July 1, 2008
C.E. 7.01
As I was about to start this post the weather jumped pure wicked. I think it even hailed. There were rumbles of thunder and buckets of rain. It’s still thundering but has calmed down I don’t remember when that stop scaring me. It was just so sudden. I wish I’d had time to get a better pic. It was really something.
I also have a chance to do a craft show/farmer’s market in 2 weeks. Mind you, I’ve never done a show and am a little beside myself. I do this, leap into things with little prep time. Like the address page and my 4-H outfit. I think I can do it.
I just cut some more wood. I like sawing wood way more than sawing metal, it’s easier to cut and correct straight line cuts in wood. I use a flexible handsaw of my dad’s. and a clamp. It works wonderfully.
Went e-searching for new packaging supplies. I want plastic tuck top boxes for one thing and kraft boxes (cotton-filled boxes wrapped in brown paper) for the rest of my stuff. Ideally, I’d like boxes in the 5 colors that have become part of my branding: brown, orange, teal, red and green. But I’d have to buy a case of each and I don’t need 500 boxes. Still, that’s looking like it’ll cost about $100 to get everything I want. Whew!
Post Picture: My shot of the sudden fury.
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.
January 18, 2008
The Nashville Scarf
Posted on my ThisNext list ‘Neckwear’:
As the designer says:
It’s rustic and charming, sexy and chic. A true dramatic fashion statement.
Inspired by the Blue Ridge Mountians, it’s two scarves in one that could double as other fun accessories.
November 9, 2007
Part of a B blog entry
It’s so cool about the creative process. I’ve been on a bit of a tear, pushing myself to work on projects everyday, even if I don’t finish. I have oodles of time and need to use it more wisely. Some of these ideas I’d held onto for a long time, fear of making them wrong, them not selling, running out of ideas. But I just got a new idea today, a way to use some of the scraps of wristlet lining fabric. Two ways actually. One idea I’d had for a while. The other just *poofed* into my head today. It’s amazing how the more I make, the more I think of too make. Being stagnant hurt. I’m much happier now. Maybe that’s why I was skipping. [I was skipping yesterday]
Blog+Make=Life 