Finally, a Treasury on Etsy!

After months of being an Etsy member, I finally sat and waited...and waited...and waited, and got a TREASURY SPOT!

Too bad the treasury's server went down awhile ago! Ack!

But here's the link anyway: Rabbit Obsession! I hope it's back up soon!

I've included a lot of members who need some exposure, and some who I'm sure have gotten their name out there already...but all in all, ADORABLE bunny-goodness!




Here's one of my rabbits, Quincee Jones, the old-man bunny [Hotot breed]...he passed away this past November. My life wouldn't have been the same without him.

It's been sooo long.

Sorry for being absent this long - it's been a hard time lately with flus and colds and general icki-ness.

I've managed to get off of my guy's schedule and back to the normal 8am - 10pm days which I was usually used to.

Today, I'm being featured by High Desert Diva on her blog! She's featuring Pisces-related things this month, and has chosen my Organic Wood Shell Pendant!

And because she's so great, she's featuring me early because of the 22% Off Sale I'm having in honour of my 22nd Birthday on March 18!! [Thanks Charmaine!]

So, if you buy a necklace, you're AT LEAST getting free shipping in the end - neat, eh?


I'm hoping someone will fall in love with this new spring pendant necklace I've listed - the White Mum Necklace.
It's surrounded by 4 rounds of lovely blue beads [amazonite] and the chain types are varied for interest.

Should I keep this for myself?! Ahh!

The Secret Garden...

Remember that book? And the movie?



Well, this little guy wasn't inspired by it, but he reminds me of it. Little guy? I suppose I should say girl, seems like a garden necklace would be feminine rather than masculine.



I haven't really been into filigree-wrapped things in the past, but I see how they can be unique and pretty, so I tried one all of my own. I used a polymer clay disk that I stamped and painted, which seems to have turned out well. There are a few more disks in my drawer waiting to be wrapped on a rainy day. (Err, snowy day?)

Not only are these necklace cuties, but the reserve of them is just as charming, I think.

Don't you?

Copper, pearl, trees...

I've had this hammered copper circle sitting around for a couple months and only today did I make something from it. I was inspired by all of the copper circle/hoop things I'd been seeing and I said, "Hey! I have that one I made somewhere around here..."

Only this is thinner than the norm. But I kind of like it. It's something I'll probably wear on my wedding day - maybe.

Unless I chicken out and do the normal silver and pearl thing.

(But that's months away....so, I digress)

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Something else I've been meaning to mention is my ACEOs! Once I find my tin full of them (I've been cleaning my crafting area and suddenly can't find where I put it!), I'm going to start listing some stuff in my other Etsy shop: midnightbluart

This is an example of one. Well...kind of. This has been in my other shop for what seems like a YEAR. It expires in a month...poor ACEO!

Well, that's all from me for tonight!

A New Take on an Etsy Fav

I always stop and click on someone's listing of circle or square, chunky wooden pendants on chain. They're simple, fun and go with anything. However, I always thought, "I should make myself one...but make it with something that would make it more personal"...so I never bought one from an Etsy seller.

(Even though those sellers deserve sales!)

So, a few months later, in my Etsy shop, I have a new take on this popular necklace:

While it's a secret as to how it's put together, this wooden pendant encasses a shell on one side, and is organic and lovely on the other...and it's completely gorgeous!

It hangs from gunmetal chain - just one of the choices that I'm going to have, as I plan on listing a few more of these! Wouldn't it look good on antique copper, antique brass, antique silver and bright silver chain too?

I've only had a few views of it so far...I only listed it about 2 hours ago...I hope to get up to 50 by the end of tomorrow! So, go check it out! See all of the angles of this unique necklace! Like, the organic side:

Another new item in my shop is this Dark Chocolate Lava Cake Necklace for only $22.00 in :

It is chock-full of shiny black, simulated onyx beads in 6mm and 8mm rounds and an off-center focal -- a large square lava rock bead.

