rJax

I opened my third shop. rJax has a listing. My domination of Etsy is underway. Ha!

I toyed with the idea for a while. I know I'm an amateur and there are so many wonderful photographers on Etsy. I'm being selective with what pics I chose to add, trying to keep a certain level of quality. It will be slow in growing for a while. I think I'm closest to my photography of any work that I do...and photography is actually more of a hobby, one I've ducked for about 7 years...heh. A bit of bravery, perhaps, in starting. I've got two hearters already and a hearter on the picture. It made me smile like nothing has for a few months. I'm excited about it.

[nautico] long, etc.

Didn't get much computer time yesterday but I did manage to list the Nautico long earrings. Simple but so elegant. I love the earwires. I love love love them. They're sterling silver, lightweight and very feminine, graceful, like the ballet dancer of earwires. :)

I'm wristlet-ing. Over the past few days I've cut out a ton of wristlet bodies and straps (the outer corduroy parts), cut up a shirt for lining (it will yield 6 wristlets), cut interfacing for the straps and the bodies (the straps are a general pain), ironed the interfacing to both, sewed the straps' inside seams (they are two-part straps joined by a brass ring and double-stitched). I'm tired. Ha. I just want one to be done!

Oh, most of my supplies came in for my jewelry comission. I'm to make a bunch of butterfly charm necklaces and earrings as 'party favors' for a quinceanero. I'm using czech fire-polished beads. Really nice. I'll have to get a pic up soon.

Heat

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It's very muggy when I am...across the street from a white house. All my crafting stuff is upstairs where it's really hot. So I bring down what I can. Can't move the sewing machine, though.

So I finally framed my mlee print. There was a lot of back and forth and just forgetting. My mom bought me the perfect frame the other day. Love it. I'll try to get a better pic later.

My beads from the Netherlands came yesterday. That's what I call them, the beads from the Netherlands. (how come some countries have 'the' in front of them? no one says i'm going to the France?) I love them. I made a pair of earrings for myself, already know what I'm going to wear with them and made two pairs for the shop. I'm calling them Nautico...for some reason though, that feels like something that's already famous. Google found nothing.

Those are Nautico short. The others are on long kidney wires. I really like the kidney wires. I could use those all the time.

I'm still having a pricing issue, mainly with my mother and myself. I believe my items are worth what I charge. But she insinuates that I'd get more sales if they were lower and I made up the diff in shipping. But I can't justify charging $6 to ship earrings domestically. Conundrum. *sigh*

Now 6.08

Bench pin came today! So happy. I didn't get to try it out yet. I had to run to Salvation Army to drop off four bags of clothes. For people who don't buy clothes often...sheesh! It was surprisingly easy and felt good.

The arrival of the bench pin does have me wondering where the earwires I ordered are. I just bought the bench pin and it had to ship across country. The earwires I ordered over a week ago. Ought to see if I can dig out the email.

I'm listing in both shops and trying to get ideas pinned down for rjax. I'm probably crazy to think I can run three shops. But...hopefully they'll all do well. I have enough time to give them.

Ideas! Ideas! Ideas! I have so many, but I really ought to go clean. My mom's best friend is coming in from out-of-state and she'll want to see my room and well...it's a creative mess.

Post Picture: New magnets. I'm on a magnet-making tear again. Trying to balance out my wares...in time.

Button Love

My tinies came today! It's unbelievable how something new can make you feel some much better. I'm wearing them now, had to put them on as soon as they came. I love them.

Went to Joann's and didn't buy beads. I got e600 and a 1/16 circular paper punch. I'm thinking of making earring cards. The glue is for some bigger magnets I'm making.

So now I'll spend a few hours shifting listings from elpy [Handcrafted] to elpy [Closet], editing pics and otherwise carrying on online. Fun is!

Post Picture: Burgeoning button love. I'm getting into them. Most of them have come as freebies. I can see it could be dangerous. I'm attracting to little cute things.