Linking up with Yarn Along!
craft shows
Too cheap craft and a princess in a pretty dress
Firstly, the little princess!
In her new summer dress – Miss Madeline pattern and fabric from a swap from ages ago that has been languishing in the cupboard.
I took one of the girls along to the annual Werribee Craft Festival for a look and was pleased to see it looking really well presented and a good variety of crafts on offer. Something that really surprised me though, was the prices many of the stallholders were selling their goods for. So cheap! Too cheap!
Having sold my own crafts I can’t begin to figure out how these people can turn a profit. Which leads me to ask again – what is the difference between art and craft? For me they both run together in beautiful harmony, lending to each other and often indistinguishable. Both require skill, talent, money, time and can be really hard work! So why is craft perceived as something without value, while art pieces are sought after and highly paid for?
I’d love to hear your thoughts on this, perhaps you have a totally different view?
Happy weekend to you all, it’s a beautiful day here š
AQC wishlist
Sarah Fielke’s new book
Nikki’s new book
I was really taken with the work that Kim Bradley does with Cretacolor pastels – just beautiful. The pastels, however, are very expensive!
I had set myself a budget but ended up spending very little as the miser in me tends to kick in and disallow frivolous or impulsive purchases. Some of the above may be attainable sometime. I did buy a little purse kit from Nikki’s stall, a few more buttons to add to the collection I’m saving for my girl’s treasure boxes and a little bit of fabric to make the purse. So now I have money left over to buy some nice batting for the Maisy quilt, which is coming along quite nicely thank you!
Happy and holy Palm Sunday to you all, I’m looking forward to a great Holy week.