I've started making necklaces like these because of the soothing, repetitiveness of wrapping the beads in wire (even though it's a killer for the arthritis in my wrists!).

But, in the end...I think it's worth it!

Who else out there in blog-land (or Etsy-land) has something in their shop that's a twist on something popular at Etsy? I'd love to see!!!

Stupid Cupid...go start my car!

So, I made it home after a night of crazy occurances and freezing temperatures of MINUS 50 degrees. I've slept a little, had a few bites of chocolate, and now I'm blogging - all of which has barely begun to lessen the harshness that was Saturday night.
But it's okay for now...for I have listed two new things on Etsy...and I'm now going to shamelessly promote them, as I feel I have earned it :)

(Well, The Boy has earned it more, but he has no interest in blogging, and shall leave it up to me!)

Ahhh, Frame Pendant Necklaces, how you satisfy my crafting cravings...how you dress up a t-shirt and jeans outfit into something more...how you hang like a little work of art from a neck....how you, Okay, okay....enough, right?

I got carried away. Valentine's day is four days away - so I can't help it!

My fav. Valentine's-y items on Etsy:

This really beautiful titanium ring caught my eye, and now I wish I wore rings! The simulated ruby heart reminds me of watching Dorthy tap her heels together on The Wizard of Oz!

ShadeJewelry is the maker of this fine piece - everything he makes is stunning, but this one caught my eye first thing because of the upcoming holiday. Great craftsmanship, and great feedback! (It looks like I might have to really start to save up my pennies!)

surly on Etsy has this one of a kind ceramic piece listed -- Red Open Lotus Heart
...I can't get over the detail. Ceramic artists are the artists that I'm truly jealous of! They have the best materials to work with...different temperatures to be around...and they can experiment whenever they want and usually end up with something awesome in the end.

surly, if you're reading this - I'm coming over to steal your doodles and random drawings and make them MINE. Hehe :)



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More Valentine's Fav's to be posted on my next update...stay tuned! <3

An abundance of things!

We were supposed to go to the Andy Warhol exhibit tonight with my sister and her boyfriend, but the weather is too terrible to venture out. It's blowing snow like crazy and the windows are shaking and rattling...I imagine the roads are just crazy. (The city is slowly but surely running out of the salt/sand mixture that they use for time like these..hopefully this is one of the last storms this winter!)

So, we're having a cozy night. I'm wearing one of The Guy's comfy sweatshirts and editing some photos of necklaces - what else is new!?

I'm hoping that earrings will start selling in my shop. I never really made earrings before, but I've started to because they're like small little treasures and almost everyone can afford to buy a pair.

I used to have tons of earrings in my ears back in high school. 3 holes in each ear made for a good palce to display neat little gems...and for 4 years, I had a neon greeny-yellow eyebrow ring in my upper right ear as an earring.

I really like these Amazonite briolettes paired with the coin-shaped, faceted wooden beads. They make me happy! (I think because they feel earthy to me...sky and trees almost)


These "Leafy Citrine" earrings are cute too..more elegant than the other pair. I realize that the dangling chain is a bit of a fad at the moment, but I've kept the lengths short and almost plump, so they're a bit different than the other ones you can find.

The leaf charms are so cute. I've been using them in different things lately...even though it's winter! But I think they're charming :P

The citrine really reminds me of lemon cough drops or candies - the see-through-ness of it all, I suppose!


Speaking of candy - how about Blue Slurpees? Okay...not quite candy, but delicious and sugary nonetheless:

Everything that I've been making lately seems to have come from something I like...a memory, a taste, something. So, when I finally got my notebooks in the mail (from iamerica, on Etsy ) I was so excited! Now, I have spaces to write out my Ideas and Notes and they will be safe. Otherwise, with all the scrap paper around here, who knows where my ideas may end up lately? Plus they're really pretty. I'm not that much of a girly girl, but I just love these!



