Sketchlings

I know. I should be working on my jewelry submission. I should be making things to post to the shop... but I just can't help it! I have to SKETCH! O_O (I took the pics on my new HTC Evo phone. YAY!)

I've signed up to go back to school. I think it's the best thing for me in order to move forward in my life. My job isn't really moving forward. In fact, with the company filing for bankruptcy protection, my job has been in danger for a while. I've been looking for jobs (sent my resume to Stampington two weeks ago but haven't heard back :( ) but without the actual "manager" title, I don't think anyone is really going to want to hire me... no matter that I do have managerial duties. But that thinking is taking me down a dark path.

I signed up to go back to school because... get this... I want to make plus-sized clothes for petite women. I'm a big girl. But I'm also 5'0". Do you know how hard it is for me to buy clothes!?

Anyway. It's an idea I've been bouncing around.

Let's hope I go through with it, yes?

Happy Monday, lovelies!

Button Blossoms!

I made button blossoms! Ribbon and buttons on bobby pins! Will be uploaded to the shop tonight!

Happy, Monday, everyone! YAY!

Down but not out

My job is burning me out. I am not loving my new boss. I come home most nights and just go right to sleep... no jewelry making done. At work, on my lunch breaks, I've taken to just sitting and listening to my audio books... no jewelry making done. And on my days off, I sleep til I can't sleep any more... but... then I'll get up and get some jewelry making done.

Not much, as you can see from the pictures above, but something.

These will be in the shop tonight.

Oh, btw, I'm thinking of going back to school... YAY!... yay?

Ganesha

Ganesha, remover of obstacles.

... I made that! :P

Block-printed on bristol board. 

Available on my etsy.

In a Dark Room

For the last few weeks, I have been sitting in a dark room. Not a "real" dark room... but in my mind. No lights. No windows. I know there is a door somewhere in this room. I KNOW there is a door leading out into a beautiful place. I am holding a flashlight but it doesn't work. It has no batteries. I am holding two batteries, but for the past few weeks, no matter how I put them in, no matter how much I want to force the damned thing to work, the flashlight would not turn on. And while I feel around for the door, blindly walking around this room, I could not find it.

This week. Just a few days ago, really... the batteries clicked into place. I turned on this flashlight. I found the door. It's a pretty door... and it's locked. :P

Now... just to find the key.

Do any of you know what I am talking about? I have been struggling, let me tell you. There have been tears and screaming and sleepless nights... heck, days where all I did was sleep. Uninspired. No motivation. Frustration.

At least now I have light. :)

Owls and Earrings

 Forest Owl

 Dew Drop Earrings

 Didi Dangles

Deepti Earrings

My, I was in quite the funk the past few weeks. Unbelievable, really. But, I am back in the game. Sketching and looking at pretty magazines helped. So did blog hopping and browsing Etsy.

Ps. The above items are in le shop. Hope everyone is having a fantastic week!

I hope you LOL...