craft fair FAIL

So I made tons of items for this craft fair. I handmade price tags, bags, signs. I was really happy with everything i did.

the day came .Toby woke up late and we didn't leave until 7:30. Then there was a road closer so we had to go a different way. we got into Temprance at about 8:20 but we were hungry so we so we didn't get to the church until like 8:50. We didn't know how to set up our canopy, we had to get tons of help with that. My table was to small for all my items. We forgot our chairs so we had to get some from a friend.

I only had three sales all day and two of them were to people I knew. I didn't even make the 10$ back from the cover fee. so i lost money being there. from gas, cover fee, and not just working the day. Then it started raining and what ever people that might have been look where scared away. then i got my fingers smashed trying to take the canopy down.

i'm not even sure if i want to try to do another craft fair again. i mean if this is how its going to be every time then its not fun. not that many people came.l I was most upset that nobody from my family came, not a one. and everyone in jessicas family came. heck they helped her sell.

so to be such a downer, but i just need to get this off my chest.
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sign i made and t-shirt i wore

small table

a little about my hair

Hey that1girl,



You have amazing hair. do you have a fotki or journal I can check out? any tips for battling dryness as it gets longer? I do protective styling and have homemade and natural products I like but I feel like they aren't doing the trick now that it's longer than 10 inches. My ends get brittle and breaky despite my best efforts to keep it covered/tucked in! If you have time to share your regimen I am curious to know.
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thank you, but the pictures don't show everything. i have really dry hair to i just spray it every other day or wash it. i have split ends and not, but i don't let them get me down.


I have been using a spray bottle with olive oil, peppermint oil, rosemary oil and water. then i top that with watered down conditioner.
i try to drink more water, but i never remember. I'm not sure if it helped or not but i was a vegetarian for the past 5 years. an i never really wear my hair out that often. i hate dangling after a nice afro week.

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I've been wearing my hair out in about this week. I never get to do this. I got tangles, knot and shed hairs with every rinse this week. But i have been wearing my hair in protective styles for so long.
I plan on putting my hair back into braids tomorrow. and i will be able to wear hats again.

I love this page
black girl with long hair

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a few things that i finished lately. i've been getting into polymer clay. i'm still not that great. but there is a really amazing youtube page that shows you how to make cool things gentleman bunny







so we are about three days into the ravelympics and i haven't finished of my WIP's. in fact i started two new projects. I will update here once i finish an event.

a little down

I got a lot of WIP's out of the way. but now i've started more. i dont have as many going as i used to . which is a little bit of an improvement right

I got an order by email. Two fat bottom bags, and a pair of long fingerless glove. she hasn't replied back with the shade of blue that she wants so i can't start work on that yet.

i have a beret in the works. a barbie dress, but i've only done 2 row out of 100 so that can be put on hold. i'm finishing up a pair of short fingerless gloves. i should have those done if i give my self two hours or so to work on them.

i've been getting really into working with tape and making bags. i did a fused plastic bag which im very proud of. i've made a few other things with tape. mostly because i'm a little afraid of putting so much time and effort into sewing with my machine and it turning out bad like the skirt. but the skirt was my own fault with not mesuring right and then adding more fabric.

i was in Jo-anns today and sewing classes cost 40$ which i guess isn't as bad as i thought it would be. but i don't know i dont want to be the slow on in a class or the one that just doesnt get something. which is also why i still haven't learned to swim yet, and the fact that i freak out when water get in my ears.

I think i have my swap partners box all ready to ship. But just like every time i do a swap i feel like my box just wont measure up to all the others. even though were only supposed to spend 20$ i think that people spend more. but i just need to relize that everyone is great at different things. and maybe my swap partner wont be upset that shes not getting wool, bamboo or silk.

I still need to get around to typing up the letter i wrote or just rewriting it so that she can read it. because much like a blog when i start writing it only makes sense to me.

Toby was supposed to have his name change hearing today . but i guess the newpaper that he puplished the date to is to new. so the courts wouldn't take it. now he is going to have to wait another month or more.

but he did get his name changed at work and told alot of people to start calling him Tobias and use male pronouns. so yay for him.

i've kinda been in a rut about my hair. i've been in whats called a hair challenge.you keep your hair in protected hair styles for months at a time. and its to make and keep your hair healthy. but i got so bored that i was almost about to straighten my hair with a flat iron. but then i said hmm lets see what the curls are looking like i haven't had my hair loose for a while.

I took out the twist washed my hair. and fell in love with my afro again. I went out and brought some new products for curly hair. totally twisted shampoo and condtioner, and mousse. my hair looks amazing im just loving it. i dont want flat lifeless hair. i mean people with straight hair have to use products just to make their hair as full as mines. love what you got i guess.

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