My Evergreen Treasury

I got a treasury.... that's a special thing over at Etsy (if you didnt know) and for this one I dedicated it to Evergreen. Gerald leaves in 18 days to start his college career at the Evergreen State College and why I picked evergreen.

Evergreen Treasury

Check it out !

Cheryl

This was such fun to make !

I am warming up to dragonflies. They usually arent my favorite thing but this creation is really cool and it's Dragonflies in Flight !



There are some really cool dragonflies in the world, check it out !

Dragonflies

I did another piece too today, no dragonflies, but a butterfly.... so something that flies ....




Thats all for today, time to eat the fried chicken I have been cooking while making this post !

Cheryl

I'm a bad blogger .....

It has been 5 days since my last blog. Yes I know that means I wont win the best blogger award. Or even runner up. I just don't know what to say on these things. I am a creator of tangible things not a writer of words, so it is very difficult to write anything.

I have been making more lovelys. A really pretty vintage glass amethyst filigree necklace with some cool not sure what you would call them lampwork type beads. Here is a sneak preview (pics are being elusive because there is no sun until i come back inside)



And matching earrings:



And here is something I am trying. I love working with wire ! This is something I like enough to share altho the picture is bad, no sun :

And last but not least here is a pic of my work area, yeah I am disorganized a bit which is odd because I am usually the most organized person I know but not when I am creating :-)



And that is about all that is happening....

Cheryl

New Jewels

I made several new pieces yesterday but the weather is not cooperating with taking pictures ! ARRRGH

I have these 40mm blue 6 sided pieces of glass that I created a design with. They are so amazingly beautiful ! I can't wait to take the pictures. Just hoping for some sunshine today!

I also made this really cool wire type necklace with brass filigree and a 30x22mm smokey topaz vintage glass. It was really hard getting all the "links" to be exact but it turned out nicely even tho it means I probably worked for $1 an hour lol

I think I am going to get lucky with sunshine today, its peaking out now. SO look for new pics soon !

Cheryl

No New pics today

Cloudy and rainy so I couldnt take pics. Was thinking tho that since I learned how to use the camera my photo box and lights would work. I had tried them before in the house and they just didnt pop. But now, hmmmmmmmm

Lots of rainy days here in WA i might need to try the box again !

Havent made any new pieces since before Jubilee, but may start working on more in a few days after I get the new stuff :-)

Thats all for today !

Cheryl

I learned the tricks of the camera !

Wish I had learned it about 3000 pics ago but better late than never, right?

My son actually taught me that my camera does have a macro ! lol SO I have to go back and retake all new pics. The new stuff I have listed show the new and improved pictures, but the older listings have the blurry terrible ones. Also means I am going to have to remake a few items that I sold at jubilee. The concept of one of a kind is becoming more appealing :-)

Hopefully with better pics I can nabbed that elusive first Etsy sale!

Cheryl (the picture taking newbie)

Jubilee is over !

It was a fun, exhausting 4 days. I did pretty good money wise and excellent self esteem wise....lots of compliments and wows about my jewelry creations so I felt pretty good. We had good weather on Friday and Saturday but overcast skies and rain by afternoon on Sunday, no fun and no crowd that day.

I got several compliments on my booth, too. Which was a homemade - or would that be handmade ;-) creation rather than the typical pop up style tent awning that most vendors had. I forgot my camera the first 3 days to take pics and actually forgot it the 4th day but I called to have my husband bring the camera when he picked me up later in the day. Except OOPS I had started putting everything away before I remembered I wanted pics. But here are 2 pics. 2 of the displays were actually out in front and they were a bit more full the first day. It was really a makeshift setup, but it served me well and people liked it so all in all it wasnt a bad thing. And considering I will never do Jubilee again it served its purpose.

Yes you heard that right, this was my first and last jubilee experience. The crowd was more into $2 jewels rather than quality (and might not a known the difference). One man made a comment that was interesting. He said " I see you handcrafting your jewelry and the other jewelry sellers unpack theirs from china, and it shows. You make really unique pieces and have good craftmanship". That really made my day!!!!

So it is over and it was a learning experience as well as an uplifting experience and now its time to take pictures of my new stuff, list it on Etsy and promote my jewels so that I can buy more beads .....

But first a nap might be nice :-)
Cheryl

3 Days Till Jubilee !

I am still making things for Jubilee, I have made some really gorgeous stuff using the vintage glass and brass chains, filigrees and components.

This one is my favorite (so far):




I have aabout 40 more pieces to list but probably will only get a few done cause I have to make more for Jubilee !

I also got my first Treasury !!! It was so cool to get one...

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=5162

Thats all folks, time to get back to beadin !