Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Fall Weather is Here!


Whew! I've been fighting closing the windows in my house ... but it was getting so cold I couldn't hardly type at night. Haha. I've been working hard on some new, eccentric designs - they should be up in my shop soon. Everything from large picture frame necklaces to flower pot rings. :) I've also recently purchased a collage cd from piddix ( www.piddix.etsy.com ) I've bought from her shop before and always loved what I received - but this cd is OVERWHELMING. It has so many images in different sizes and I dove right in last week - printing everything I thought I could use. I will soon have Christmas themed (Victorian Santa's, Real Snowflake Images, Etc.) up soon. I also have some great tree images and Surrealist tree painting pendants curing now. :)

I've also just started making beaded glass bracelets and watches - and I already have orders coming in from friends and family. Check them out here - http://tinyurl.com/y98roz9


As for me and my blog - I've been slacking, I know. It's the beginning of Fall - and I'm trying to do as much outside as I can before Winter. I went to the last of my outdoor concerts for the year (Kings of Leon - AMAZING) for my friend Chelsea's Birthday. You can see from the picture we were pretty happy - even for standing in the rain and mud all night. :) I'm also trying to plan a trip to go hiking at Turkey Run with my boyfriend this week, we'll see if his SWAT team stuff doesn't get in the way of that....

I've been thinking a lot about what I'm going to do when it gets too cold outside to take pictures of my jewelry. I've been taking pictures on my back deck because I liked the way the wood grain looked behind my pieces. I'm a member of My Craft Corner ( http://www.mycraftcorner.com/profile/SeizeTheNight ) and I recently posted a question about light boxes in the group I created - Jewelry Artisans. Inner Muse Jewelry reminded me of needed a camera with a great macro setting - mine currently does not. And Beadnik posted a great link to a the most inexpensive light box tutorial I've ever seen - http://grumblebeedesigns.blogspot.com - I'll be working on that this week...

And last but certainly not least - Another member of My Craft Corner (and a fellow Hoosier) is having a blog giveaway starting on October 1st. Go to her blog and read more! :)

http://thecraftytortoise.blogspot.com

Loves. Sarah :)

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Tooooo Busy....


Well. This past weekend was a blur at the North Salem Art Fair. I did fairly decent though. It was my first show with my new Swiss Gear tent - and it was awesome. Didn't leak and I kept dry even with no walls attached to it. Pulled in about 4 times the booth fee so that was good - especially since the poor ladies next to me sold ONE thing all 3 days. I felt so terrible for them. So - after a few days of catching back up on my sleep, I'm just now getting around to adding some new designs that did well at the fair. I really can't wait for them to get up. I've also ordered a TON of new supplies (as I usually do when I think I have money...) so I can't wait for a chance to play with it all.

I've also been on the hunt for a new desk/work area for my little make shift studio area. Not just any desk either - this desk needed to be vintage and have some character. Yesterday I found just what I was looking for and more. I found a vintage table with a drop down front. When you pull down the front it makes a nice work area as well as hides a working radio, turn table, and 8 track player. I'm in love! It's just great. I also found a large printer's press drawer at an antique store in North Salem to keep some of my supplies in. It's a huge wood drawer with wood dividers. It's amazing.

Well in the midst of rearranging all the furniture in my house - I've managed to debut a new line of hand stamped pendants - The Military Line. I currently have listed in my etsy shop the Army Mom, Army Wife pendants - as well as USMC, and Navy. Still working on Police, Firefighter, National Guard, etc. Custom orders are always welcome. :)

Here is a link: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=30703015

Enjoy! :)

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Hello Fall!


Wow. After a few days of quiet with little sales - things have blown up again. And of course this would happen when I'm trying to: work on new designs with my brand new supplies that just came in, make my own wood displays, price my existing items, and make duplicates of best sellers.

In between gasps for air, I've managed to add a new scrabble tile line. Because of how popular scrabble tile necklaces are on the internet - I've started the line at just $5. These are great for Christmas presents... which brings me to...

My Christmas line. I'm working on it now. I've started with sterling silver snowflake necklaces with Swarovski crystals. They should be up in my shop soon.

I'm also working on two new hand stamped lines. I'll post more when they're close to being done - probably sometime next week.

As for this weekend - I'll be in North Salem Saturday, Sunday and Monday for the Old Fashion Days Festival. Look for Seize The Night Designs at Booth 4 on South Broadway. :)

ANNNNNDDDDDD - Thanks so much to my new followers. The giveaway winner's necklaces have been shipped out. I hope you like them. Tell your friends. :) I'll be working on some more giveaways after this festival is over. :)