Lastly, I posted about them in January 15th - my Frame Pendant Necklaces.

Some of them can be made into 4 necklaces in one, depending on what I use. Here are two that are completely convertible and reversible, so they are 4-in-1!

Necklace #1 - showing only 2 ways:

Necklace #2 - showing only 2 ways also:

It's been awhile..

Yes...I didn't post when I said I was going to. It's hard when I never have daylight...it means I can't take pictures and usually there's nobody really on Etsy, so I feel like I shouldn't list things, etc.

But finally today, despite The Boy dragging me into his night shift sleep schedule, I woke up just in time for AN HOUR of photo-time with my new necklace and pendants. Ahh, how I'd waited!

Since then, I've posted a few - so far, not that many people have looked :) Oh well, hopefully tomorrow will be different. I'm hoping to have enough money saved so that I can get The Boy something nice this year for our birthdays.

Yep, you read that right! Our birthdays. We're a year apart - but our birthday is on the same day - March 18th. And every year, I've been too poor to afford a gift and I can't let that happen this time! We're young and in love and I want to show it :)

So anyway, hopefully someone will get that vibe when they're poking through my shops listings, and buy something! Hehe.

Like, for example, this new pendant in my Botanical series of pendants:


I really like it, and I hope that others do to because I'm going to make more!

What I really love is that I made it using my handmade stamps. I love making my own stamps and spent a day last week making up a few - finally, I used them for something and it's these cute little pendants.

Here's a peek at another one that I'm going to list tomorrow:



What do you think? He kinds of matches this necklace that I've also yet to list. I can't get enough!



Anyway, enough with the pendants already! The Boy just called to say that he's freezing his butt off at work - it's CRAZY cold outside. It makes me feel guilty that I'm sitting here with my feet next to the heat register...hehe. I think I'm off to find nourishment and watch tv for a bit - spoil myself, as I've come to think of it. (I tape all the tv shows I like, so I'm spoiled because I don't have to watch commercials...and since I never watch tv that often, it's really nice!)

Bye!

p.s. It was in the news today that Heath Ledger has died :S It's so sad. No matter the circumstances, I hope that his family gets through this...and I wish his daughter well - isn't she only two? :( So sad.

Addictions...

I'm addicted to HGTV. Anything related to home decorating/crafting seems to grab my attention lately. Maybe it's because we live in a boring townhouse and can't paint the walls. They're stuck this boring beige colour and we haven't found a good way to distract the eye from it yet. There's too much wall to cover, it seems.

We should really buy some artwork - but we just don't have the money in our budget right now. I suppose I could make up some art myself, but then it would be a townhouse full of tree paintings...hah.

I decided to poke around Etsy's art section to find a few things that I would LOVE to buy, but just can't afford to right now. Here are a couple on my dream list:

Everything in Rachel's shop! She runs an Etsy shop called FogAndThistle and has such LOVELY paper art listed. Of course, it was true love when I saw that she had rabbits included in her artwork!

irenesuchocki has an Etsy shop full of gorgeous photographs that make me drool. The trees, the landscapes...I can't get enough.



Amazing, aren't they all?

I want to include more, but it's so late and I can barely keep my eyes open. Etsy seems to do this to me...I lose my sleep schedule and am up all hours of the night. But tomorrow I will be back with some updates on pendants and necklaces and fun things like that - items to be listed in my shop. Wink, wink.

:)

Who ISN'T watching American Idol tonight?

I can't help it...really. I never used to watch, but the last couple of seasons I found I couldn't help myself. And then because I'm Canadian, I had to watch Canadian Idol. But it sure is quite time consuming and addicting. The writer's strike will make this season a huge hit though, I'm guessing. (not like it isn't every other year)

Anyway, there's a storm brewing outside, so I have reason to be cuddled up inside watching tv, right? :) It's SO windy and ugly, it's almost unreal. I'm pretty sure The Boy jinxed it this morning when he said, "We haven't really had a bad storm this year...the driving weather's been okay!"

