Not so lazy Sunday...

We spent the morning riding our bikes around the gazillion paths of Louisville. We have a bike trailer for the kiddies and because of the abundance of parks along these paths we stopped at three of them during our ride. We have had so much rain here that there is still so many wildflowers in bloom. This makes for beautiful scenery.

We got home and after lunch I sat down to do some work. I decided against putting this amber on a beaded chain because it seemed to need its own spotlight. I am going to list it after this post.

This was my workspace this afternoon. I am all over the house when I work. I work mainly of course in my workshop, but when it comes to computer work and beading, I end up setting down in multiple areas.

My husband meanwhile is working in the garage, setting up my new canopy for the fair in September. We put it up so that we could decide on sign sizes for our setup. There is so much more than I realized that goes into setting up a booth at a fair. Luckily my husband is helping with the bulk of this...I need as much time as possible for making enough wares to fill those tables!

So for energy we downed these:

I consume many, many of these a week. Don't be turned off by its green color thanks to a heaping amount of spinach...this smoothie is actually delicious!!

I also am working on a lot of new designs that I can't wait to get started on this week. I was sketching in my notebook much of this afternoon in between everything else.

Okay I am off to list and get in some etsy-inspiration!

Multi-tasking

I am in the middle of listing a couple more pieces, posting in this blog, drinking coffee and playing scrabble :) This week, while my parents have been here, we have instated ritual coffee and scrabble afternoons. It works well while the boys are having their naptime. I have also been handwrapping beads and making necklaces during these sessions. I have been a multi-tasking fiend!

I need to start including items that are in the 'favorites' section of my shop. I am always coming across AMAZING items on Etsy....

Click on the images to go straight to each listing. I am especially enthralled with the last picture, because not only do I really like the shirt, but I also love the photography.

Below are the remaining pieces that I am in the middle of listing. I ran out of some sterling silver wire so I have two necklaces that will have to wait a few days to make it to my shop.

The necklace below is one that I just adore....for a couple of reasons. I love the freeform shape, the color and also the uniqueness of the amber. It has a milky white/yellow/brown coloring that I had yet to see in amber...until I traveled to eastern Europe that is. Even there, though, I see more of the 'cognac' colored amber in jewelry. I love.love.love it!

I am going to finish listing the last two pieces and then it's dinnertime. My mom and dad are making green chile/chicken enchiladas and beans, while (another thing that I am doing right now!) I am making some Spanish rice.

Yum :)

Wow!

I made it to my first treasury!! How exciting is that. This means that someone liked my piece enough to feature it along with other listings along the same theme. I definitely didn't expect this so quick. I am thrilled! Hopefully it will be a sign of things to come.

I ran out of steam last night and I only got four listings done. When I listed my first item yesterday I found that I had to re-format ALL of my pictures I had taken over the last few days for the listings. That was a huge pain and took a long time to correct. Like I mentioned before, in the future it should be much quicker :)

I am going to list many more today! First I've got to get my little boy to school. I'm off!

Almost there!!

How to begin?

My life has taken such a dramatic turn and I hope to document much of this change on here. I also plan on writing frequently about what inspires me as an artist, which is really quite wide-ranging. I guess I'll just let this grow on it's own...and see where it takes me :)

Right now I am working soo hard to get my listings up on Etsy.....It is taking much longer than I anticipated. I figure that it will be much faster next time considering this is a completely new process to me. You have no idea how excited I am. I have worked SO hard for this.

I'll be back.....