Craft Fair Success!

Huge thanks to everyone for the kind e-mails and comments about the Kingsburg Festival - it was a success!  We had a great time participating in the fair and had a great view for the Maypole rising and dancing. The parade was pretty darn cute too.

Here are a few pictures from the fun weekend.

My favorite little viking:

Booth setup complete, thumbs up!

The headbands didn't sell quite as well as they did at the Lucia fair, but I also think people weren't in as much of the "buying" mood as Lucia since it wasn't Christmas season.

My crafting partner, Beth, hand-etched these awesome vases, glasses, and more.  Check out that sweet viking glass!

I made some last-minute garland for decor from some jute webbing (which I think looks Scandinavian!) from Joann's for only 79 cents a yard!

I dressed up in one of my mom's Swedish costumes. [I didn't get a picture of the entire outfit, unfortunately] Ryan was quite the good sport to dress up himself. I'm such a lucky gal.

And along with the hand-stenciled viking and Dala onesies, I stenciled some children's aprons too. 

The town of Kingsburg was so cute...even the McDonalds had a Dala in front!!

Overall, we had a wonderful weekend! I'm so glad we got the chance to participate in this great fair and will definitely be back!

Be sure to check out the Midsommar festival in Vasa Park here in the LA area if you live nearby...we will have a booth there on June 23!

Pacifier clips

A few of the pacifier clips I've been cranking out...my favorite are the vikings. It's from ByBora Designs...isn't it adorable!?

 

I'm selling these this weekend at the Kingsburg Festival.

 

I will probably be off the bloggin bandwagon until next week. We leave Friday right after work to head to the fair.

 

Have a great weekend!

Fika Friday [Tuesday]

Hi everyone! I know I'm a little late on my Fika Friday post...so here is my Fika Tuesday.

In the madness of the upcoming craft fair this weekend, I needed some serious fika to keep me going this past weekend. Enter the espresso brownie. Just what I needed: chocolate and coffee in one! Now, I must warn you, these are actually very cake-y brownies which are not my fave (I prefer the dense, buttery, fudgey type), but the coffee flavor really makes them. Later, I will try just adding some coffee flavor to my favorite fudgey brownie recipe because I think that would be the perfect brownie in my book.

So there you have it, a few days late, but my Fika Friday Tuesday nonetheless.

My fika rundown:

Where: at home

What: Espresso brownies with coffee

With: Ryan

Best part: the much needed caffeine

Headbands

Just wanted to pop in and show you all how the headbands are coming along!

 

Here are some of the headband designs I have made so far:

All of my ribbon for the headbands I either been bought on Etsy or my mom has found at various Scandinavian stores over the years (thanks, Mom!). I backed them with a solid color ribbon and add elastic to loop them together.

My favorites are the Dala horses on blue and the red hearts with blue flowers and green vines. After all of the craft fair craziness I will post a tutorial on how to make them!

Hope you're enjoying your weekend!