The sweet feel of A.C.

Well the verditc is in. We didn't just have an AC go out. We honestly did blow it up. The compresser blew up and took out the whole unit so we had to get a new one.  The apartment is finally cooled off and I am a much happier and crafter woman for it.

I finished the necklace I was making! I still need to photo shoot it right so forgive the only photo I have of it is a selfie.

The three tone really came out well I think and it lays nice. You will find I do a lot in the byzantine weave. Okay so here is an easy bracelet to make! You can use Stainless or any other metal as its not tension locked!

If you need it bigger to read go here : http://pharewings.deviantart.com/art/Not-so-editorial-355421650

Have a great Day!

Blessings!

The best laid plans

So here I am working on a new necklace.

Stainless steel with swarovski crystals in pale purple, wine, and amethyst.... and then.. My Ac does this:

So now I am way to hot to even look at my tools as it is getting fixed.  And that's what happens to well laid plans.  Ugh.

Stay cool!

-Blessings!

Are tools ment to fly?

It it right there. You can see it in your mind and know how it is going to play out. This ring goes here. This one there. Close the ring tight. You are filled with joy and the creative juices are flowing like water over a cliff....

And then you hit the rocks.

This thing you made: looks nothing like / won't do what it is suppose to / what the... Or the best on. You hit those rocks down at the bottom and you have something epic! You are in love with your new babble.

Or your tools fly across the room while colorful language spills from you lips.

Yeah.. your a crafter all right.

One of my earring designs actually came about something like this. I was working on something completely different and my project slipped out of my hand. I picked up this jumble of rings just right. Added two more rings and a bead and wallah:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/107599369/suspended-circles-chainmail-earrings?ref=shop_home_active_16

I guess my point is never give up. You never know what awesome thing you might come up with today.

Blessings!

A question of taste....

As a crafter you do get into the bubble. This is this and that is that and you will do this and not that. And you get into this mode where you think this thing you are working on is amazing. Then you see it a day, week, year, later and ask yourself What were you thinking?!

More so when it sells. You look at the order and go, -Really-. But you don't say it aloud you just smile and tend to the transaction and say thank you. But the mental question is in your head. Do have have any good taste? Did they?

Then you relize its all kinda pointless. And move on with your day with a chuckle.


And that's a lil random tidbit about crafter life.

-Blessings!

Photography

There is one thing that can kill your craft dreams faster then a blink of an eye. How you photo them. To minimalistic? Bad. To Busy. Bad. Fuzzy? Worst then bad. And it is one of those games like your crafts not everyone is going to love. I get as much negative feed back about my photos as anyone else.

I have found that sticking to your guns is the most important thing. find a style you think works best. For instance here is mine.  I use a prop and then lay it down like so in my listings. So you get one photo like this:

And then another like the second photo. I use a mirror that accents the gray background that I use. I find it makes the pieces pop. Others don't like it. I make sure each photo is clear to the eyes as well so the details are seen.

Which means for me taking a lot of photos because you will get gems like this:

Sexy isn't it? 

Do I photo shop? Yes yes I do. To make the photos brighter and more crisp. Like so.. this is a before photo shop and then after. With crafting it doesn't have to be the bane all like it is to models.

Just enhancing the brightness of a photo can do wonders for it. So play around and find something you like.

What do you think?

-Blessings!

On ward with the scales!

I am still on this dragonscale kick even after being down for two days with a sinus migraine. Those really blow. Right now I am doing a rainbow on the bias. Its coming along really pretty. Is it making me love the colored rings more then stainless? Not really. But I do love the colors and this has made me think I need to add more colors to my shop.

So that is something to look forward to in the upcoming days.

Here is what the dragonscale is looking like right now.

I am not sure what I am going to make after this. Likely something in stainless but I am open to suggestions.

-Blessings!

Weave through the pain?

I like so many others suffer from sinus migranes. Somedays I can work past the pain. This one is one of the bad ones so please excusse the silence as I medicate up and pray it leaves.

Blessings!