# The SDMB Craft Show & Bake Sale! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 22, 2000, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-craft-show-bake-sale/42384 "2000-11-22T23:11:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2000, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-craft-show-bake-sale/42384/1 "2000-11-22T23:11:43Z")
Okay, it’s that time of year. Set out your stuff. Here at my table, I’ve got crochet & plastic canvas. Here’s some dishcloths & potholders. I’ve got some mug rugs and refrigerator magnets, too! Mostly Christmas-themed, but there’s a few other holiday things, like Thanksgiving, Chanukah, New Year’s, Easter, and Halloween. Got any stuff you want to display? This is the place to do it. There’s lots & lots of table space! ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2000, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-craft-show-bake-sale/42384/2 "2000-11-22T23:26:43Z")
oh, just what I needed after all the (oh, well, don’t want to even think about it). I’ve got homemade mustards (7 or 8 varieties), personalized advent calendars, greeting cards, stationary, Christmas ornaments and some dandy trivits that make fun of my SO. how’s that??? (Hi **Persephone** when are ya comin to Lansing?) ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2000, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-craft-show-bake-sale/42384/3 "2000-11-25T18:16:51Z")
Wring and I have been waiting here for days. Set up a table! Show your stuff, people! I’m trying to learn how to make decorative holiday crocheted G-strings, and I need volunteers, of both genders, to help me out. Gotta make sure they fit, you know. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tiggeril](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggeril/32/7234_2.png) [@tiggeril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiggeril)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2000, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-craft-show-bake-sale/42384/4 "2000-11-25T18:25:18Z")
I have [ul] [li]Homemade M&M brownies, with fudge frosting[/li][li]Applesauce cookies with golden raisins[/li][li]4-layer carrot cake with pecans, golden raisins, and cream cheese frosting[/li][li]Hand-dipped chocolate truffles[/li][li]Rice Krispie Treats ('cause it’s not a bake sale without 'em)[/li][li]Rocky Road cookie bars[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2000, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-craft-show-bake-sale/42384/5 "2000-11-25T18:37:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Persephone \* > \*\*I’m trying to learn how to make decorative holiday crocheted G-strings, and I need volunteers, of both genders, to help me out. Gotta make sure they fit, you know. 🙂 \*\* Ok, I’ll help with this, but I won’t model them! I don’t think anyone needs to see my fat ass in a G-string. ---
**Author:** ![Tabithina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2000, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-craft-show-bake-sale/42384/6 "2000-11-25T18:41:47Z")
I have: A _ton_ of handmade jewelry (see profile)! My son and I have been making critters out of pony beads; he wants to set up a table here. Lots of homemade fudge. _Please, please_ buy some before I eat it all! ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2000, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-craft-show-bake-sale/42384/7 "2000-11-25T19:04:38Z")
with fabric cutouts ironed on to cardstock. Some of them have stampings and punch-outs too. They are mostly Christmas and North Woods themed, but we make them for every occasion. We’ll set up a table, and probably buy most of Tabithina’s fudge and tiggeril’s brownies. -----🙂 —////\\ ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2000, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-craft-show-bake-sale/42384/8 "2000-11-25T20:06:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tabithina \* > \*\*Lots of homemade fudge. _Please, please_ buy some before I eat it all! \*\* _Must…resist…fudge…_ Nope, nope, can’t do it. (Wait…it doesn’t have nuts in it, does it? I hate nuts in fudge or brownies.) If it’s good ol’ plain fudge, I’ll buy some! And some of tiggeril’s truffles, too! Mmmmm. Chocolate. I’ll set up a table. I have various pieces of small furniture that I have either made or restored. Next to that are wooden earring racks I made which hold post _and_ hoop earrings, with pegs for necklaces. Over here we have wind chimes made out of old silverware and copper pipe, candle holders made out of gourds, lots of homegrown grapevine wreaths with dried flowers, and other ideas I ripped off from HGTV!!! And as long as we’re selling, I’ll set up another table for some of my brother’s pottery until he can find reasonable rent for a storefront in Manhattan (yeah, fat chance, bud!) ---
**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2000, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-craft-show-bake-sale/42384/9 "2000-11-25T22:07:38Z")
OK I’ll set up my stuff. It’s those cheap imported from China tools. You know the stuff. Overhardened drill bits Pliers that don’t close straight-5 different styles Screwdrivers with pastel handles Tape measures- 2 hot colors Lightweight aluminum levels 4 lengths (shhh drop it once and it’s junk) Hex screwdriver bits- Too hard, they break And Socks A whole table full (SHHH they’re 2nds) ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2000, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-craft-show-bake-sale/42384/10 "2000-11-25T22:40:02Z")
