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how cute is this???? click on the pic to see where i will be aug 22. i love this show, i really do. :)
yesterday, i was contacted by a buyer at a small,local not for profit feminist bookstore that also carries crafts on consignment. i don't do much consignment but it would be cool to have a few items spread out and the potential for a little money here and there. gets the name out there for sure. i must be the laziest business owner on the planet. the last three stores i sell in have found me and approached ME. that would be a total of 4 of 5 over the last 12 months. the other one were friends and i just walked in on them because i could. now, this leads me to one, and only one conclusion i can draw from this. what would happen if ACTIVELY went out and sought out new stores. um....DUH. my genius hurts me sometimes.
OK. well, this passive style of being is coming to a stop. if i can force myself to pander my wares out and stop waiting for them to come to me...i might actually be on to something. the interest is there, but the cold-calling risk taking self confident part is uh...in there somewhere. i think.
for some reason my camera is on strike from taking these hairpin's picture. the closeups are blurry and lame. i don't know what the problem is...i have tried in my lightbox, outside, inside...it just hates these. a lot. thinking my camera was crapping out, i tried to focus on something else and it did fine. well, whatever. i am not listing these anyways i just thought i would like a decent photo to show. blargh.
yesterday the girls and i went to our local community center pool. i keep saying it wasn't as skeevy as i thought it was going to be. we actually had a good time and are planning on going to this other one in SW that has swimming channels, a big sprinkler play place with a big frog sprinkler and a whirlpool. although today is cooler and sprinkling out it is supposed to clear up for the weekend. i love swimming and the girls had a blast and got very worn out. woot. meeee too.
i am tired tired tired today but i still have to work in some strength and core exercises. i signed up for sparkpeople.com and it is really good for me. i am now accountable to the internet gods my caloric intake and exercise. i feel forced to drink the minimum 8 glasses of water a day, too. i even got shawn to sign up heh heh. i think i prefer it over say, weightwatchers because it is just a log of what you eat and what you do with a reward system. i don't have to deal with points for food or anything, that does not appeal to me. plus it is vegan friendly and you can enter in your own food for the data bank for other people to use as well. so i have entered some analog meats and my brand of soymilk i use that weren't in there. it is pretty nifty. :))
that is what my mom used to call my freckles! i seem to be getting a lot more of those "sun kisses" as summer goes on!
my latest endeavor of a little nickel-sized mirror pendant necklace. working on some matching earrings for those who like to be oh so matchy. :) i find it is harder to solder a rounded object (the metal gets gloopy and runs then dries funny before i can smooth it out perfectly, but PERFECT is not in my vernacular anyway so i don't even know why i said that!) but i have to keep practicing because i have a ton of marbles and rounded stuff that is beckoning me. beckoning i tell you!
it was a great mellow, lazy weekened. i started a new diet last week and i have lost TWO whole pounds already! so coupled with that and that pesky PMS i am having my energy is all over over the place. actually it is mostly low, but i workout today so i am hoping to recharge the ol' batteries a little. :)
so last night was awesome with a show of lightning and thunder we never got to see in california! i kept thinking some weirdo was taking flash pictures outside our window, until i heard the crash of thunder! it was really pretty and i wish i had gotten some good pictures but i couldn't get a good look at where the lightning was coming down. we had the nicest summer rain shower after that, and then it was over. today it is just gorgeous. not hot, clean from the rain and clear.
today i am babysitting for the afternoon, but i need to run some NFB related errands after they get picked up. i have some pendants already taped, and will try to churn out a few more before i solder tonight. i am in the mood i think, i have slacked majorly but am feeling in the groove!
no pictures today. nothing to show off! :)
today is a busy one for little miss never felt better. i am hosting a pot luck for the committee for the girl's school to allow the for preschoolers. , so i have much work to complete before the house is "pot luck ready". ha. yesterday i had some friends over and one bought a glass pendant off me for his ex-girlfriend (what a guy!) and told me he has a ton of vintage photos and also negatives that would be perfect for pendants so i told him to BRING THEM ON OVER! i am totally excited and appreciate the free shtuff for sure.
i also posted some little leaf earrings in the shop, they are pretty much the cutest little things ever.
just posted this little black lace number just now. i am trying to clean up my work area as i go, and it just isn't working! there is no room for all this stuff, and am looking forward to some better storage solutions here in the upcoming weeks. i need a complete workspace overhaul! i had to take a break and get some sort of game plan. it can be just a tad overwhelming when you just try and go at it all whilly-nilly. wish me luck!
i posted two more pendants last night and also had some good luck with sales on my website. i hope this trend goes through the weekend! here they are:
happy 4th, and remember, it is your land too! everyone go put on woody guthrie now, ok? we are bbqing and doing some backyard action today--hopefully we will get the full sky firework exhibit like we did last year. totally illegal flying fireworks right near our house so we camped out in the yard and watched the show. it was pretty awesome!
yesterday's sales were great! if you are in PDX you can find never felt better at PRESENTS OF MIND on hawthorne and 36th or you can visit their new website at presentsofmind.tv. they were so nice and took great interest in me and my stuff...i am really pleased and hope the relationship continues for a long time! i know they were looking for more types of pins and so i have a semi-custom order down the pike plus they liked my new glass pendants and asked for a quantity of those.
