August 2, 2008
[elle] and August
Today starts the longest month of the year. Sure there are other months with 31 days, but August always seems to take a longer time. July flies by and I anticipate September…just a peek into my head.
Sent those scraps off to be buttonized. I’ve fallen for pinbacks, just like I’ve fallen for chain. Plus my plaid scraps were too nice to just be thrown away. No only specks remain of those shirts. 🙂
I want to work on ornament designs this month. I already have one, a sort of carry-over from last year. I came up with the idea to re-introduce ornaments to my shop late last year. Since I’m doing shows this year, and just generally trying harder to make elpy successful, I want to have more and the only way to do that is to start working earlier.
Also I want to add photo cards to rJax and add more supplies to elpy [Closet]. I must ramp up work on my off-Etsy site. It will probably still point back to Etsy for sales, but I want a web presence independent of…everything, make use of my domain. Maybe one of my lists is in order…I do better with a list.
Post Picture:New necklace! Elle has been added to my shop. It’s part of the Minta Collection. There is more to the Elle subset of Minta, must get photographed, etc. I really like the pictures for that necklace though. I always like when very little editing has to be done. 🙂
June 6, 2008
elpy [Closet]
So because I’m more than a little obsessed with organizing at the moment, I decided, on a very big whim, to open another shop. Yes, that bring my total to three but there are really only two active shops. I’m calling it elpy [Closet]. It’s for destashing. I buy more than I need so I’m passing it on. It’s pretty bare bones now, but I’ll be listing more in the coming days.
I feel almost like I had a second child. (IRL there are no little LPs yet) It’s exciting but tiring as I divide my attention between the two, do what I must to make the adjustments, fill out the forms, settle into a routine.
It’ll make me work harder on elpy [Handcrafted]. My item total will drop drastically once everything’s been moved over. I think it’ll be easier to look at, easier for me to see what I have, what I need to make. I think it’s a good move. I’m pleased.
Post Picture: Banner for newest shop.
June 3, 2008
[sumeria] for the ear
Sumeria Earrings. First time I ever used a prop in my pics but I need something to balance them. I like it.
I learned how to oxidize sterling silver yesterday. I’d bought LOS and had some plastic containers. I read more directions that I probably needed to. Then I set up everything outside on my worktable (far less illustrious that it sounds but it’s the perfect height) and watched the stuff work.
I’m fairly pleased. The earwires look blacker than they are in real life where you can still see tints of green, they’re pretty. I did lose two headpins in the process…it was windy and I was too excited with my new skill to weight the paper towel down. heh
Yesterday, I also redid the titles in my shop. I decided, in a rather random way, that I like the simpler titles. Plus, it’s free to edit on Etsy and I love to edit. I don’t think I’ll change them back entirely. But I’ll play around with the words. elpy’s slowly finding its identity.
March 13, 2008
Self Portrait 3.13
I did it! I took a self-portrait today, just like I wanted and wrote of earlier. I’m pretty happy with myself. I was taking pics of destash (supplies) things. I have some odd stuff laying around that I’m not going to use. This challenge has been a challenge, but it’s rewarding, too. Getting things done that I’d been wanting to do for a while.
Ooh! Alchemy is back! It’s probably not perfect, but it’s back. I didn’t realize it’s been gone for almost a year and a half. (For those not in the know, Alchemy is Etsy’s way of getting custom item requests to sellers…sorta.) I’ve never actually done an Alchemy, but as I’ve gotten a little more confident, I wanted to give it a try.
Post Picture: Me being gangsta. Haha.
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