Warner Fall Foliage Festival

October is around the corner and I have been very busy trying to make enough bags for the upcoming Warner Fall Foliage Festival, October 11 & 12th. I am lucky enough to have the wonderful support of April at Akasha Massage and Bodywork. They will be at the fair giving chair massages. They have offered the use of their table for some of my bags. Well, I am excited to say I have finished 34 bags. I still have 2 more to do this week but I thought I would show you the bags I have going. My large bags are about 16x16in. The large/med bags are about 13x13. Medium bags are 12x12 in. Small bags are 10x10in. and tiny bags are 8.5x5.5in.

My next deadline is to make enough bags for the Bow Craft Fair in November....got to get crocheting!!!

5 more bags this weeks!!!

Okay, so this was a bad week. On Wednesday night I had about 3 bags started and 0 completed!!! I ran out of two colors and had NO time to string. The kids did not want to work (did I mention I homeschool three children?) and my allergies seem to be serious about giving me a continuous headache. BUT I am happy to say that after putting myself to bed at 8PM on Thursday night (right after the kids were all tucked in:-) I managed to complete 5 bags for the week. PHEW!!!! It sure is interesting that they are so bright...a contradiction to how I felt. I am thinking that it is what got me through the week. I needed the bright colors to lift my spirits!!

5 more bags!!!

This weeks bags are full of stripes!! The first two are a large and a small bag. The large bag is made from Hannaford bags with white stripes. The small is a white bag with orange newspaper plastic.

The second picture shows a fun new design. It is a med/large size bag with blue newspaper and some green (from a friend in Mass.). I LOVE this bag. Wish I had more of the green.

The last photo is a large and med/large bag. The large is Shaws bags striped with white and a black and white bag. Now that Walmart has changed their bags from black and white to blue and white this pattern will be few and far between. On the bright side I will have more blue and white bags:-)

Next week...green and white! New bag color!

This weeks bags

Here are the bags I have been working on this week (and a picture of my daughter sorting the newspaper plastic - her favorite job). I usually can only do about 4-5 bags a week. I have been working overtime the last month or so to be able to have enough bags for the upcoming fall fair season.

This week I have a new design. I have been collecting the four different newspaper plastic recently (blue, orange, yellow and even a few pink). I also just recieved a bunch of green bags from a friend in Massachusetts! I was SO excited to have all green bags for a change!! I decided to combine them and make some very colorful bags. Check them out! My husband can not stop talking about how much he likes these bags:-)