A quiet morning walk.

Last night I stayed up all night working on various projects, some pendants, brooches, earrings, etc. When I finally went to bed around 5:30 I tossed and turned until the sun came up. So I decided to go outside for a quiet morning stroll to the park with my camera to see what I could find. I'm really happy I went! I enjoyed playing around with my macro filters and everything was covered in such a slight sparkly dew. And the light, my goodness the light! So soft and lovely. Here are a few of my favorite shots from the day.

Andy Warhol style custom portraits!

I'm very excited! I've opened up a new Etsy shop called Printique where I'm making custom people, pet & object Andy Warhol style pop art prints. I'm also making photo collages where I customize with the buyer's photos and text. The shop is off to a good start, let me know what you think!

http://printique.etsy.com

Pendants!

I am so excited! I finally finished up a batch of glass pendants made from my photography and illustrations. I'm planning on debuting them tomorrow at the Farmer's Market. Also new for the market are my fancier crate displays, some silk scarves I painted and screenprinted, and the velvet scarves I dyed. I'm hoping for a successful day!

Monica Makes THINGS!

I have had a FANTASTIC day today. I was so productive. I rented studio space at the craft college and just went to town on all the silk and velvet scarves and pillows and other lovely things. I prepped 30ish items to be dyed, and then tried a new type of dye bath I hadn't done before. It turned out beautifully and with better results than I had in the past with a longer, less impressive dye method. I dyed up some velvet scarves that I just cannot wait to dry so I can really see how they turned out. Here is a terrible, low quality snap of them, I was too excited to wait until they are dry to take nice photos:



Besides the velvet scarves I also dyed some silk ones that I am going to experiment with screen printing and painting on, as well as some silk pillows and hankerchiefs. I bought a large order of silks and velvets and several different kinds of dyes, and really want to experiment with new techniques, and with color all summer long. I'll be posting my makings much more often. I've also gotten a handy dandy new camera lens that will help that out. (The lens is not responsible for the bad photos haha)

Bonjour.

I know, it's been a while, but I think I just might be back.

I bought myself a shiny new lens today with some macro filters so it will be much easier to take and share photos and random nonsense, etc.

I've been working busily at my business, recently selling at a Mother's Day craft show, and I've got all new displays for the farmer's market.

Here's a little photo of them, and me peeking out from behind them:



Much nicer than just laying stuff out on the table, like I used to. I hope I'll also be selling at the City Market in my hometown, so that is very exciting, I hope it goes well!

Stats!

Etsy has finally given us sellers some stats! We can now use google analytics with our shops so we'll actually know where our traffic is coming from. This is just so helpful! I'm looking forward to playing around with project wonderful ads and the like to see what kind of traffic I can drive to my shop.

In other news, a bunch of pendant making supplies have arrived and I am just itching to try my hand at pendants. I think a lot of my photos would make for pretty ones and I really hope they turn out as wonderfully as they are in my head.

Treasury!

I was featured in an Etsy treasury today, how exciting! I love love love that necklace that is featured beside my bracelet at the top there, it's so gorgeous. Thanks ClairesArtfulThings!

You can see the treasury here http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=31615 until it disappears on Friday. : )