so addicting) I've been able to explore some leisurely crafts. 

Check out what I made!  

They're leaves! Leaves.  This makes me feel like a champion among men. A champion.

 I don't think you can imagine how excited I was. Imagine a kid in a toy store and then you surprise them with a hundred dollar bill. 

I was at work and saw this book.

It's a wonderful book full of gorgeous stitches. It's perfect to have on your shelf as a reference or to flip through for ideas. It's going to be my best friend <3 

I made this with some sugar n' cream yarn to make a dish scrubby. (The fanciest dish scrubby on the block) I'm going to make a couple with different stitches and gift them to my boyfriends mom for Christmas. Thumbs up for multitasking.

Check out what else  I made.  

 

Finally

Blue = Karis

Spring term is finally done! Thank goodness. 

It was like gogogo and then stop. And our production kind of went the same way, slow down to non existent. 

But now we are gathering our wits and trying to find a groove. It seems like as soon as term ended we both got really full schedules at work. Which isn't a bad thing if my shifts didn't start at five in the morning....

But enough jibber jabber! Cuteness I love and cuteness I shall provide. 

I had to write a speech about my house for Japanese class and thus make a power point. And of course I had to do some self promotion ; )

 I love orange cats <3

 女くま　thinks you are so cute!

  And all our ami's love the internet 

Speaking of the internet I plan to open up an etsy shop sometime this summer. It will be a consignment shop so it will include our work and some from fellow artists in the Portland area. It should be super amazing! 

This up coming weekend we have a rugby alumni game, baby cousin birthday parties and our 8 year old nephew is staying with us until September. So lets see how this goes!

がんばって！

 

Robot Randall

Fuchsia - Dea

IT'S THE FINAL COUNT DOWN!!!

Week 8 out of 11 has officially ended.
As Karis and I struggle to stay afloat amidst the whirl pool of job, school and crocheting......
The end is in sight. 

Karis drew a picture of a robot, and I made a pattern for it. 
Now don't get excited, it's a tube in various sizes, my pattern making skills are very weak. 

 This is the first take, He is awful cute isn't he? 

And of course I had to make them in bulk! So here is the whole freakn' family. The green one on the end is a little special, but we don't talk about it. We love him just the same. 

Karis made me take a picture of this bunny. She thinks he is adorable, and can't wait for him to find a wonderful loving family.
Gag me.
I don't know what rubs me the wrong way about this stupid bunny! I think it's the wild eyes, it makes me want to shoot it. 
Did I say that out loud?!
Well darn....