1: Economical and Practical. A sidewalk chalkboard is a one-time investment that will pay for itself over and over for years to come. A chalkboard only requires chalk and some creativity to fashion a compelling message to draw attention. 2: Update Content as needed. Business Owners can change or update customers with new information as… Continue reading Here are 5 Good Reasons Why Sidewalk Chalkboards Are Game Changers For Small Businesses
Craft Event Check List
Getting Ready for a craft show can get hairy if not organized…but it doesn’t have to be that way. To avoid chaos, minimize mental injury, prevent emotional damage, save time, money, and energy in preparing for a craft event, I created a simple craft event check list to maximize personal efficiency and honestly having a… Continue reading Craft Event Check List
Shower Caddy Ribbon Lei Dispenser ?
Hafa Adai! I make ribbon leis in bulk throughout the year to prepare for graduation season (April and May)! To make leis in the masses, I use a shower caddy to keep working satin ribbon tidy, while minimizing tangles, clean and of course organized all the time. Its also a convenient way to take my… Continue reading Shower Caddy Ribbon Lei Dispenser ?
One Scruchie or a Billion Scrunchies
Hafa Adai I made a video on how to make scrunchies! Once you know how to sew a scrunchie, you can make one scrunchie or a BILLION scrunchies! Sewing scrunchies is a fun, easy beginner friendly sewing project! They can be made with scraps of fabric! And make an awesome gift for special friends and… Continue reading One Scruchie or a Billion Scrunchies
How to Make a Quick and Easy Lanyard Pattern Using Posterboard
Hafa Adai! I made a bunch of lanyards for a pop up event that I attended and it was time to make a new lanyard pattern! It is easy to make, and all you need is posterboard, pencil and scissors. Once you make this pattern, you can make one, two, or million fabric lanyards. Enjoy!… Continue reading How to Make a Quick and Easy Lanyard Pattern Using Posterboard
What is a Scrub Cap?
Hafa Adai! A scrub cap is a special headwear that is commonly worn by surgeons, nurses, Obstetricians, Gynecologists, and Anesthesiologists, technicians, Nurse Anesthetists and Cardiac Perfusionists. Scrub caps are worn to contain and prevent hair from contaminating or falling into a sterile environment in the operating or procedure room. Scrub caps can be made in… Continue reading What is a Scrub Cap?
How to trace a sewing pattern with freezer paper
Hafa Adai Familia! I posted this week's YouTube video, how to trace a sewing pattern , this is where I show how to trace a sewing pattern with freezer paper. Please check out the related video ----> Watch me Sew Shorts I Easy Sew Boy Shorts I How to Sew Shorts I Beginner Sew McCall… Continue reading How to trace a sewing pattern with freezer paper
Sew Quick and Easy Beginner Boy Shorts
Hafa Adai Familia, Summer is approaching and sewed my first ever boy shorts! I scared myself silly going into this sewing project - because I thought it was going to be this complicated and painful experience - but it was just the opposite! It was fun and I truly learned something that is both practical,… Continue reading Sew Quick and Easy Beginner Boy Shorts
Watch me Sew a Wrist Wallet Pouch
Hafa Adai Familia!!! I hope every one is happy and healthy!!!! Here is this week's video, enjoy and if you have any questions or comments, drop me a line and will get back to it. Please subscribe as this will help my channel to grow. If you are interested in any handmade pieces, please check… Continue reading Watch me Sew a Wrist Wallet Pouch
How To Make The Quickest And Easiest Lanyard!
Hafa Adai Familia! I uploaded a YouTube video for this week - How To Make The Quickest And Easiest Lanyard! To make a fabric lanyard, it only takes 10 minutes! It is a fun, quick and easy beginner friendly sewing project! And I walk you through each step! So come on over! Please subscribe to my… Continue reading How To Make The Quickest And Easiest Lanyard!
Too Many Lanyards?
