Porch pumpkin patch

I last sold two sets of pumpkins to my friend Kathy to give to her daughters. I happened to think to set them in a nest of raffia for the photo that I took of them on the porch.

Today I crocheted two baby washcloths using variegated pastel blue, peach and white yarn. Planning on having a crafts & bake sale this month and in December with one of Kathy's daughters. I'll do the crafting and she'll do the baking.

This morning I gathered items around the house that I can transform into crafty saleable gift items. I'm going to make more washcloths and package them with a bar of soap. You'll see what else I come up with. I spent time online this morning looking for quick crafts for fundraising. Saw some non-crochet ideas that I would like to pursue. I'm trying not to go out and buy things. I combined a baby blanket, the yellow stuffed bunny as seen two entries ago with a Peter Cottontail book to be sold as a set.

I can see already that making gift baskets would become habit-forming for me. I imagine combining different related items into one set or bundle. I see some practical, awesome ones in my head already. I'll make an effort to use what I already have first. I have lots of craft stuff so I just need to calm down and go into an exhilarating creative frenzy. I'm going to have to whip out my hot glue gun for some of the things that I have in mind.

For some of you, the pics below will look familiar. In the past, I shared the one on the left my face-to-face associates and online pen pals to illustrate what yarn ends look like before they are woven in with a needle.

This was an order that Kathy gave me to make for the daughter who bakes. There are 2 hot pads, 6 climbing shells dishcloths, 5 rose pins, and 4 drink coasters.

Actually, I'm pretty sure that I want to use the same edging around the baby washcloths that I used for the dishcloths. I'm going to use white baby yarn with the sparkly thread of rayon going through it. I have a lot of that kind of yarn. It's a nice feeling to think about yarn.