BOOTH UPDATE and BAD DOG JIMMY

I've spent some time working on my booth.

Last month was my first month and I sold enough to make rent, pay the mall commission and to still get a modest little check.

So after picking up the check I promptly drove over to Michaels and spent it all on canvases and paper mâché pumpkins.

Sigh.

This last weekend's boarding schedule was the last "light" weekend for a while.
Possibly until after the New Year, so I decided to take the weekend PLUS Monday off, to do a few things.

Saturday I went to an Art fair.

I bought a metal owl for my fence.

I bought one last year that sits on a piece of a tree limb on a stake.
It's in the flowers at the front of my house and makes me happy whenever I see it.
When I saw that this year she had a single separate owl, one that could be mounted on the top of my fence I just had to get it.

(I'm still working on redoing my fence). 

Here's a close up of the owl.

Here's the owl sitting on top of the fence I made a few years back.
I made it from some new 2 x 4's and pieces of wood from my old fence.

I whitewashed the fence and it's faded now but I'll be taking it down next Spring when I get my new fence built.
I'm going to enclose a larger part of the yard this time but still leave the bottom of it wild and natural.

Here's another photo that I think is funny because it captures Jimmy jumping as high as he can and in mid "spring" as he tries to see me over the fence.

After the Art Fair I spent some time at the condo of a client of my sister's, doing their gardening.
I dead-headed and watered.

(My sister is on vacation in Vermont so I'm doing her some of her gardening side business while she's gone.)

Sunday I painted my fence posts. I think it's easier before putting them up.
Then I painted a base coat on the pumpkins and also dragged more stuff out to go to the booth.

As I was painting the pumpkins at the kitchen table and a light breeze came through the window,
I thought how nice and peaceful the day was.

Everyone was scattered about, sleeping or chewing on their bones.
When suddenly I thought I heard a different sound. I stood up and looked into the living room.

My beautiful Mid-Century Modern sofa.

I love that damn thing. 

It was such a rare find and a real steal.

I noticed some "cracks" in it from Blue standing up on it and circling before laying down.
I had been researching how to hopefully repairs the cracks and had been to several fabric stores and hardware stores looking at things.
Well, I heard this sound and I stood up and caught Jimmy Chew in the act!

I gotta tell you, I freaked out!

I was SCREAMING and having a real meltdown.

I went to swat his butt but he was too quick, so instead I hollered him and at most everyone else to go outside.

I went back to my pumpkin, finished the coat, washed out my brush , took a deep breath and let them back inside.

I was still mad but calmed down a bit.

Jimmy refused to look at me, I know he knew that he was in BIG trouble.

Monday, I went out and spent a lot of time rearranging my stuff in the booth.

I crammed it full. I prefer a more sparse look but I need to get this stuff moving!

I am also running a 20% off sale on everything in my booth for a limited time.

(I noticed that a lot of the other booth vendors do that too)

I just want the stuff to GO, so that I can move more STUFF out there!

After that, I went and watered my sister's client's flowers and then drove to her house and watered all her flowers.

Finally I went home, feed my critters, did a couple loads of laundry and then my weekend was over!

Wow! Those 3 days flew!

So, how was YOUR weekend?