New Pieces in the Shop

Zodiac Girls Pendant - Capricorn

I've got a few new pieces in the shop,

including some Zodiac Girls Scrabble Tile Pendants.

I've already made all twelve, but I'm having some

problems getting good photos.

As soon as I can get some 'passable' photos...

I'll have all twelve listed.

Woodland Fairy

This painting is an 11 x 14 inch fantasy fairy painting done

on canvas with acrylic paints.

I finished it a couple of days ago and have listed it in the shop.

I'm finally starting to get used to this house and have begun

to set up my work spaces so that I can actually get a few things done:)

Wearable Art Changes

I had a bit of a 'disaster' with my latest Scrabble Tile pendants.

The bails that attached the tile to the chain I received were 'crap'....

I didn't realize this at first...

although one of my daughters said she thought

they were lighter weight than the ones we had been 

using (from the same seller)...

Well...long story short...they started arriving in pieces...

Oh my gosh...

can you imagine my horror and panic!!!

I went directly online and most of the suppliers I normally use

were on Holiday Vacation.

I had to run around town trying to find something comparable...

NOTHING!

So I had to 'make do' with what I could find...

something that doesn't set well with me.

I've since switched to Aanraku bails...

they are way more expensive...but I've used them in the past

and have had no problems with them.

But...since they are as pricey as they are...

I've decided to make all of my Scrabble Tile pendants...

'made to order'...

This was I'm not 'wasting' any of the pricey bails

on pendants that just sit in my finished pendant box.

Making to order might add a few days to my shipping times...but I

still think I can ship in the 5 business day goal I've set.

A busy week and a few new things in the Shop.

Wow....I'm 'gone' for a week and the whole

'blogger' thing has changed!

It's been such a busy week for me...

but I did manage to

get a few of the Scrabble Tile pendants...

something new for me...

listed in my Shop.

I've been working on things for the next show...

October 9th...

and for most of the week thought I only

had one week...

turns out I had 2.

Ah well....lost my cable/ internet for a day...AGAIN!

According to the guy who came out this time...

because the cable wire runs through the branches

of 2 trees in my back yard...

I can either have a tree trimmer come out

and cut the branches...

or put up with losing my cable from time to time.

I told him I thought it odd that I had very few problems

the first 3 and a half years I've lived here...

but have lost everything

4 times in the past 3 and a half Months...

he just shrugged...

I've done a few new paintings...

even though I originally planned to save them

for the shows...

I decided to go ahead and put them

in the Shop for now.

About half of them don't have any characters in them...

but I do like them anyway!