So it looks like David also has a crafty streak.  We needed a little display for our cows which were destined for local creamery, Nicasio Valley Cheese Company.  He walks outside, takes one look at the wood pile, and declares, "I can make something."  And indeed he did!  Here it is before it had a header to hold Bessie, and down below is the finished display at the Cheese Comapny.

Wonderfully in keeping with the recycled nature of the product itself, this upcycled display is now a standard in our assortment.  

Both the Chicken Coop and Le Mariage found a home after the Fairfax Festival in the window of local art, craft, and toy emporium, Doodlebugs.  The kids were absurdly proud to find their creations in the window of the big destination of downtown San Anselmo.  OK, not just the kids - I probably took 20 pictures!
Thank you Doodlebugs!

The highlight of our summer was attending the wedding of Miss Cow with Monsieur Dog at the Fairfax Festival.  Ok, perhaps not the highlight, but a lot of fun all the same.

My daughter and I dug through the fabric bin looking for a suitable veil for Miss Cow and had to settle on a plain white cotton, dressed up with a few beads and a bit of glitter.  It was only after we finished that we noticed (sitting right there on the table) the cutting of lace sent as a sample for my veil.  How did we miss that??  Miss Cow didn't mind, she turned out lovely just the same.

Many other cows and people too came for the wedding (well, perhaps they were coming for the music and organic wine).  We were happy to show our products and meet like-minded creative-types from Fairfax and the rest of the Bay Area.

Toward the end of the school year, my son came home discouraged.  They had had a free day to create, build whatever they wanted.  His goal was to build a birdhouse.  Somehow his 40 pounds of lumber and tin foil didn't turn out looking much like a birdhouse.  I took one look at it and knew we'd found something special - a chicken coop for all of our little roosters!  It didn't take much to convince him that a creative reuse was even better than the original idea.

The timing was perfect - just days before a consumer show.  The coop got a lot of attention.  Everyone's favorite rooster was certainly not the realistic bird I felt compelled to create. No, it was my daughter's rooster with mohawk on the far left.  It was, indeed, far cooler.

Hi there!  Welcome to Trussart Designs and our crafty little blog.  We are a family business where everyone has a job to do - grownups run the business, big kids test all the products and the littlest one (for the moment anyway) just has to sit there and look cute.  That's 3 of us on the left at our first show.

This blog will bring you the latest in our products, shows, and workshops plus crafty projects and ideas that tickle my fancy.  I hope they inspire you to get crafting too!