it was great. you can't really tell from the picture and the pattern on the table cloth, but this is their haul from yesterday. hurrah! :)) and then of course, me wearing the sample and my rack ha ha!
anyway, that gave me a lot of renewed confidence to take the time to make new accounts and get myself out there where i need to be. lets hope the confidence lasts for a bit.
tonight the small glass pieces i ordered came in and i made these with vintage fabric in between. i think they are unique and pretty...i am forever in love with the dotty fabric and will be so sad when it runs out. i could use some new swatches, they go for so many different things like this, buttons etc. anyways i love the way these turned out and hopefully i can show them off tomorrow. i finished packing and pricing all my jewelry for the shop to go through--so i am hopeful for a good sized sale. or at least enough for more supplies and some display stuff. i need display stuff very, very badly for my table. it is seriously an emergency! i like these, hope you do too!
it just keeps getting better, and more fun.
i have made up my mind to start a personal project of my logo's colors/poppies for my store's window. the fictional store that lives in my dreams as of right now. but how lovely would it be to have a sunny window with the blue sky and red poppies--made by me! kind of big thinking for someone who just started, but i think i can do it and besides it would make this simple girl VERY happy. now, that is what i am talking about.
i really wish i knew what all those buttons and bells and whistles on photoshop actually *do*...i could use a photoshop for dummies book!
today i am getting all my jewelry ready to take into a new store on friday called presents of mind here in portland. the gal is super sweet and asked specifically for jewelry after perusing my site so lets cross our fingers for a good first sale and a continuing relationship with them! i am also taking time since i have a sitter ha ha to goto my other two stores i have woefully neglected and see if i can't hawk some wares there as well. i need money for supplies like crazy.
so this week is all about new items (i am trying my hand at more glass pendants, the supplies are on route to me now) and also small crochet projects. i am jazzed, stressed and worried all in one! woot!
i painted dotty flowers on these tiles, which i am really digging on. i hope someone else finds them cute as well! :)
i just listed these three pendants on both etsy and my website. they are really simple and kinda of mod don't you think? plus you can be patriotic without being cheezy on fourth of july ha ha :) i will be making some more in different colors today, and i hope to have a nice bowl full for the upcoming craftshows. for $8 you can't really go wrong.
this weekend if going to be choked full of jewelry making, crocheting and getting over this cold i have had all week.
norma of CAKE SACHETS was nice enough to name a crocheted cake after me for doing a write up for her for indieshopping. you can see the "jen" here, the very last one on the page. the little baby blue number. that is so nice! that was the random act of kindness for today and i hope there is many many more.
happy to have this custom order completed and going out today! now i turn my attention to more soldering practice and cleaning house for my wholesale accounts this upcoming week. i am dedicating friday of next week to going by all the stores, so i have a little over a week to get it all in gear. i am stressed by this, but not worried. everything always falls into place every time i need it to.
since i am in a crocheting frame of mind, i will try and get some other pouches done during ghost hunters tonight. :p gotta love the ghost hunters!!!!
i finally got the right materials for soldering pendants today and this is my very first one! not sooo shabby, could have been a lot worse, eh? i look at it this way, it can ONLY get better! ;) the jump ring is wonky, but overall i give it a 3 out of 5. pretty nifty!
also, i got contacted again by a local store here for a new wholesale account. here is where i commence the crazy and all that fun stress i heap upon myself. i have over a week to get my jewelry together (they are most interested in jewelry and maybe pins) to wow them for a big sale. a week to sweat bullets and lose sleep! yay. why do i do this to myself? why!!!
here is my new ad for june/july. i rather fancy it :)
i went through my site and re-did some catagories. while i was at it i cleaned house a little as far as deleting sold items from view. i need to put older items on sale this week to truly clean house.
i am looking forward to the handmade bazaar in a month and i would like to have some new pins and earrings for it. plus new table displays are HIGH on my priority list. i need a fancy earring tree like you have never known. i have a lot of danglies that just don't do well on a card lying flat on a table. i also need a new table cloth, but i think i will make one out of oil cloth. there are some cute designs and they stand up to everything life throws at you at a show. :)
happy fathers day and have a great week!
it's our 3rd year of marriage, and here is to a lifetime! i am making us anniversary cookies, and saving the celebrations until sunday. my birthday!!!
the weather is dreary and it may rain through the weekend (the ETSY craftshow eep!) but rain or shine we are going out and selling our butts off! but sunday we are going to the rose festival's carnival and having some down home fun on some scary, wonky rides that go upside down. yay! my kind of fun right there.
i finished up the few skulls i was working on and it is all down hill from here. if these don't sell i will put them up for sale on my website and etsy (grumbling about shipping the whole time--i really don't want to have to ship them but that is just me) and perhaps try around town at some shops who may be interested in having them either for sale or for show. fun stuff!
oh and i got notification about july's handmade bazaar (my favorite!!!). can't wait for that one for sure. more info to come when i get it. :)
ugh it is dreary out today! but these certainly cheer me up some, if not just for the fact i got two more done and ready to go. this weekend is fastly approaching and i really have to hustle to get everything i wanted to finished. and i just don't feel the "hustle" right now. i mostly feel the "crawl back under my covers and sleep" vibe. ;)
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