Happy New Year everyone! Its been a busy one to say the least but then thats nothing new around here. I'm still finishing up gifts to get mailed out, and getting ready to gear up for the spring Ultimate Yardsale. In our trip to Indianna in Nov 2008, we had gone to the antique mall where Pam has a space she sells some of her antiques ect at. One thing I noticed was how everyone had their  particular space set up, everything was eyecatching. The imagination of some was really great and didn't cost a dime. Some had taken old picket fences to put around their space and added in a handmade bird house on a post to the end of it making it a homey space. Another had taken old windows and with a little bit of hardware made a show case for the smaller items the mall was selling, the shelves were also old window glass. I will be taking some of these ideas to dress up my space at the yardsale and any other fairs ect. I might do. Being creatively crafty doesn't cover just handmade items you make but extends way beyond to creating an eyecatching space that will bring people in to see and buy your products, this is something I'm still learning even after all the fairs ect. I have done. Creating an eyecatching space really isn't hard to do. Figure out what you have around your house, garage, and barn that you can use and easily take apart to make it mobile if necessary. Old wooden picket fences was a super idea as they were to old to use for around a yard but still had some life in them for a more simpler less weather beating job. With a little bit of fake greenery, flowers, or a simple bird house added to the fence it gives it a bit of a country feel, which in turn gives your space the same feel/atmosphere. In one of my earlier posts I mentioned a shelf unit a friend of ours brought over that I used to create  a mobile wall to hang some of my wood projects on. I took a piece of peg board and zip tied it to the shelf unit and as quick as that, I have a mobile wall unit that shows off my hanging wood projects way better then having them laid out on a table. My next "wall" will be a light weight glass or plexiglass door in which I can hang up my stain glass projects to show off in their true enviroment. If a light weight door can't be found a wooden frame with a piece of acrylic set in it will do just as well. To cut down on expense hit up your local furniture stores that make their own stuff and see if they have wood scrap boxes you can pick through. We have Pineland furniture up here that makes their own stuff and am always raiding the scrap boxes for good wood they throw out. I hope these ideas help out on creating an eye catching space, and if anyone has any other ideas, we'd love to hear them. Please feel free to leave a comment and share your ideas. Heres to another great year of new creative ideas.