New Lovelies

So here's a peak at some of the other new things I whipped up over the weekend. I think I will start making a habit of being creative on the weekends. Maybe even devote one weekend night per week to it. That would keep the shop busy and it really does keep my mind active to have something to think about other than my work all the time. I need to spend more time cultivating my creative side instead of being such a couch potato, as much as being a couch potato is also keeping my mind off of work, it is not improving it in any way. Sigh.

Ode to Anni

Poor little Annibelle, my kitkit, had surgery today, time for her spay. So I thought I would post some pics of her from yesterday when she was worry free and silly. Here she is, playing in a paper bag. Apparently it was pretty comfortable in there, all cozy, since she quickly fell asleep! What a cutie! She's doing ok this evening, sleeping next to the laptop right now.

Holiday Prep

In time for the Holidays I've started posting all those new pretties that I made over the weekend. I will try to keep up my current trend of listing or re-listing one or two items almost every day! I have quite a few new things listed on my Etsy site, so go check them out! Here's a lovely beige stone necklace and earrings set that I recently listed. I dreamt about this color combo of the soft pink with these soft brown starburst patterned stones for a couple of nights before I sat down and made this necklace. I do love the way the glass beads compliment the stones. I think they'll make a perfect Christmas gift set for someone!

Inspiration

Wow, last night I was on a roll! I set up my jewelry making supplies on the dining table and created created created all night long! I think I made a necklace, 6 pairs of earrings, and a pendant! I'll be posting them on my Etsy site over the course of this week, so watch for them!

Here's the pendant that I finished last night. I love the way it hangs. I tried doing a horizontal orientation instead of the other pendants which are all vertical. I also added a little bling to the pendant, which I love :-) Sparkly! This pendant coordinates with a pair of earrings that I made a few weeks ago! I know this pic is bad, I'm waiting for my camera batteries to recharge and then there will be better ones!

Coordinating Pendants

So I've been experimenting with my paper based earrings and have made a handful of matching pendants. I'm not sure yet about posting matchy-matchy sets. I have sold a set, it sold rather quickly. And I'm told they tend to sell well as gift sets, so maybe its a good idea for the impending Christmas season. Here are two of the pendants that I'm posting. Right now I have them listed separately on Etsy with references to the coordinating jewelry. I've also been really into necklaces lately, probably why I've experimented with the pendants, so I might have something new to post soon!

Relisting

For those of you who are familiar with the ins and outs of the Etsy website, you'll understand the premise of relisting on Etsy as a form of promotion. I don't tend to overuse this feature to prop my sales up, I probably should, but it always feels wasteful to me to relist when I have already spent money to post an item. I suppose if I found it boosted my sales I would be more prone to relisting. I'm giving it a shot for the next couple of weeks, trying to relist items so I have something fresh every couple of days. I also took this opportunity to edit the pics on one of my favorite necklaces that has been sitting in the shop for quite some time. Maybe the new pics will do it justice!

As Predicted...

As predicted, I've been going to town with this style of earrings with the paper base. There are just so many cute papers out there! I'm obsessed with paper products as it is, I think thats part of the academic in me, and since I can't seem to get in to scrapbooking, I can use their papers (and origami papers lately) for my own craft! Here are a series of earrings that I made with origami papers last week. I've had to pack away my jewelry stuff this week because kitten is getting more adventurous, but there will be more soon!