Spring Events 2013

Spring is coming, and with Spring comes craft shows, farmers markets, and the like.  I'm going to use this blog post to list our upcoming events and shows.  I will update it as new ones arise and create a link at the top of the blog and on our Facebook page. So if you are local to the Sacramento, CA area, please come out and see us!

• Epic Arts and Crafts Festival: April 13 9am-3pm

             Handcrafted items, food, music             
             
             East Parkway Church  
           
             4700 East Roseville Parkway  
           
             Granite Bay, CA 95746

• First Fridays at the Fountains:  May-September 6-10pm (May 3, June 7, July 5, August 2, September 6) Across from the Galleria Mall in Roseville

• GOOD: Street Food + Design Market May 5 1:00pm  (1409 Del Paso Blvd, Sacramento) 

• East Sacramento Garden Tour at David Lubin School - 3535 M Street Sacramento, CA

 The tour is May 11th & 12th from 10am – 4pm. you may use your ticket on either day, 

or if you don’t have time to see all of the gardens in one day, you can come back and 

finish.Garden tour tickets are $20.00 in advance and $25.00 on the day of the event.

Luncheon tickets are $15.00. The Garden Tour Boutique, located at David Lubin School,

features hand-crafted items by local artists.With original creations from garden accessories 

to fashion accessories, you’re sure to find a one-of-a-kind item for Mom!

The finished product

I will be the first to admit that I am a little obsessed with getting my photographs just right. I love taking them, and I am happy to say that I think they have gotten better over the years.  We recently bought a new camera, and I am pretty thrilled with it!  Here are a few soaps that I listed today and a couple that I will list soon.

White Tea & Ginger

Magnolia

Peppermint Stick

Meyer Lemon

Vanilla Spice

Orange Cream

Of course you can find these and many more soaps in our Etsy shop

Getting ready for Spring - freshly cut soap

Meyer Lemon

It's hard to believe that I am already making soap for the Spring!  I am waiting for a shipment of fragrances that I am going to be trying out, plus I have bunch of new colors I am going to be playing around with...SO exciting!  I cut this Meyer Lemon soap today.  I change it every time I make it, but I love the fragrance so much.  Below are pictures of soap I made a couple weeks ago.  I have since trimmed and cleaned them up, so they are much prettier now.  I am anxious for the sun to come out more often so I can get some proper pictures.  I took the last picture in my kitchen after I poured the black shaving soap.  That is the soap looking down into the PVC pipe I use as a mold. I thought it looked pretty cool. 

Magnolia

Black Tea Shaving Soap

Black Tea freshly poured

Last Minute Shopper SALE!!

In honor of 12/12/12 and the upcoming  twelve days of Christmas, we are going to reward you last minute shoppers with a SALE: Use coupon code TWELVE12 for 20% off! http://www.etsy.com/shop/pitterpatterndesigns.  Remember that in order to get your goodies before Christmas, you should place your order by the 17th of December. We will keep this sale going until then!

What are your Thanksgiving plans?

Just a little preview of what I've been working on lately...

Violet

Apricot Freesia Cupcake Soap
(this one is a restock)

Jasmine Poppy Seed Goat Milk Soap

Birch Forest Goat Milk Soap

I will post pictures of these soaps after they are packaged.  I also did a remake of Rose Petal and made Mocha Almond Soap and cupcake soap.  I just need to take some pictures.  The weather has been a bit gloomy lately.  I think I might get out my light box and play around a little bit tonight!  If I produce something good, I'll be sure to let you know!

I will be at the Maidu Community Center on December 1st for their Annual Holiday Craft Fair from 9-4.  If you are local, I would love to see you there!

I'm having my mother and father-in-law over for Thanksgiving this year.  We are having a Thanksgiving feast with a twist.  What are your Thanksgiving Plans?  I love to hear what kind of food people are making!! :)

Office...Finally!

Several months ago I wrote about how I was so excited to be switching my office with my oldest daughter's room.  We were all ready to go, and then she had surgery on the tendons in her left foot, so we put it off. Of course I had already moved a bunch of stuff down from my office into my living room before we heard about the surgery.  It has looked kind of like an episode of hoarders around here for the past several months, but I am happy to say that progress is being made!  Emily has been mostly moved to the upstairs, and although we were a little worried that the stairs would still be risky at this point, she is doing a fabulous job of navigating them without giving her mother a heart attack (I still hover a little...I won't lie).  We are working on the details to make her room teenager acceptable, but so far so good.  I will post a picture at some point if I get permission from the said teenager, although she doesn't like it when I post pictures of her or her stuff on the internet (can't say I blame her).  As for my office, I am slowly getting things prepped and organized.  I can post pictures of my office, although there is nothing too exciting to see yet.

A blank canvas waiting to be filled!

So far, I have scrubbed, painted, and assembled/moved in a couple pieces of furniture.  We cleaned the carpet today, so all the furniture we moved back in is bunched up on one side of the room.

The side of the room that actually has
something in it.  The other half is empty.

I decided to go with a bright, fresh color on the walls, since the lighting is not the best.  We have a lot of red artwork and accessories, so I'm mainly going with red as our accent color.  I love bright colors, so you never know what I'll throw in there!  I'm quite excited to get organized again (as is my ever patient husband).  As well as tackling this project, I am working on all my holiday soaps and goodies! I can't go without posting some soap, so here are a couple pictures of our newest Fall/holiday soap.

Pumpkin Lager Beer Soap

Peppermint Stick Cupcake Soap

Fall Events Coming Right Up!

September is starting off with a busy couple of weekends! We will be at the Good Street Food and Designs Market on September 2nd.  If all goes well, we will also be at this event in October and November as well.  We are doing the happy dance!  Hoping to meet a lot of new people there! Then we will be at First Fridays in Roseville at the Fountains on September 7th from 5:30-10:00pm. It is the last First Friday until next Spring, so don't miss out!