winter wonderland

I’ve been busy this week, making up new pieces for my last show of the year, the Rock Bass Rainbow Fest, which is next Saturday – December 12th, in Philadelphia. There will be new fidget necklaces, a couple of new bracelets and of course, lots of earrings.

Something pretty to look at – the first snow of the season occurred today in suburban Philadelphia, and I was lucky enough to get a couple of shots of it from my front door, before the snow stopped. I love watching the snow fall at twilight – it is so quiet and atmospheric. I will be adding this picture to my idea notebook.

first snow from the front door

feeling accomplished

I got a lot of stuff done tonight, since it’s too cold to go anywhere. I cataloged the majority of the new beads I got at Intergem this weekend, I photographed the new beads and photographed the new designs I made last night. Hopefully I can keep up the momentum – I need to post some new items to etsy.

freshwater coin pearls, crystal quartz & moonstone earrings

pink amethyst & blue topaz briolettes

last week’s designs

I finally got around to photographing the pieces I made last week. I’m not completely happy with the end result (my lighting wasn’t as good as usual), so I’m in for a re-shoot, but at least this gives you an idea of what’s coming for spring…

mauve pearl and sapphire bracelet

amethyst and keshi pearl earrings

blue pearl and sapphire bracelet

busy, busy

No post yesterday – I was revising the design draft for the new website. I really like it and hope it can be translated into html. Tonight’s project was working on etsy listings. I sorted out the designs I want to post, sorted them into categories and wrote up descriptions for the first 15 pairs. The next step is photographing the pieces so they can be listed. It’s too cold to keep typing, so I’ll say good night!

sabbatical is over

Sorry about the long delay – I did what I said I wasn’t going to and let my the blog lapse. I hope everyone had a very happy New Year and is feeling energized and inspired. I have been making jewelry, but I realized I neede to spend some time working on the business side of my jewelry, so here’s what I have so far:    

      a. Bought a new camera: I’ve needed a new one for a while, spent some time researching and then found it at Staples, on clearance! I went with a Canon SX100 IS, (which has been supplanted by the SX110 IS): 8 mp, 10X optical  zoom. I love that it has a much larger viewfinder than my Nikon and the zoom is great!

                 b. Built a lightbox: I used the tutorial from a great photography blog and put it together in about 20 minutes.

          c. Rework website: I think I’ve found the web designer I would like for the website. I originally made it myself and have been very lazy about updating it and now that I have a new logo and color scheme, the website is in for major re-working. I am working on a draft of the website now and think I have it pretty much worked out.  

    

          d. Work harder on etsy shop: my main goal is to have more of a presence on etsy, so I will be busy photographing (with my new camera) and posting pieces to etsy.                    

                                                              

Stayed tuned…