Black Friday Crop

Hi all you crafty people!

Today I'm going to tell you about my 

Black Friday Crop.

Every year on Black Friday I hold a crop at

My Happy Place Scrapbooking and Crafting.

This is my favorite crop of the year,

I come up with all the ideas and

do all the planning and prep and run the crop.

I so enjoy doing this.

These are what we call our 'Specialty Crops'

First of all, I came up with the idea of making 

Rice Krispie Treats shaped like turkey legs, since

it's the day after Thanksgiving.  I don't want to serve

Thanksgiving type food, but wanted to give a nod to 

the holiday we had just celebrated.

These are what they looked like, once they 

were shaped.

I decided that they need to be "browned up" so I 

brushed on some melted milk chocolate.

Each leg was put into a little bag.

 I ended up having enough for

my family dinner, so they all got them too.

They were quite tasty, if I must say so myself.

A "turkey leg" went into each "goodie box" at the crop.

I picked up these cute boxes when I was visiting my friend in 

Toledo.  I filled them with some goodies, ribbon/trim,

a ticket for a free drink, wooden cut outs, cherry cordial kisses and

and eye glasses cleaner.  The eye glasses cleaner is great for

taking fingerprints off pictures, especially glossy prints.

Every year I come up with a game to play,

in the past we have played, Let's Make a Deal,

Wheel of  Crafts (Fortune), Price is Right to name a few

This year, we played

"Crafty Jeopardy."
We had 3 rounds and a Final Jeopardy.

I had categories like
Yummy Yum having to do with holiday foods,

How It's Done - all about techniques
Bling It Up - about embellishments

Not Just Fun and Games - about holiday traditions

What We Do - crafts other than paper crafts

We simply went from crafter to crafter and they

picked a category and dollar amount,

if they got the answer correct they got money.

If not they didn't lose anything.

I used the money I made for MHP a few years ago,

this money has served us well many times.

In the end, the two that had the most money won the

prizes of the day.

Unfortunately, I forgot to take pictures of the prizes.

Can you believe a scrapbooker who forgets to take pictures?!?!

For dinner I simply set the table with large 

fall themed plates and napkins, which made dinner

a little more homey and personal.

I served:

Ham

Gourmet Mashed Potatoes
Carrots
Scalloped Pineapple

and 

Parmesan Au Gratin Asparagus

for dinner we had

cheesecake.

Everyone seemed to enjoy their dinner

and I enjoyed planning and executing the crop.

As they say;

a good time was had by all!

Thanks for stopping in today,

I hope you'll come again soon.

Until then, Happy Crafting!