Hafa Adai Familia, Busy! Busy! Busy working on this week's YouTube video, stay tuned. Posting on Sunday, February 10 https://youtube.com/shorts/Vnr9hTfORR8
You Tube Video Upload, Pencil Case Zipper Pouch with Elastic
Hafa Adai Familia! I just uploaded a You Tube video this evening - Pencil Case Zipper Pouch with Elastic! It was really fun to put this video together. My husband, the brilliant mastermind tech savvy computer genius that he is, helped me figure out the technical side of video editing...thank goodness for him! Here it is,… Continue reading You Tube Video Upload, Pencil Case Zipper Pouch with Elastic
Hafa Adai Isa Scrunchies on eBay
Hafa Adai Familia I just posted more homemade products on my eBay store, check it out. This week, I have been working on a lot of sewing projects for both my online store, and upcoming Farmer's Market. https://youtube.com/shorts/oH1JI5jJNSI
Hafa Adai Isa eBay Store
Hafa Adai Familia, I have been working on getting my online store up and running. It will take me at least a week or two (at the latest) to get all products posted. The first item that I decided to post was my scrunchies!!!! Stop on by, hope to see you there. Ebay store: https://www.ebay.com/usr/hafaadaiisa https://youtube.com/shorts/QCvrQR0Obk4
Boxy Zipper Pouches by Isla
Hafa Adai Familia I spent at least 22 hours basting and binding the concepts of sewing a simple boxy pouch! By no means, am I a dress maker, tailor, or seamstress, just a beginner amateur entrepreneur with sew little experience. Of course, I went through the notions of trying my luck, as I was commited and lockstitched in… Continue reading Boxy Zipper Pouches by Isla
Wrist Zipper Pouch
Hafa Adai Familia I spent some time teaching myself how to sew a wrist zipper pouch out of pure necessity, because the new yoga pants I bought did not have any built in pockets for my keys and ID...this is a sad case of buyer's remorse! UGH! It is my own darn fault ! Any… Continue reading Wrist Zipper Pouch
Pen/Pencil/Bookmark Zipper Pouch
Hafa Adai Familia Its a Pencil case? Its a bookmark? Its a zipper pouch? .... its all the above! https://youtube.com/shorts/PMp_9iPX0Eg
Advantages of Selling Handcrafted Products at a Farmer’s Market
Do you make handmade jewelry? Candles? Soap? Do you sew? Crochet? Knit? Woodworking? Your local farmer’s market is a good way to showcase your talent and creativity within the local community and sell your products. There are advantages to selling handcrafted products at a farmer’s market: Attracting a wide audience of customers. Farmer markets attract… Continue reading Advantages of Selling Handcrafted Products at a Farmer’s Market
Isla Makes Scrunchies!!!
Hafa Adai Familia, I have been working like a mad person making scrunchies! Here is the final product! https://youtube.com/shorts/p_fguEHhV1E
Offering FREE Samples and Demonstrations at a Farmer’s Market
As a farmer’s market vendor, it could get very competitive and challenging having to compete with other vendors who are offering similar or cheaper products! So we need to figure out: How do you get your products to stand out? How to attract more customers? We can do this by offering free samples and demonstrations!… Continue reading Offering FREE Samples and Demonstrations at a Farmer’s Market
7 Effective Ways to Prelaunch Your Product With a Bang!
Imagine that your birthday is coming up next month, lets say, January 30th, and you want to celebrate this special day with friends and family… so diligently you prepare, create a dinner menu, order a birthday cake, shop for birthday supplies, curbside service groceries! Hire a DJ, a magician and mobile petting zoo for this… Continue reading 7 Effective Ways to Prelaunch Your Product With a Bang!
Do You Know the Muffin Man? Christmas Gingerbread Headband
Hafa Adai Familia I worked on this quick Gingerbread headband for my little one. Grabbed a few Christmas ornaments at Walmart this evening, and hot glue gun then got to work! Here is the final look! https://youtube.com/shorts/-rEhVOg6ijc
6 Tips on How to Stand out at a Farmer’s Market and Attract More Customers.
1. Theme and Color Choose a theme and color that best compliments your brand and products! For example, if you are selling handcrafted tropical beach jewelry and zipper pouches, your theme is tropical beach and matching colors would be shades of turquoise, aqua and cyan. Another example of theme and color that comes to mind… Continue reading 6 Tips on How to Stand out at a Farmer’s Market and Attract More Customers.
Isa Makes Fabric Lanyards
Hafa Adai Familia! I have been keeping busy in my little corner, researching and learning about cotton fabric and how to turn it into beautiful tangible pieces that do not break my brain. While doing this, I am working tirelessly on making and editing youtube videos about my small business. Busy! Busy! Busy! I made… Continue reading Isa Makes Fabric Lanyards
9 Things I learned in my first year working at a farmer’s market.
One: Prepare well. Don’t procrastinate. Do a quick inventory of sale items, materials and supplies What needs to be restocked for next Saturday? Make more inventory if needed Cash out all payment received, cash, credit and debit transactions. Clean and organize storage tote boxes, bags and cooler Cash box, make sure you have enough… Continue reading 9 Things I learned in my first year working at a farmer’s market.
Isla Life Update
Hafa Adai Familia, It has been a rough few weeks, posted last on November 11th!!!! When I thought everyone was getting over fever and seasonal allergies, things were finally looking good for all of us. It was an ideal time to resume working on blog and all things crafting stuff, but we were completely robbed… Continue reading Isla Life Update
Isla tries to Sew!!!
Hafa Adai Familia In a previous post, I mentioned, I am getting ready for the local Frost Fest in December. So far I have made festive Christmas headbands, flower combs, and now....I am trying my luck with sewing! There was a time that I was good at it too! How long has it been since… Continue reading Isla tries to Sew!!!
