I feel like the tortoise instead of the hare trying to get my inventory built up for my first show next month. But I suppose since the tortoise won in the end, this sort of progress is good. My Etsy shop will be lacking in love and new items since most everything will be going w/ me to Oakland.
Month: October 2009
More Work
Another BIG focal that has been cored w/ bead caps in Bronzclay. I had to grind on my Impress Bead Liner to get it to fit, lol. After about 30 minutes of futzing around and learning about carbide grinders, it finally fit *snugly* into the press.
The sterling silver cored big hole bead is up on Etsy. Love the colors! I’m crazy about the blue and mustard look together.
Extreme Busy-ness
I’ve been absent due to extreme busy-ness, lol. I have around 70 hollows for the show in November and think I need to triple that amount. If they don’t sell, I’ll have plenty of stuff to put up in my Etsy shop. Speaking of Etsy, I just listed the trio set and finished a special order for a customer.
Etsy Update
I didn’t get this done yesterday, here are the new beads up in my Etsy shop:
Lynda Moseley(SC Diva) Jewelry w/ my Beads
Lynda Moseley is a recent customer who used some of my beads in her jewelry. She sells her gorgeous polymer clay pendants and jewelry on Etsy. I’ve long admired her polymer clay transfer pendants since they predominately have a botanical or nature theme, which I love! Here are just a few pics of her work using some of my beads:
Here is the link to one post on her blog where you can see more pics 🙂
OMG- I’m on Daily Art Muse!
Check out Susan Lomuto’s Daily Art Muse and you’ll lose yourself for hours clicking on all the gorgeous things she mines from different places – let me tell you, I never thought my work worthy of DA Muse! I’m actually one of the small pics on the front page right now- squeeee! Thanks, Susan 🙂
The Press Arrived!
My Impress Bead Liner arrived this weekend and I’ve been coring like a mad woman when I had the time. I now totally understand why beads done this way are so much more costly- it takes quite a while to get everything ready- measuring, cutting, deburring, filing, coring..THEN you take pics after admiring. I haven’t broken a bead, but I did tear the tubing on the first three beads I did- too much enthusiasm?