Busy Busy!

I've been super busy lately, both trying to expand the marketing of my Etsy store, but also making some stock ready for the fall 'Craft Fair Season'.
Here are a few of the newest pieces!

Really loving how they all turned out! It's fun to pick up new glass and play!

Backing Cards (yes... again!)

So, back to the backing cards. Whilst I loved my little dragon ones, they were too big and when I scaled them down, the detail was too much for my little Silhouette to cope with. So, I redesigned them to be plainer and they work perfectly.
But, I needed something to make them recognizable as mine. Cue my brand new stamp, courtesy of Salt Marketplace in Utah, on Etsy.
For the bargain price of $10 + shipping, I have my own little stamp that's the right size for my cards and now gives them a little 'something something'.
It's perfect! Highly recommend these guys, super quick and helpful.

Custom Order With Special Meaning..

I love doing custom orders! I recently had a friend of mine ask me to do a pendant for her friend's mum. Her friend passed away a few years ago from cancer and she wanted to get a gift to represent him.
The friend had a tattoo with 3 stars and they used 2 colours of ribbon to represent awareness of his condition.
I love how it turned out and hope the family love it too.

Chain-mailling!

Rings!

I've been seeing a lot of chainmaille lately for some reason. Aside from my Game of Thrones catch-ups, that is.
I love the idea of combining chainmaille and fused glass and thought I would give it a go. As luck would have it, we appear to have one of the best ring supply stores right here in town! C&T Designs also happen to be right down the road from where my son has a therapy appt too, so I popped in earlier this week.
Tonight, I managed to sit down and actually play for a few minutes and voila! I actually managed to recreate the pattern I like, which is an original pattern created by Curt at C&T, Acute Helm.

A couple of links in...

So, what do you think?! I'm pretty impressed with myself for a first attempt!

Longer chain!

Making Pendants with Mum!

My mum's lovely work!

Recently my parents were out here in Colorado for a visit from the UK. Whilst here, my mum got to join me in making a few pendants for herself!

Mum and my little helper!

 It was really lovely to be able to do this with my mum and she loved the results, that were all her own!

Backing Cards!

New card ideas!

After finding my little cabinet for display, I thought I should work on some new ideas for backing cards for my pendants.

Card in cabinet!

I will need to work on size, but, I think they look pretty cool!

Craft Show Display

Up until now, I've been using little tented cards for craft shows, where I wire on the pendants. That is, until now. Look what I just found at our local TJ Maxx?!

Perfect little display unit!

My friend and I did a craft fair recently and there was a stall set up that was so creative and amazing we were fawning over it. This is very similar to what this lady had, except, I think she'd created her own. Since it was on clearance, I figured I would just get this - I don't think you could even get the materials for what I paid.
It's perfect!