I can't stop making these!

Help! I can't stop making resin bracelets! It kills me to pour the resin in the mold & have to let it cure for a

whole day before unmolding it to see what I have. Seems I'm on a red kick lately...perhaps because it's my favorite color!? Making these is quite the process. It doesn't stop at just unmolding. I then have to grind them down to my liking with the Dremel, clean off all the dust, fire up the Dremel to buff smooth & finally coat them again with more resin to make them nice & shiny. Then MORE drying time & waiting about another 10 or so hours.

It's been a good week!

Wow! It's been a REALLY good week! I made Etsy's front page 3 times in the past week! That makes me so happy. I've only made it one other time...a long time ago. So, I've gained a lot of hearts & sales have been rolling in too. Even some more custom orders.

I will also be featured soon on Lime & Violets Daily Chum http://limenviolet.com/blog as the Etsy featured shop of the week. Fabulous! This is a great blog with lots of useful info & links to some super awesome patterns. Now, I see lots more stuff I'd like to knit, but when?????? Sometimes I wish I could stop doing hair all together & stay home & be a full time artist. Ahhh....maybe someday!

Finished the purse!!!!!!

Yay! I'm so proud of myself! I finished the purse all by myself. Had to whip out the seam ripper a few times to undo some out of control stitches. :) But, it's all good now. Main fabric is from a pair of jeans I bought & never wore...then they got to big. So, I figured they may as well get used some how. Back of purse body (which you can't see) is a pink, green & neutral floral fabric. Lined with pink cotton. Handy little zippy pockets in the strap. Vertical zipper on the purse body. Pocket made from the let out hem of the jean pant leg.

My big day planner won't fit in it very well, so, this little piggy is going to market (Etsy!).

It's been a long time!

It's been a really long time since I've updated my blog! The summer has really gotten away from me.

Our much anticipated deck has been started! It's going to be so awesome! Can't wait to see it all finished. It's going to be so nice to be able to entertain outdoors without seeing & being seen by the neighbors, thanks to the 6ft privacy fence that will be along the one side of the deck. I'm also looking forward to having a back door.

I'm also excited that I learned to sew (again) this week. I took sewing in 4-H as a kid. To my surprise, I pretty much forgot all I knew. A few years ago, I had all good intentions...bought a sewing machine, patterns, & fabric. Unfortunately, the patterns may as well have been written in a foreign language, because I just couldn't figure them out. But, now I have a renewed confindence that I CAN do it! My mom helped me start on a purse that I wanted to use some old jeans as the main fabric. Although we didn't get it done before she left, I've been working on it on my own. Things were moving along really good this morning until I realized I had purchased one zipper in the wrong length. :( So, I can't finish until tomorrow!

I've been blog-tagged by I Am Nycole & have been asked to reveal 7 things about myself. So here goes:

1) I never get tired of Prince or Meatloaf. I can listen to their songs over & over & still love them.

2) My favorite snacks right now are: Dried papaya spears & ginger slices.

3) Babies scare me! Don't ever ask me to hold one!

4) I have irrational fears of needles, tunnels & open bodies of water.

5) I want a Jeep Wrangler, that I can take the top off. But, first I must learn to drive stick again...automatic Jeeps suck!

6) My Eskies ARE my kids!

7) I was afraid of mildew as a child...don't ask! I know, it's weird.

American Eskimo dog knitting needles

Here's one of my latest creations from the past week. I've finally picked up a paint brush again. I painted these free-hand. Inspired by my furkids, Furby & Max.

These are available in my Etsy store. If they don't sell, I'll gladly keep them! :-)