Well, I have a bunch of Christmas sugar cookies. They are thick, with home made frosting, almost like lil cakes! But you have to get them now, before I eat them all! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tabithina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-craft-show-bake-sale/42384/11 "2000-11-26T02:59:41Z")
**pepperlandgirl** , I _love_ those cookies! ::drool:: I’ll buy them all. **Dire Wolf** , I have maple walnut fudge, chocolate fudge with and without pecans, white chocolate almond fudge, peppermint fudge, and peanut butter fudge. I also make a bar candy that tastes like chocolate peanut butter cups, but it got eaten before I could get it into the car. _burp!_ :o ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-craft-show-bake-sale/42384/12 "2000-11-26T03:25:09Z")
:eek: A _variety_ of fudge!!! Hmmmmm, let’s see :rolleyes: …what to buy…what to buy… 😛 Peanut butter fudge!!! 😃 Why, I love fudge so much, I’ll even _give_ you an earring rack just for bringing it! I guess I can forgive you for eating the bar candy. It sure sounds tasty! ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-craft-show-bake-sale/42384/13 "2000-11-26T03:31:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tabithina \* > \*\* > A _ton_ of handmade jewelry (see profile)! > \*\* You make beaded jewelry too? I’ve been doing it for about three and a half years. My speciality is amulet bag necklaces – my addition to the craft show! ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-craft-show-bake-sale/42384/14 "2000-11-26T03:36:31Z")
Yes, yes! This is what I like to see! Love these craft shows. I’m looking for a table runner. Anyone got a nice holiday table runner? I need something to put under the piles of fudge I’m going to be taking home. And some of those cookies from pepperlandgirl. Oh man, I LOVE those deep-dish style sugar cookies. Lamia, you are SO in time for this! I also happen to _need_ an amulet bag. Mine broke a few weeks ago. I’m so bummed. Glad you could make it here! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tabithina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-craft-show-bake-sale/42384/15 "2000-11-26T03:57:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lamia \* > \ > > You make beaded jewelry too? I’ve been doing it for about three and a half years. My speciality is amulet bag necklaces – my addition to the craft show! > \*\* I _love_ amulet bags! I used to make them when I started my business out in California. Now I have kids and a lot less time, so I do _wire_ and bead jewelry, for the most part. It’s quicker to make, and I can support myself --somewhat-- making it. I’m itching to get out my Delica beads this winter, though. 🙂 I started making jewelry fifteen years ago. It’s as addictive as this message board! ---
**Author:** ![filthy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@filthy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filthy)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-craft-show-bake-sale/42384/16 "2000-11-26T04:03:01Z")
For crafts, I’ve got a carefully mounted Gaboon Viper skull, an excellent educational tool. Also some hand-made snake hooks in the ‘Stump Ripper’ style, and a hand-built rifle, .220 Swift, that’s only been fired for a sight-in. For the eats: ‘Death Wish’ barbeque sauce in pint jars, pickeled eggs with a little curry powder in the juice, pickled hocks, homemade, jerked venison, some sweet potato pies my younger daughter baked, and a pastery of unknown origin that looks awful but smells pretty good. If I can’t pass it along, I’ll eat it myself. Anyone interested, I’ll talk to ya after I get back from Pepperlandgirl’s table. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-craft-show-bake-sale/42384/17 "2000-11-26T07:47:25Z")
Ohhh _sets up her own table full of cross-stitch, various crafts like wall hangings, necklaces, reindeer made from pompoms, chickens from cups etc etc… also has a bunch of soft ginger cookies and Cape Breton Pork Pies…_ ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-craft-show-bake-sale/42384/18 "2000-11-26T08:56:04Z")
Mmmm, Tabithina’s peppermint fudge… Is there room for another jewelry maker here? ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-craft-show-bake-sale/42384/19 "2000-11-26T09:00:46Z")
There’s always room for more jewelry makers here! Everyone loves homemade jewelry (or should in my opinion cuz a lot of it is really gorgeous) ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-craft-show-bake-sale/42384/20 "2000-11-26T09:15:09Z")
Oh, goody! Thanks, Topaz! Lemme just spread out my wares here… My speciality is glass or freshwater pearl station necklaces and bracelets. I’m working on the matching earrings. Your pompom reindeer sound cute! Where’d you learn to make them? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-craft-show-bake-sale/42384.md?page=2)