Yes yes, I'll be on vacation until May 30th ! I closed both my Etsy and my Icraft.ca shop temporarily, but I will be back with new items very soon.
I will have access to my emails and Etsy convos, so if need be, contact me and I will answer =)
See you soon !
-V
It's 11 days until the wedding, and I am now getting excited !
"WHAT ?! YOU'RE GETTING MARRIED ?!" you say ? Yes I am !
I already got all my stuff, all I need is to go pick the dress sometime this week, and pay for the limo when my boyfriend arrives from the UK. I'm not stressed at all, and the planning is going good so far.
There are a lot of articles on Etsy regarding handmade weddings, and I never read them. It's was obvious that I'd try to buy as much as possible from Etsy sellers for this occasion. I even set up gift baskets to win at the reception, for people who participate in different contests during the reception. (Yes, I'm not telling what kind of contest, but that's going to be hilarious) These baskets are filled with sample-sized and sometimes full sized items made by fellow Etsyians, along with their credit card (EDIT : I meant business CARD !) and shop information, in case the winner gets addicted to what's in the basket !
Anyway, that's about what I've got to say today =) I'll come back with more updates later !
-V
I have 36 items done on a total of 50 items, for the consignment order. I am slowly getting there, and I'm getting really excited over all this. I'm still waiting for stuff to come over the mail, but I have more than half of the articles ready.
I have 9 sterling silver wire wrapped rings. I tag them separately and then put them in little ziploc bags to avoid tarnishing. I really like all these bright colors on the picture ! Makes me think of candy or something...
I'm still wondering how much I will sell these for. I have to consider the commission and the shipping as well. I do not have to use my own display, since the boutique's owner provides them free of charge. (Which is great !)
I also took a few pictures of the new design I came up with yesterday.
I also made new earring cards. At the back, I have printed where it is made, and for whom it is made. The front simply a signature. I signed Enid on EVERY single card, and I like the look so far =)
I like this new design, I never really worked with shell and the mix with foiled glass is awesome. I also got bright fushia shyell beads that are similar to the ones on the picture. I matched them with bright blue foiled glass and it looks very nice too.
When I get more time, and when I buy some more, I will make the same design 2-3 times and list it in my Etsy and my Icraft.ca stores, to see what the demand is. It probably will be a success this summer, because the colors are awesome, and I could see myself wearing these at the beach =)
I also made a couple of dichroic glass earrings. I have 4 pairs so far, and need to have 6 more pairs, to send out with the first order. Here's how they look with the earring cards...
Sorry if the light is reflecting on the bag a little, but they were already wrapped for shipping, and I didn't really want to take them out of the bags and put them back in after.
Finally, I made 6 pairs of sterling silver earrings... These are made with stones, shell and pearls. They're on the same earring cards as the previous shell earrings, and it looks great ! I want to have more professional-looking earrings cards, but for now, I like the plain look of these.
Today was a great day, I think it was at lest 25°C outside today. I even got my first sunburn of the season ! (That's bad =/) Flowers are starting to bloom, I even took pictures.
Isn't it gorgeous ? We're starting to see some color ! I used to be scared that we still have snow for the wedding or something... No, really, I was scared.
Hmmm. I shall get back to work now... And my sunburn itches.
I should keep my hands busy so I don't start scratching my red shoulders.
-V
I have been such a slacker lately ! I haven't even touched a single website yesterday. Since the weather was so nice, I decided to work on my consignment order again, and go out for some shopping !
So here's what I did yesterday ; First, I woke up around 9AM, because birds were singing and my room wasn't even dark anymore... So there. I got up and moved all my stuff to the kitchen table, so I could enjoy the sun and the spring breeze filtering through our sliding door. I crafted there almost all day, and the only time I went out was to buy new supplies.
I got some nice shell beads, as well as som cool new silver foiled beads. Form these supplies, I came up with totally new designs the I will probably photograph tomorrow. They're already mounted on earring cards, so I will take the pictures when everything is done, to show you what my consignment order will consist of !
By the way, we got an awesome response to my "Christianity meets Handmade" chronicles on http://www.philz-corner.com I can't wait to write more articles to make people discover those great Christian crafters =)
That's all for today, I'll post some colorful pics tomorrow, that'll bring some joy to my blog !
-V
