Back to Business

Thanksgiving was DELICIOUS! I happily spent Friday and Saturday eating leftovers. But now it's time to return to looking for a new job and making and posting jewelry to Etsy.  I finished this necklace for my Aunt Janet and will be sending it out to her tomorrow.  I had made her a similar necklace but she gave it away so I made her a replacement, albeit slightly different.  This necklace is super simple to make, it's a single string that is doubled with a button or bead for the toggle closure. 

Here's a closeup of the center green barrel beads. Love the color and texture!

Finished!

Ah, the satisfaction of a job well done. Did I mention that I completely burned and destroyed one attempt at a bracelet? A poor job on my part. Luckily I was able to save and reuse the brass bangle. It also gave me a reason to clean my oven quite thoroughly.

Nonetheless, the bangles are complete and are for sale on Etsy. I may start another set soon!

Bangles in Progress

I'm working on a new set of pebble bangles, this time in aqua colors. This photo is admittedly a few days old, as I have finished two of the three bangles. Once done they'll be up on Etsy. The colors are a little darker than I had planned but that is because I went with a higher level of translucent clay and not much white. I'm still quite happy with the results though.

Adding New Items at Etsy

I'll be adding new items at my Etsy site over the next week in the hopes of attracting some new eyes and perhaps make a sale or two. Posted today is a sweet mint green polymer clay pendant on a seed bead necklace.

Artisan Clay: Blue Ice Pendant / Fun with Focals #3

Artisan Clay: Blue Ice Pendant / Fun with Focals #3

Check out this beautiful work by Etsyian crafter ArtisanClay. I love the combination of length, color and texture. Just beautiful!

November Goals

Over on Modish Jena and company have started a goal oriented approach to starting or improving one's business. Their success is my inspiration so I'm going to layout my goals for November and see how well I make my dreams reality.

So...

1. Get 2 full pages of items listed on Etsy no later than Nov 10.
2. Create and post one tutorial on blog
3. Complete inventory/price list
4. Re-organize flickr pages

It's a short list but that is a lot of work in those four items!

Dizzy with Glee

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Originally uploaded by loveliesfrommihana

I found this on Flickr and marked it as a fave - the colors, the pattern, everything is simply beautiful. Delicious even!

Bundle of Bangles

I made these about a month ago using brass bangle blanks and polymer clay. I start by covering the channel with a very thin layer of polymer clay and then I carefully layer each dot until the full bangle is covered. The trick is gradiating the color from the deepest purple to the lavender but I think I did a fairly good job.

Bead Show

My mom and I went to the BeadsWorld Annual Bead show a few days ago. The last time we went it was held in the Pennsylvania Hotel across from Madison Square Garden. In recent years they switched the venue to a show space in Chelsea. The show is now smaller with fewer independant artisan vendors, sadly this meant there were few unique items. I did see two booths with old roman glass; that was the first time I'd seen that available. I was tempted but I just didn't want to stock up without having a better concept in place. Still, the selection was nice and we picked out some nice items to make a beautiful necklace for her.