I was thinking of selling the birdhouse for 3 dollars. I have always wanted to try to make something from them but I'm to afraid that they will turn out bad. My sisters got the "crafty gene" and I didn't. My vines are doing well this year. I have snakes over 3 feet some straight some curled. I have eggs galore, dont know what to do with them. Maybe this next year when they are dried, I will try to make something, or just give them to the kids to play with again.

So you don't talk much! OK so smile & look customers in the face & don't talk a lot to your booth mate! I find it annoying to be interested in something to find the booth folks going on about kids dating problems or hubby being lazy & not getting something done, I just pass on by no matter how interested in the product I was, personal talking between sellers turns me off. I'm there to buy & expect booth owner to be available to answer questions. I sold & headed up many boutiques over the years & that was problem, 2nd problem was people selling, really pushing their wares hard, huge turnoff. 1 lady had son that made lovely wooden pic. frames but she practically shoved them in people's faces. Lot of complaints on her & I talked to her about it but she wouldn't quit & people that had bought $200-300 dollars from us( in the past) just said 'sorry, we won't be back! So that ended our club's boutiques. When you push like that you come off as being desperate! If people regret spending money because "they were pushed into it" they won't be return customers & the return customers were ones that bought most of our handmade items each year.We sent them a flyer each year! Most things were sewn, crocheted or knitted, pillows, natural materials floral arrangements on driftwood,doll clothes for Barbie, fridge magnets,baby bibs & decorated spit-up cloths etc, we had some Christmas but most items were gifts & solved the customers gift giving problems. We tried to have different items each year, not same old stuff as year before, if something was excellent seller we would try to change colors, like when kitchen colors changed, we changed to match what was new. Jan

Pixie Lou, what are crayon rolls? Here's something I am trying for the first time, although the idea is not new. Buy a pack of regular sized clothespins--the kind that have a spring clip. Choose one side to decorate. Paint that side with acrylic paint. Then mix glossy Mod Podge with a LOT of glitter (maybe equal parts). Use glitter that matches the color of the paint. Paint it on top of the dried paint. Once the Mod Podge dries, the glitter will NOT FLAKE OFF! Then cut up adhesive magnetic strips and glue them to the back of the pin. You sell them as glittered clips that will adhere to a refrigerator, school locker, or file cabinet (for grownup children). A couple of notes (learn from my trial and error). I used paint pens to make decorating easier. I "painted" (drew) multicolor stripes and glittered them, making rainbow clips. I made the mistake of Mod Podge-ing the back of the clips and then the adhesive on the magnet strip would come off after a couple of days. (So leave the wood on the back in its raw state.) The strips stay on better if the clip is attached to the fridge vertically; when it's horizontal the glue seems to pull off more. Each clothespin costs only about two cents from Wal Mart. Here is a video nicely demonstrating the Mod Podge "glitter glue." Here is a link that might be useful: Mod Podge Techniques video

related to this, does any one know how to print on tan cardstock so that it would not copy well? I would like to sell the coloring kits inexpensively, but not if someone is just going to make their own copies. I'm going to do a test of some brown and yellow, and maybe pale blue ink. I want them to be visible enough to be a guide but actually not only discourage copying, but allow the creative person to do their own thing. Kathy