Wishes

Wishing You and Your Family

A Merry Christmas and

A Happy Hanukkah.

Tis The Season Treasury by DCHStudio

I found out that  my Merry Christmas Cross Stitch was featured in a Treasury curated by DCHStudio.

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=100755

"It’s Beginning to Look Like" Treasury by Corkycrafts

Corkycrafts made this beautiful Treasury and included my Green and Gold Memory Bracelet.  Thank-you Corky!

I’m Growing Christmas Treasury (30-Minute Treasury)

I just curated a Treasury.  I was going to call it 30-Minute Treasury.

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=77952

Christmas

I am working on Christmas items for my store. It is kinda difficult because this is my first Christmas with a store. I don’t know what to make because I don’t know what will sell. So I decided to make a little of everything.

I have made a few pair of earrings. I like the Christmas trees the best. I have also made snowflakes (they are the most fun), snowmen and some pretty red and green ones.

Please leave a comment with your favorite. You never know what can happen if you leave a comment. Good things may be in your future.

I’m in a Blog Treasury

Thank You Roseworks Jewelry. 

My Snowflake Earrings are featured in the “FFEST in Green” Treasury on her blog. 

Here is a link to the Treasury:

http://roseworkstreasury.blogspot.com/2009/09/ffest-in-green.html 

Snowflakes are Addicting! Beware!

This past week I have promised myself every morning when I got up that I would catch up on my blog subscriptions and blog myself.  Then I get started on those ding-dang beaded snowflakes and the next thing I know it is 2 AM.   And I haven’t read any of my favorite blogs and I have not blogged.  There is something addicting about those snowflakes.  They are just too cool to make.  I am even thinking about a way to use them to make a bracelet and a necklace.  I try all sorts of color combinations and patterns.  And then I start with one pattern and change it half-way through.  I just get lost in doing them.  I need to start selling them so that I can afford to make more.   

All the snowflakes start out the same.  Usually six beads in a circle and run the thread through the circle again and tie it off.  Then you just add beads at each of the six intervals as you go around the ring.  I am even getting lost describing how to make them.  I want to make more!!

I don’t have time for anything except the snowflakes.  I try to play a computer game, but I stop between rounds to make a snowflake. 

Sorry, but I gotta go make me some more snowflakes!!!

I have some ideas about how to have extra time whenever you need it.  I’ll share them with you next time.  I have to try out my idea to see if it works.

Christmas in July on Etsy

I haven’t been ignoring you on purpose. I have been busy trying to get my Christmas in July Sale going. I couldn’t decide on how to set up the sale, so I decided that I would make you decide.

There are alot of shops on Etsy that are participating. Each shop is defining their own sale. Items will be labelled either CIJ or ChristmasinJuly. There are Christmas items and regular items that are on sale. Now is your chance to get a head start on Christmas. Or just buy something on sale.

My sale is the

Choose Your Own Christmas in July Sale

All Items in the CIJ (Christmas in July) section of my store are on sale. You choose the sale. Convo me before you pay so that you are charged the correct amount.
You get to choose either

A) 15% off of your purchase or

B) buy 2 items and get a free gift made especially for you. The gift will be comparable to what you have purchased. I will convo you to get an idea of what color and style of gift to make for you.


All items are in the CIJ section and tagged with CIJ. I will be adding items each day.

I changed the sale to a 20% off sale. The items are listed at the reduced price.

Snowflakes and Christmas Things

I am reposting this to add a link to my discussion page and a photo with additional snowflakes. There are 6 different snowflakes. What do you think about the different colors? Which is your favorite? Do you have any suggestions for other colors? Or for other items?


Follow this link to the discussion page. And thanks for your opinion!

http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=9026&uid=84445958484

I am working on some Christmas items and I need your opinion. These snowflakes are a little larger than a quarter and I am thinking of using them for earrings or a pendant. I made three different colors. One is silver with light blue, one is silver with dark blue and the last is light blue with dark blue. Which do you like the best? Would you like to see a different color used?

I have mentioned earlier that one thing I like about crafting is that you have to be ahead of the calendar. So summer is the time to start thinking about what to make for Christmas. And believe me when you live in Nevada that can be difficult. We have cleared 100 for the past 2 days (103 today) and the weekend promises to be at least 106. Merry Christmas? Somehow the mood just isn’t working yet!

I am getting kind of excited because this will be the first holiday season that my store has been open. Right before I broke my glasses I was on a roll making jewelry in red and green. And I had about 4 ideas that I was going to make. Then 1 week without eyes and I forgot what I intended to do. Oh well, I will make something better than the whatever. And I know that I will like it more.

Are any of my crafty friends working on the holidays yet?

Another Day

May 29, 2009 – Friday

Well they say “another day, another dollar”. You would think that inflation would have that up to a $20 bill.

One thing that is cool and not-cool about crafting and making things is that you are always ahead of the holiday schedule. It is already time to start working on Christmas Crafts. Wow, it’s kinda hard to think about Christmas when it is late May in Nevada. I have 4 months of the most intense heat to look forward to. How do you make things with PENGUINS, Santa, snowmen, silver bells, Nativity scenes and all that other cold stuff when it is difficult to walk outside because the heat takes your breath away.

I may even try to get on the ball for some 4th of July stuff. Although it is a little late to think about making it. Most people have already completed most of theirs.

At least I have 2 great trips in the near future. I get to go to Reno and speak on July 1st to support Epilepsy Awareness. And I have a good friend in Reno that I haven’t seen in about 9 years. We met when she lived in Kingsville. Boy we had a lot of fun. She worked in the bar where I spent all my time. She even got me a job bartending there. That’s where Larry and I met.

Then in September I get to leave the heat of Vegas to spend 3 days in Atlanta GA at a summit meeting. I will get to see alot of friends there that I usually only see once a year. And it will be 18 months since we got together. The only problem is that there are sooooooo many meetings and focus groups and other stuff that you can’t relax, much less socialize. It ends up being alot of stress.

But I love it. Going to the summit each year enables me to speak publicly to spread the word and support Epilepsy Awareness. It is also kind of reassuring to hang out with people who really understand what I have been through. They have all been through it to. Some to a lesser extent and some greater. But it helps us form a bond of kinship.