Vacation Week Accomplishments

I have been on February vacation for the past week. It has been.......... ah, well... read ahead..

Yesterday, Friday I found myself pondering whether or not I "did anything" over my vacation. I didn't go on any fabulous vacation or even any day trips... I stayed home and worked on things around the apartment. Sounds rather...blahhh... Sounds kind of depressing. But then I thought OK. I did MANY things. Lets look at my accomplishments...




*  I spent Friday and Saturday enjoying my first few days off with my boyfriend and my dog, Bella. We went on a few walks and Bella played in the snow. She doesn't like older/crustier snow but she LOVES fresh snow!

* Saturday I sold a pair of earrings through my etsy shop, barefootedwanderer. Yes, it's only one pair of earrings and to tell you the truth, I haven't sold many items through my shop. But..
  Celebrate our accomplishments!       Right???

https://www.etsy.com/transaction/119321394

*  I Finished a couple orders for crochet beanies (hats). And they look great!

Finished the black and rainbow ones.

*  I've been trying to figure out a way to make my origami crane earrings more durable... Added some nail polish... Works great... I can still bend and reshape the paper if I need to adjust them. But they hold their own shape much better!

*  I signed up for and have been partaking in the Right Brain Business Video Summit. I haven't watched all the videos yet, I am behind by a day (I think) but it has been very informative and fun! I am learning TONS! I am really looking forward to putting these new ideas... to use!

http://rightbrainersinbusiness.com/

 *  I finished customizing a wheel chair for a friend. I love the way it came out! What do you think?

You can't really see it in the picture (I went over it again after the picture was taken) but the word bubbles say "MINE!", "Totally...", and an address...

Story goes that people have mistaken her wheelchair (when she is not in it) for one that belongs to the facility she is at... (the airport for example)... so she wanted something that would clearly make it "hers"... thus the "MINE!" bird...   



*  Finally, yesterday as I was thinking about all these things I was actually driving to the Open Studio at Sandy Steen Bartholomew's studio in Warner, NH. 
http://beezinthebelfry.blogspot.com/
So I spent the evening there with a small group of creative women playing-with/exploring and creating stamps! It was a lot of fun. I look forward to stopping in again.



I guess it really has been a productive week! WOW!


And now.. My big task (in addition to mentally preparing myself to return to work/school/teaching Monday) I am working on a Grey and White Chevron Afghan. I have never crocheted a blanket before... but a friend of mine has commissioned it and hey! I gotta learn sometime!

This is the one she saw and LOVED... I hope mine looks something like it.

http://pinterest.com/pin/184366178467114879/

Recent Uploads

I have been busy!

I spent a good chunk of last week getting my newest collection of jewelry "internet-ready". I spent a few days photographing, editing and sizing my photos and finally another couple days uploading and creating descriptions in my Etsy shop.. It took a while at first to make each post but then I was able to get the hang of it. I am getting much better formatting photos and writing posts :-D  I guess the experiences comes when you start making a lot of posts, one after the other, repetition and practice... before I'd only be making a few posts at a time.

Please stop by my shop and check things out!

www.etsy.com/shop.barefootedwanderer

I also started uploading my artwork to Deviant Art. There isn't too much up there yet but I am working on it. Thankfully this site does accept images that are the same size as Etsy's requirements.

You can see my deviations at:

http://barefootedwanderer.deviantart.com/gallery/


I hope you enjoy my things!

Please let me know if you have ideas for other projects... I am always open to suggestions... And I do custom orders through Etsy. 

I've been working on Pearl earrings... I had been contemplating several designs for the last few weeks, and decided it was well past time to try them out! Here are a few images of my newest creations... Please excuse the poor quality, they were taken with my cell phone... Better photos are to come!

Whit fresh-water pearls wrapped in silver wire.

White fresh-water pearls with a chain

Pink and black/purple fresh-water pearls - clustered pearls.

Black/purple freshwater pearls with pink accenting pearls - clustered

Moss green pearls. Hypoallergenic hooks.

Black fresh-water pearls wrapped in silver, with chain.

I love these earrings! I can't wait to wear them!

...I will be posting them in my Etsy shop soon!... Each pair will be made to order so each set will be custom created for they buyer. I will have the option of silver colored hooks, or the hypoallergenic hooks.


Comments and ideas are welcome!

Those Pics I promised... a bit delayed

Hey! Ok so here are those pictures I promised to upload... Whatdya think?!

Enjoy!!!

Three of my Hemp Bangles

"Sunny Place"  ...summer thoughts...

My other three Hemp Bangles

"Seein' Green"

This scarf, necklace, wrap... Is made from an up-cycled T-shirt

Ocean themed charms

Sea Turtle

Ocean necklace

Starfish Charms

Bigger blue starfish

Remember the fish earrings??

These ones are still my favorite!

My new Toad and Moon earrings

With a single dragon fly with each toad...

Made to order... wire, woven bracelet

I also make key-chains...

 Oh yes! I can't forget the charmed necklace I spoke of...

Here is a detail of the charm...

With the full chain...

I love the way it looks in the sunlight.

A peek at my puppy!

Puppy love! She's so sweet and goofy...

Please, leave  me comments... Let me know what you think!!!

All kinds of things!

Soo...  I've been working on more jewelry...

I am almost done a charmed necklace that I've been working on for a while. I love it! I've incorporated some really cool beads and stones. All I need is a clasp... a specific one that I've been looking for. So I'm on a quest for that...

I also made.. (and I'm SUPER DUPER EXCITED about them) hemp bangles.  I made one a while ago and I love it! and every time I wear it people ask for one! Unfortunately, I did not have the materials to make another... but I'm "back in business".

And!!! I have Toad earrings. They will be made to order... but they are really neat. I've incorporated a dragon-fly on to them so it looks like its flying by the toad and there is a shell that looks like the moon, on each earring... They tell quite a story!
 
I cannot wait to post the pictures. Unfortunately I don't have any quality shots yet... But I am so excited about my pieces that I couldn't wait to blab about them!


What else.......

I FINALLLYYYYY put my gourds outside to dry! Hopefully, mid-summer-ish I will be able to carve. paint and possibly wood burn them... I'll keep you posted.


I am working on a gum foil T-REX! It is soooo cool! I have about 1/3 of it done and hope to work on it some more tonight! ...I currently have a request out to my students to save their foil gum wrappers for me... I want any colors they have!



OK gotta run ... but I'll definitely be back with photos soon!

THEY'RE UP!

So they are up! My fish earrings are up!

I love them! The orange ones with the lures are my favorite... I think I'll have to post them as make to order... these ones are mine :-D

Check out my shop! http://www.etsy.com/shop/barefootedwanderer




...If I sell a few of these, I will order more fish and begin making them in green and blue as well!

I've Been Busy Today!

I've been busy today.

Along with the housework; cleaning, laundry, dishes... you get it... Homework... And my PROJECTS!

I'm almost done! They're so friggin cute!! I can't wait to get them up on my Etsy!