And Winners Are...

Congratulations to 

Irene Y.

for winning the goodie basket at 

Denise Critchfield's Holiday Open House!

and

Congratulations to

Roberta S.

for winning the goodie basket at 

The Hope Mennonite Church Craft Bazaar!

Congratulations!!

Congratulations to 

Michelle S.

She is the winner of our goodie basket drawing from the Kansas Barn Sale!!!

Thanks so much to everyone who entered the drawing, and to everyone who stopped by our booth!

What a Saturday!!

Before the sun even came up on Saturday morning, Mom (and Dad) and I started setting up our booth at the Kansas Barn Sale!  Since this was only the second craft show that Mom and I had ever participated in, and the first outdoor sale, I was pretty nervous about how our booth would turn out!  I think it turned out pretty cute!!  (We were still setting up in these photos, so you'll get to see all of our lovely storage containers in the background!)

  

The day turned out to be so much fun!  I don't have any idea how many people came through (although the estimations were at least a couple of thousand) but I saw so many people from Hesston that I hadn't seen since high school, which was 5 years ago!  Okay, maybe it's closer to 20 years, but who's counting!  The BS Chicks (Barn Sale Chicks, that is) that run the sale did an amazing job!  I heard so many positive comments on the sale, the atmosphere, and all of the crafts, antiques, and food!  Kansas Barn Sale 2014, here we come!

Kansas Barn Sale!!!

Last October, my cousin and I set out on a chilly Kansas morning to check out the Kansas Barn Sale in Hesston, Kansas.  Oh my goodness!!! Antiques, handmade items, yummy food...talk about my kind of a place!!

This year, I am lucky enough to actually be a part of the Barn Sale!  Mom and I have been workin' our tails off preparing for the sale!  Here are a few of the items that will be found at our booth!

If you are anywhere close to central Kansas this weekend, do your best to make it to the Barn Sale!  You will not be disappointed!  Here is all of the info about the sale.  See you Saturday!!

Washi Tape Business Cards

I love washi tape.  I love the colors.  I love the patterns.  I love that the rolls are little and cute.  I love everything about it.  So, when it was time for me to come up with some new business cards, it was time to use some washi tape for the project.  I had pinned a few posts of other washi tape business cards, such as this one and this one, and they became my inspiration.  Here is what I came up with!

I love the way they turned out!

Mom's Quilts

A couple weeks ago, I went to Mom and Dad's house to photograph a few more of Mom's baby quilts.  The photographs are for our Etsy site.  Even though I still have a couple quilts to post from our last photography session many months ago, I will hopefully have her new ones listed soon!  Until then, here's a sneak peak!

What's In A Name??

It took me a long time to decided on a name for my Etsy shop!  Seriously, a LONG time.  I don't know how many names I came up with, but nothing ever really felt quite right.  Then one afternoon it hit me.  I had seen other blogs named after a street or address, which I thought was kind of neat.  Why not use the name of a street from my life?  The street where I grew up in central Kansas was called Random Road.  Hmmm... "Random" definitely described my back-and-forth, going-from-one-thing-to-another style of crafting.  I liked the link to my childhood.  That is where I tried my first sewing, painting, and crafting projects.  Hmmm...  Random Road...Creations!  Random Road Creations!  That was it!  Thankfully, Random Road Creations was available as an Etsy shop name!  (Otherwise, I'd still probably be trying to think of a name!)  It was official!

The name, Random Road Creations, has continued to be a great fit!  When my mom, Jan Diller, joined my shop in May (selling her beautiful hand-quilted baby quilts) the name worked for her also!  Who know how many cross-stitch, sewing, quilting, and embroidery projects she completed while living on Random Road!

Welcome!

Welcome to my Random Road Creations blog!  This blog is intended to share my ideas and projects connected to my Etsy shop, Random Road Creations.  Thanks for stopping by!