Christmas Flower Combs
Hafa Adai Familia I am getting ready for my first Annual Frost Fest! I made a few Christmas Flower Combs. I mixed traditional poinsettias and tropical flowers to achieve a very merry tropical Christmas! https://youtube.com/shorts/H6QPl7LwNGs
Money Crown Sample
Hafa Adai Familia, It's been a hot Texas Minute since I posted anything. For a few weeks, I had to step away. Its been a very rough couple weeks, dealing with seasonal cold and flu ick! Right now, I am playing catch up with everything since returning back to work this week. Unsure where to… Continue reading Money Crown Sample
Getting Ready for 2024 Graduation Weekly Update 6
Hafa Adai Familia! This week was busy! My little one is on school break, the dog was sick and worked on several custom crown orders, 2 for the Day of the Dead Celebration and one for Senior Night, which were all due to be completed and delivered on October 13! In between all the hustle… Continue reading Getting Ready for 2024 Graduation Weekly Update 6
October 14, Saturday Market
Senior Night Blue Flower Crown Update
Hafa Adai Familia! Happy Friday! I finally finished my first ever Senior Night Crown! It was blue, sparkly and wonderfully decorated with rhinestones and glitter! It is probably the most beautiful thing I have created so far. My customer said she wanted to shine and stand out for Senior Night. I spent a lot of… Continue reading Senior Night Blue Flower Crown Update
Purple Flower Crown
Hafa Adai Familia, Just finished another crown this evening - she is pretty! she is purple! And absolutely stunning! Tomorrow will be exciting, working on a new custom order for a client. Keep ya'll posted! https://youtube.com/shorts/EL3f4PfyoSo
Butterfly Crown
https://youtube.com/shorts/CRVu8qX4aQw Hafa Adai Familia, Last week, I sold two of my crowns (see below videos) on Saturday Market Day and this is the latest one I made (above)! https://youtube.com/shorts/sCWiFWcKQIk https://youtube.com/shorts/dygf2XfVbK0
Getting Ready for 2024 Graduation Weekly Update 5
Hafa Adai Familia, I think maybe another 5 weeks? Maybe? This project remains to be in progress! Update ya'll next week! SchoolSchool ColorsWeek 1Week 2Week 3Week 4 Week 5ARed/Blk/White87010BGold/Black41223CGreen / White0315Ordering inventoryDSilver / Navy Blue00022ERed / White 00008
October 7, Saturday Market Day
Hafa Adai Familia! This was an uneasy breezy day! Seriously!!!!! Canopy, merch and all of my patience fell victim to the wind! While making this short video, I was doing my best to hold down my display table from being knocked over! However, it was nice jacket weather!
Spider Hair Clips
Hafa Adai Familia!!!! https://youtube.com/shorts/THljRw9c0wk?feature=share I grabbed some spiders and a skull to decorate a few hair clips !!!! Let me know what y’all think!
Getting Ready for 2024 Graduation Weekly Update 4
Hafa Adai Familia, This is week 4 (see chart below) of Getting Ready for Graduation Season ! It has been a crazy ride, this week with sick kids, running errands, doctor appointments, making Halloween items for the market, while trying to find a free minute in between to braid leis. It has not been easy,… Continue reading Getting Ready for 2024 Graduation Weekly Update 4
September 30, Saturday Farmers Market
Today was a slow day! The market was bare. Customers were quick to come in, some lingered around, and others were quick to leave. I made a few sales, and passed out my business cards. Eventually, it got too hot for my own good - packed up and left around 1230pm!
Halloween Treat Bags
Hafa Adai Familia!!! Happy Friday !!!! As Halloween is just around the corner, I decided to stencil a few Halloween treat bags to celebrate this fun holiday !!!! https://youtube.com/shorts/_R4LWxWDzRY?si=Sif5HoDAxKgkSFP-
Day of the Dead, Part 4
Hafa Adai Familia, Worked on the last crown (maybe) for this week. ? https://youtube.com/shorts/sCWiFWcKQIk?si=zjtnqljxF2x1oPeX
Day of the Dead, Part 3
Hafa Adai Familia, I am still making Day of the Dead Crowns! This crown was made differently, using butterflies! Sending good vibes your way! https://youtube.com/shorts/dygf2XfVbK0 g
The Day of the Dead
Hafa Adai Familia, I am working on a small, super fun project! Yesterday, I rounded up some Dollar tree flowers, glitter, zip ties, and whole bunch of hot glue to make a Day of the Dead crown! Here is what I came up with. This is my very first attempt making something like this, let… Continue reading The Day of the Dead
Getting Ready for 2024 Graduation Weekly Update 3
Hafa Adai Familia, This is week 3 (see chart below) of Getting Ready for Graduation Season . It has been a crazy week for me with a bunch of detours and changes to our daily routine! My little one unexpectedly fell ill on Tuesday while at school. Her health, immediately took precedence and priority above… Continue reading Getting Ready for 2024 Graduation Weekly Update 3
Graduation Lei
Hafa Adai Familia, Just finished a money lei. This is a different kind of money lei that I am used to making. It took me awhile to make this sample lei; almost gave up! However with perseverance and a whole lot of patience, it got done! Amen! Dont be shy, tell me what ya'll think!… Continue reading Graduation Lei
Getting Ready for 2024 Graduation Weekly Update 2
Hafa Adai Familia, This is week two, of Getting Ready for Graduation Season . I worked on the same colors last week, just trying to get a school done. So far, I am at 15 in total for School A, just need 5 more to reach my 20 leis goal. And then I am soo… Continue reading Getting Ready for 2024 Graduation Weekly Update 2
Coffee with Isla 