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My emotions toward my shop and extending to life in general change almost hourly. I'm really low right now. I haven't been here in months...and that had been good. But a conglomeration of events, most of them small, broke me. I'm just tired. It feels like I have to fight a million people to get one view on anything. Much less a hearter and sales? I'm about to go another month with nothing. I can't take this much longer. I'm going to try to list everyday this month. Why not keep building up my debt to the world? That'll be $6 at the least. I'm in the showcase this month on my birthday. My birthday. I'll be 21 and I couldn't scareder or angrier. Meh!

I'm tired of fighting, of trying to make this work. Not just Etsy, everything. No one around me understands. I don't know who can help me. I'm alone...but I've been alone for a long time. Creating is something I love and I'll probably always do it. But it looks like it's the corporate world or bust. I hate the corporate world...working in it. It ties my stomach in knots...just thinkin' about it.

Well, this wasn't encouraging. It wasn't that carthatic for me either. I better stop before I start crying again.

My stamps

My stamps
Originally uploaded by lpdesigns.

I bought these on Ebay for a great price after doing alooooot of looking around. I'm so happy. I'm going to use them for a new grand idea that I've had for a while. It's kinda burning a hole in my brain...I just want to try to make them. (More jewelry. There can never be enough.) I don't have the rest of the supplies, though...like the metal to punch them with.

These are 1/8". They're smaller than I thought. They look like toys, but they're heavy. I can't wait to use them.

Sale at LP by rJax

All LP by rJax listings from '06 are 25% off until the end of March! Only you can save them from being cut up and burned. MWAHAHAHA!

Leaflets

In time for spring:



Okay, so maybe the name isn't the greatest but I think it describes them in one word which is want I wanted. They are handknotted over wire (I think I should trademark this) in a mint green. They are based on the Convex earrings but are fancier and have only sterling silver components. Yeah, I'm movin' up. What! :P


Would you believe that the background in this is a piece of wood-look construction paper? I took this picture this morning in direct sun light because in my light box, with my wonderfull camera (see post below for how much I 'love' that camera), the colors were distorted.


New at LP by rJax, you can click the picture, as usual, for more information.

Picture taking is badness

I made new earrings. I bought some sterling silver earwires from Starry Designs, another Etsy sellers. BTW, I think I may convert to SS earwires except when I'm trying to make it casual and go with a dusky look. But you,(you?), I could just oxidize them. Anyway, they're super comfortable.

My problem is that my camera won't take nice pictures of the earrings. I, of course, am far from a digiphoto expert. (For the record I haven't seen anyone use digiphoto before. If you use it, please credit me with the invention...okay, I'm kidding.) But I don't recommend the Kodak Easyshare DX6490. It's driving me nuts, but I'll have to live with it until I have enough $$, which may take a few years, to be a nice new one that takes a picture of what is there doesn't change the colors. It's annoying.

Oh and I started a new blog. Why? Because I can. I shouldn't have, I have enough to do to keep this and the LJ one updated. I don't know why I stress myself out with an added blog.

So, new earrings are coming to LP by rJax in the very near future...if I ever manage to get a few nice pics.