2 Weeks

Wearing this necklace today. Dragonflies inspire me. They represent growth. Rebirth. Feminine strength. I love dragonflies.

Wow. Has it really been two weeks since I've updated the blog? Wow.

It's been longer since I've uploaded anything new to my Etsy. Changed that today. Made a new beach bracelet.

Pretty shell rounds. Shiny.

I had such a nasty cold last week. Sore throat. Aches. And then now, my cold is gone... but hey, there's allergies now! YAY! Lol.

The job hunt has slowed since I was hired by *insert big craft store name here.* I was hired as an instructor. Oh, it was lovely at first. I had some great students. Had a good 4 class run. But now, no students for 2 weeks. And no students means no work. And because I'm an instructor, the other employees tell me that I can't be trained to help on the floor. It's rather frustrating. I really miss working. So much so that when the boyfriend complains about work, I say something like, "Well, at least you HAVE a job." Or, "I wish I could work."

It's really discouraging but my Etsy sales have picked up a tiny bit. My dream is to live off of my jewelry. That would be so lovely. But I'm not there yet. Must pick up the pace.

Ugh. My right nostril is clogged. Ew, right?

Hope everyone is having a fantastic Tuesday!

Book Destash

Updated the shop tonight. Added some books to the destash section. 

Check them out here. The first one I have here is probably my favorite. Lots and lots of tips. Happiness.

Happy Friday, all!

Inspired by Mucha

Last week, the boyfriend and I spent the day at the Laguna Beach library. I go through spells of uninspiration and I need to spend the day sketching and doodling so we took root at a large table and I went through piles and piles of books looking for inspiration.

I've always loved Alphonse Mucha. One of my classmates at LCAD used Mucha as their inspiration for our character design class. The second I got my hands on their books, I fell in love. Such beautiful flowy lines. Lovely colors and design. In. Love. So last week, I sat with a book on Art Nouveau (and maybe 1, 2... 10 others :P) and doodled away.

Sunday night, I took one of my doodles and set to work. Oh, copper wire, you are such a blessing when I make loops and curls.

I added a lucite lily because there are a lot of pretty flowers in the Art Nouveau pieces I looked at.

Also... I have a lot of lucite lilies :P

These earrings are up in the shop now. And I love them so much, I made myself a pair as well :P

SIDENOTE!: There are still a few destash mags in my shop! I'll probably go through another magazine purge in a week or so. It's hard for me to part with my wire working and stringing magazines :-\

Etsy Post and Photography Rantage

Updated the shop tonight.

 Feels like it took forever!

 Wanted to give up and just go back to sleep...

 But what would that accomplish?

 I now have a shop with 19 items!

 Even added the sliding knots from the last post.

 Now there's the task of promoting myself...

 I'm not very good at that.

Though I really do enjoy blogging... :)

My day consisted of posting to Etsy. I'd made a resolution to do it once a week. I missed last week because we went to Encinitas. But I'm hoping to do two posts this week to make up for it... today's was the first.

I'm not sure how I feel about the photography of my new works. I used to use scrapbook paper and silk flowers as props but found that it was a bit busy so I went to just a plain white background. It certainly makes color (ha... almost added a "u" to color...) adjusting in Photoshop easier.

What kind of props do you use in your photography?

Happy Monday, all!