Book Necklaces!
These book necklaces are the newest addition to my not-so-coherent line of products. Made of polymer clay, paper, charms & other metal bits, they’re mounted on 24″ gunmetal, brass or copper & steel chain.
Look for them on etsy soon!
Featured in A Storque Article
Etsy’s online newsletter, the Storque, featured one of my card wallets in one of their Gift Ideas articles, for the “Not So Organized Lady“.
New One-Month Journals
I made a short run of One-Month Journals. They’re quarter-size journals, approximately 4.5″ x 5.75″ closed, and are perfect for notes, lists, reminders & other little things you need to jot down during the day.
I also added a new section to the shop called “WTF”. I’ve reserved this spot for my more unusual [...]
Back in Town!
I’m back after my visit with the family, vacation notice is down on the etsy shop and I’m gearing up for the holidays.
There are a few new items in the shop, and I’ve been replacing photos to make the shop more cohesive.
The Stud Mini-Journal: for the stud in your life… An eighth-size journal [...]
Card Wallets Free Shipping Sale
All Card Wallets in my Etsy Shop ship Free in the US and a buck everywhere else. This deal is good ’till the end of the year.
Crowned… another new journal for sale.
Aaaand… yet another journal added to the shop. This one was very fun to make. It’s another painted cover journal, I used red as a base and some watered-down white to make some neat splashy effects. I’ll definitely use those techniques again.
New journal in the shop!
Added another small journal to the shop. This one’s called “July!” – the colors remind me of bright summer days. It’s about 2.75″ x 4.5″ with a spine just over 1″ wide, filled with a good heavyweight printmaking paper & held closed by an elastic.
More coming soon!
2 New Journals Added!
If you’ve been waiting with baited breath since I posted the sneak peek on the 17th, wait no longer! These two books are up & ready to go to new owners!
Space Trees Journal: a medium sized journal, approx. 5.75 x 4.5 inches with 128 pages. Hand-painted covers.
Spacey Soft Journal: a pocket-sized journal, 4 x 5 [...]
The perils of making up your own patterns
I have never used a pattern to sew anything, but I have used tutorials to get myself started. I make stuff up as I go along and if it works, then I keep doing it. I think I’ll keep doing it this way – I don’t want to end up looking like everyone else.
The past [...]
ARRRT! bag take 3
This is the third incarnation of this bag. The first one was a small hand-sewn pouch, the second was a felt bag, and now this one.
I have RSI affecting both my arms, so hand embroidery is rough sometimes. I decided to play around with the free-motion embroidery setting on my sewing machine & I really [...]