First Sale!

I had my first sale on Etsy!  

It was a cool ceramic pendant necklace.

(Okay, technically it was my second, but my first was from my dearest friend who was helping me work out the kinks in the system.  That's like having your mom ask you for your autograph).

I got the package all ready and fussed and putted over how to make it perfect.  It was like the first day of school; you wake up early, tummy in knots, excited, hoping for a perfect hair day.  Then six weeks later (or days, if you are gifted or something) you are totally over it.  May I reach the day when packaging and mailing my art and handmade items becomes a dull part of the process!

Look for more items to be posted next week!!!  

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Above: Balance, made from tiny pebbles.  I am going crazy making these tiny towers out of rocks that I find in the road or at the horse stables where the girls take lessons.  I love finding a balance in them, and then fusing them that way.  It reminds me to look for balance in my life, and once found, not to lose it.

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Thanks to those who have signed up to FOLLOW this blog.  When we get to #25, I will host my first giveaway.  Message me or comment if you get someone to Follow and I will add your name to the GIVEAWAY twice!  I'm generous like that.

While I wait...

I had to take a break from Ellen's Book (which you will be seeing more of shortly) in order to wait for... well, an order.  Paper, to be exact.  Ultra fancy-schmancy cold-press watercolor paper from France.

My local all-things-artsy store wanted 80 bucks for a pad of 20 sheets of paper.

For a 5 day wait, I got it for $30, free shipping.

I love saving money.

In the off time I tinkered with a few things.

This is a very tribal looking piece.  I dyed the satin cord some time ago, and then just the other day found my stash of junk-yard metal.  I used ammonia to get the green patina on the metal, and then it sort of made itself after that.

Making jewelry is like meditating or doing yoga.  There is a pleasant and calming rhythm to it, and once you decide on your pattern, you sort of go on autopilot to finish the assembly process.

Some days autopilot is a very good thing.

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Follow my blog and you will be entered in my first jewelry GIVEAWAY.  I will pull from the first 25 followers!  The winner will get to choose from 3 jewelry items to be posted soon.  

Share my blog on Facebook and I'll enter you TWICE.  Woo woo.  

Them is some pretty great odds, baby!