I haven’t written in four months. Wow. But then, that’s about how long I’ve been UTTERLY SICK of hairsticks.
I clearly need to diversify. I’m investing in half a dozen books, all on different techniques, and plan to make a piece in each, even if I don’t immediately fall for it…I need to think of new […]
For the first time in a while I felt a bit excited about something I was going to list on Etsy…and Etsy has been down for the last five hours. I can’t get it to load at ALL, let alone log on. So I’m going to have to forgo listing today unless it comes back […]
I was going to post yesterday, but I felt *awful*. A little better today, but still not good enough to be in the mood to concentrate on anything. But still, I did get another idea for possible jewellery, and again the inspiration came from Skip Beat. (Much gratitude to Nakamura for her attention to detail.) […]
So, my place is all shiny clean and I, though tired, feel much more relaxed and enthusiastic about “makin’ stuff”. It’s just so much easier to feel energetic and optimistic in clean, orderly, homey surroundings.
I’m really into making dangle sticks with very short dangles right now…the trend continues beyond those charm loop dangles I […]
It’s lucky that I have financial restrictions. Shopping on Etsy is just TOO good. I’ve made a lot of (small) purchases already and have developed a favourites list of sellers I’ve already purchased from and know the quality of, which I will tell you all about in future posts. Today’s post is on a new […]
The site wasn’t loading on February 1 after I made my post, so I left off updating yesterday so people would have a chance to see the post made that day before it was buried by a new one. Not sure WHY the site wasn’t loading…there must have been some kind of maintenance or problem […]
Remember the cloisonne hummingbirds I showed before? I’ve made a charm-style dangle stick with them. They were VERY difficult to photograph, as you cannot set them down to do so, and the colours are so exotic that exact accuracy is needed…and can’t quite be achieved. I did the best I could, but it is MUCH […]
Found a little box of cloisonne bells yesterday and realized that I also have a box of six beautiful cloisonne hummingbirds…big ones…that really want using in some spectacular hairstick or other. Using the bells was more difficult than I anticipated…next time I think I will just hang the bell with one bead as a very […]
I’m kind of happy with myself today. I wasn’t feeling like making hairsticks…I get tired of them once in a while…so I made a pair of ear-wraps and took a very old pansy I sewed together out of ribbon and turned THAT into an alligator-clip barrette. It’s a big thing, about 3.5 inches at it’s […]
This blog isn’t just about the goings on in the Grove. No, it’s about living romantically, as though all your most attractive imaginings were just as likely to happen as your bi-yearly trip to the dentist. Selling was not what got me into Etsy…buying was. I loved the shopping experience so much […]
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