The Mouse Market

Toasted Meatball Sub Earrings

The sandwiches have struck again! This time, I spent the better part of yesterday afternoon creating Roast Beef ‘n’ Cheese and Toasted Meatball Sub Earrings, as well as a somewhat disturbing-looking pair of Crispy Fried Chicken Earrings. I discovered that by mixing sand with Liquid Translucent Sculpey I could recreate the breaded appearance of the chicken, and I already have a few more ideas for employing that nifty technique.

Roast Beef 'n' Cheese Earrings

Later this afternoon, I’m planning on dragging out the new booth table I recently bought and setting up a mock display so I can figure out a way to extend my table skirt, which was originally made for a smaller table, preferably without spending any more money on supplies. I’ve been toying with the idea of using two panels of patchwork papers, almost like table runners, to cover up the gaps on either side of the original skirt, and I might have enough decorative papers in various green patterns to make the booth look nice and St. Patrick’s Day-ish.

Handmade Garden Tools

Last, but certainly not least, my dad surprised me with another miniatures special delivery, this time a box full of summer-ready garden tools and beekeeping equipment, which will be perfect for my woodland room box!The squeal-worthy handmade items include a wooden bee hive and smoker, six wooden boxes for Mouse Market Farms organic produce, and three hand forged metal garden tools. Amazing! And get this: My dad pulled the typeface from my logo and had to reassemble the “f” in farms from other letters, because he didn’t want to ask me the name of the font and ruin the surprise. *sigh* Unbelievable.

Handmade Beekeeping Equipment

P.S. I’ve been following the Crafting an MBA blog for the past month, and I recently read two posts that might be of use to fellow crafters in the process of launching their own businesses: How to Lower Your Prices Without Reducing Your Profits and Does Your Business Stick?, the latter which includes tips from the book Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath.

Have a great weekend!

Organic Heart Soap

For this week’s Etsy Find I bring you Etta + Billie, home to wonderful, organic soaps and bath products created by San Francisco soap maker, Alana. Her products are paraben and nasty chemicals-free, and her designs are lovely. If you’re frantically wrapping up your Valentine’s Day shopping, check out the Organic Heart Soap with yummy cocoa and a pretty pink heart or the Limited Edition Forget Me Not Soap with organic herbs and shea butter.

Forget Me Not Soap

She also has a wonderful blog, Urban Agrestic, and according to one of her posts, she has successfully landed her first wholesale account with Paxton Gate in San Francisco, so if you’re in the neighborhood, be sure to stop by. Congratulations, Alana!