Yeah, look outside now, Boy! Oh well, he doesn't have to work tonight, so all is well. He's on his computer playing World of Warcraft...he swore he wouldn't start to play that game for fear of becoming addicted. *Cough* I think he's past the point of addicted. But I'll let him indulge as he worked overtime last week and hasn't had a chance to relax. I'll drag him upstairs later and make him hang out with me. Maybe we'll watch an episode or two of The X-Files...(that's right!)..we bought some seasons of the show recently and have been slowly getting through them. We're still on the first season though.

Ah, maybe I'm as much of a geek as he is. But at least I'm a crafty geek! And I made a sale yesterday - much thanks to the buyer, if you're out there!

It's the Reversible/Convertible Pendant Necklace that I've been making. I haven't listed any new ones, as they're kind of pricey and take awhile to make. I have some in other shapes as well.



What do you think? Should I list some more?

Yummy New Purchases

Okay. Two weeks and they're finally here. What's here, you wonder. MY BEADS! My lovely, lovely eye candy...soon to be little treasures to adorn yourself with!



I felt the need for experimenting...so this is what I picked out. I'm not sure where they're all going to end up, but it's been fun coming up with ideas while I waited for these pretties to show up in my mailbox.

The boy thinks I'm crazy, I'm sure. Whenever a package arrives here for me, he hands it to me with this little half-smile, as I take it gingerly from him....because he knows that inside I'm jumping up and down like a 5-year old.

Yep. That's how it is. I'm not much for shopping, not really a girly girl who gets excited about purses or shoes....but show me a crazy selection of beads or craft supplies and you've won me over :)

Which reminds me - The Boy's Grandma gave me some blocks of polymer clay and some little cutting tools for Christmas (they were on my Xmas list, along with Ani DiFranco's poetry book - very lovely) and I don't think she expected my excited reaction. CRAFTS! Who wouldn't love to receive those things?

So yeah, Experimentation 101 is on my To Do list. Maybe not tonight though. I'm beat. I spent the day cleaning rabbit cages, catching up on taped TV shows (I'm addicted to Design Inc. and House Hunter's lately...anyone else?) and cleaning up the kitchen to the point of being completely anal about what went where on the counters and above the cupboards. Then I made a supper of chicken wraps and iced tea (yes, that is more of a lunch thing, but The Boy didn't mind!)

And most of the time today, I was listing to my new music player that The Boy got me for Christmas. I don't actually know what the brand of it is...I'm never about the brands....Hmm, let's see. It's an MPIO 1GB MP3 Player in Green. (Lime green actually!) Anyway, I did most of this while listening to some old school Our Lady Peace and my Ani DiFranco 'favourites' ...all in all, not a bad day. Especially considering I've been really ill lately.

Well...I'm off to list something on Etsy. I listed this earlier -- go have a peek!

*****************Blue Floral Origami Paper Pendant*****************

What time is it?

Blog post number one...after much contemplating and poking and prodding by the boy!

He's been working the night shift for the past 4 months and for the most part, I was keeping his schedule; waking up in the late afternoon, just missing any sunlight that there might have been that day...and then falling asleep around 7am...once again, just missing the light. Especially now that's it's winter.

But since this has been seriously affecting my crating time and just generally my ability to function (I've started mild sleep-walking lately...yep, that's right) I've decided that I'm going to try a few days of being 'normal'.

So, this means that I was actually up all day today, editing pictures of pendants for Etsy (see some on Flickr here) and putting the pendants up for sale. I actually got a sale earlier today - I almost peed my pants a little bit!

It's been tough lately. I haven't been promoting myself, so I kept just getting little nibbles at my shop...hopefully traffic will pick up soon.

Anyone else out there a "Night Time Crafter" ?

Until I blog again -- check it out -->http://www.blogger.com/www.midnightbluadorn.etsy.com

-Teri