Project Decon

I could probably make another column (are you groaning?) of all the things I've deconstructed and made over. It's a different kind of fulfillment when you take a finished piece and change it to your liking.

This is a necklace of my mother's. Neither of us like to wear really long necklaces. (I love to look at them and admire ladies who can pull off the look) She wants me to shorten it and make a pair of earrings.

I took a before picture, because I rarely do and she thought I should. Plus, I'd had the idea of photographing necklaces on hangers, in lieu of a mannequin, for a while. So, two birds with one stone. Now, to unmake it.

Inspiration

I'd been a bit of a slump. They are a fact of creative life and seem to strike me around the same time every year- April-June, though it seemed to skip last year. (must look into that) Going through them is rather...well, hellish. Half-baked ideas, limited resources or know-how or motivation. Motivation is key. You *can* do anything...if your heart is in it. And mine wasn't in creating.

Coming out of a slump is like being born...or something. (I don't actually remember being born) It's like I'm starting all over. So it's fitting that I'm starting the shop over as well.

The trigger this time was the lovely Chelsea of Papercakes. We talk on Twitter and Flickr and I realized she had a love for the color combo of aqua and turquoise. Honestly, I'd never thought of putting the two together, but did see that they were very complimentary. So I took out my beads and thread and made up a few pairs of earrings. They will be listed soon.

And I'm back.

Post Picture: The earrings I made, inspired by Chelsea.

ThisNext:: Mississippi Clock - White

This isn't handmade, but it's clever. Kinda hard to read from the pic but each line so 'one mississippi, two mississippi, etc.' Plus, you know I heart clocks.

As seen on Chad's page.
From Target

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WB- Friends and family

Yesterday was Father's Day in the US. My dad didn't give us a list of gift ideas until Saturday. Most of them were either mail order or wait out of my current price range. He'll get something later.

We spent the day with some friends from out-of-state. We went out to lunch, sat and talked, ate cake and ice cream, and played pictionary. It's a beautiful thing when the line between family and friends gets blurred. Good people. Great times!

Hope you all had a great weekend!

Open!

The new shop is open for business. I'm crazy excited. It really feels like I'm starting over.

To celebrate, I'm running a 15% off everything sale. Listings are already marked down. Sale runs June 20th-27th. An extra goodie or two to the first customer.