Fair 2025

The Fair has come and gone, in July, but I am just now getting around to posting these pictures. Yet again, things I didn't think would win any good prize, did, and things I did think would win… did not. You just can't account for taste. There was also a row amongst the organizers,(some of them being much older ladies and not liking one of the newer ladies that had volunteered) so this ended up with one of my entries being put in a different category as a companion piece to another one I already had, therefore losing any chance of it being judged separately. This absolutely should never have happened, because I always go by the book, I fill out my forms and my entry tickets myself so they will be ready and accurate when I get there...so for someone to actually change it on a whim? Just let me tell you, I was not happy about that. Compiled with the fact that I was lied to about how it happened… This has soured me very much on putting things in the Fair in the future. But I digress... Here are the entries I created this year. Showtime Sweater... The sweater is inspired by Beetlejuice and is a free "pattern" on YouTube. I say it is a pattern, actually it's more of a guide... with her showing how she made hers. I mean I don't want to downplay this awesome sweater pattern, but she is a very small person and I am a very large person so, I guess it just sort of lost something in the translation. There's a lot of measuring she tells you to do and you go from that rather than a step-by-step written out pattern. Just let me tell you, evidently my measuring skills are horrible, (even though I did just what she said) because I actually had to cut parts out of it and repair it in a couple of different places. And cutting and repairing crochet ends is not easy! I also crocheted a little purple beetle to go on it as a pin. 1st place.

The companion purse that I made to go with the sweater, actually it was made from parts that I cut off of the sweater (!)... also added a little beetle to it, too. 2nd place

So as you can see I was doing sort of a Beetlejuice theme... I repurposed, and recycled, these two figurines of Barbara and Adam Maitland. These were the entries in question. I had one in recycled and one in upcycled, which are two different categories... but someone decided to put them together as one entry. This still makes me angry.

Together as a "set" they got a third place. Here is a photo of the original figurines I used to create them.

Next we have my favorite piece... She is a Witch Cat. If she looks familiar, I was inspired by the Rucus Studio sculpture. I am very much inspired by many of his sculptures and plan to make more in the future for myself. But I absolutely love how she turned out! She got a first place.

OK in the tatting category... Which is very sad because I am the only one whoever ever enters this category, We have a rose spider. She was inspired by a weird little video I saw on TikTok of an AI spider who had a rose as her bum. As you can see she won a first place.

Also tatted… But in the Christmas category, this little Oompa Loompa ornament. Love this little guy. Also first place.

We have a crocheted Hocus Croakus... he has a free crochet along on YouTube... by complicated knots.

In the household category, is my skull with little brains coming out of his head, and the brains just happened to be folded up doilies/coaster. I thought this was very clever.

Next is one of my favorites.. McDonald's Witch pail! She is supposed to be a stuffed amigurumi, but I made her an actual pail, that you can open. Her hat/lid comes off!

Here is a little ghost walking her dog... she won third place.

So I saw this somewhere on Pinterest and I sculpted it myself... this Crow brooch... first place.

And while I was at it that day, I decided to sculpt this crow pendant... The moon was a large plastic faux mother of pearl button. Let me tell you I held my breath until I took it out of the oven because I was afraid it might melt. Luckily it did not. Also very very luckily... and surprisingly!... it won a sweepstakes ribbon and a blue ribbon!

I made this little bunny out of a pop bottle and lots and lots of tulle pompoms I made. There is a hole at the belly, too hide Easter eggs and or candy. I think it is so so sweet. As you can see it won 2nd place.

So that's it for the hand mades. Here's what I entered in the antique section... Flabbergasted again… This tiny brass thimble won a sweepstakes and the first place

This cute little flintlock toy gun... first place

Cute little Cupid button won a first place ribbon... it's really hard to see it but it's very cute.

And just so you know, I don't always win! I have been very lucky. Here are some of the antiques that I entered that did not win. I was really for sure this awesome little mouse cheese plate would win something...sadly, it did not. Nor did this lovely antique locket nor this milk glass ivy ball.

All in all.. I did very very well, and I am very pleased! Oh I also won $60! Can't beat that! I did have another sculpture that I was going to enter, but although I got all the sculpted parts finished, I did not get the piece put together and I did not want to rush it. I had been very ill for about a month with some mystery sickness, (I had a fever for a month and I felt horrible). So I didn't get anything done that entire month before the Fair. That's why that sculpture didn't get finished. But, I will finish it, and IF I decide to enter the Fair next year, he will be going in. I hope you enjoyed looking at all of my fair items and maybe they might inspire you to join your own local fair!