It's been such a busy month! I've been working on a number of custom orders and getting ready for two upcoming trunk shows. If you're in the Denver, CO or Sioux Falls, SD areas, you will not want to miss these exclusive trunk show events! I'm planning on bringing the best of my charm creations, and I promise that you will not be disappointed.
I'm going to try to take some photos of my progress in preparing for trunk shows, because I'm really excited about some of the new images from my collection that will be made into necklace charms. I've got a bag of vintage stamps- they're such a lovely rainbow of bright colors, and I especially like the ones that have been postmarked. I've always been obsessed with text and numbers and snail mail is the greatest- so the black ink with the postmarked text and numbers adding a layer on top of the text and numbers on the stamp itself is just word and number perfection in my eyes.
I recently found a few GREAT vintage French textbooks and dictionaries that I've also been incorporating into necklace charms. I also have some copies of charming vintage labels and old black and white photos that I've collected over the past few years. I'll try to get some pictures up soon! And I hope to have some new designs for sale on my website soon.
It's been a whole (busy!) month since my last update. So true that time flies when you're having fun.
Saturday, June 11
Thursday, June 2
I just updated the necklaces on my site. I was busy getting ready for my first trunk show last month, and have been making things like crazy for the upcoming Denver Ballpark Market this past week, so finally had time this evening to add some of my latest designs to my website!
I created a charm using sheet copper tonight, and hope to create more within the next week. So much fun using my letter stamps to add my favorite words to the charms! If anyone has any favorite words or short sayings, leave a comment- I'd love to hear from you.
My ever-sweet boyfriend took me to the large chain home improvement store last night- admittedly probably only to get me to stop answering every other question with "sheet copper." Sometimes when an idea hits or something inspires me, I pretty much am unable to sleep well until I take a moment to listen to whatever that voice is trying to tell me. Not always an easy task to pay attention when balancing a full-time job, spending 10-20 hours per week preparing for shows, and living on a starving artist budget... but I'm learning more and more these days that I must thrive on the challenge. I've been thinking a lot about this lately, and I'm not sure when I ever turned into this person!! Maybe it's in my blood- seems that art and various forms of entrepreneurialism are both strong themes that run throughout my family.
I created a charm using sheet copper tonight, and hope to create more within the next week. So much fun using my letter stamps to add my favorite words to the charms! If anyone has any favorite words or short sayings, leave a comment- I'd love to hear from you.
My ever-sweet boyfriend took me to the large chain home improvement store last night- admittedly probably only to get me to stop answering every other question with "sheet copper." Sometimes when an idea hits or something inspires me, I pretty much am unable to sleep well until I take a moment to listen to whatever that voice is trying to tell me. Not always an easy task to pay attention when balancing a full-time job, spending 10-20 hours per week preparing for shows, and living on a starving artist budget... but I'm learning more and more these days that I must thrive on the challenge. I've been thinking a lot about this lately, and I'm not sure when I ever turned into this person!! Maybe it's in my blood- seems that art and various forms of entrepreneurialism are both strong themes that run throughout my family.
Sunday, May 15
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