Etsy

This past Summer was a crazy one and this Fall seems just as crazy. I've been trying to get my butt in gear and apply to grad school. Along with that comes updating my portfolio. Now that I am starting to have more goals in life it has been easier to get things done and create, sort of. Even though today didn't seem physically productive, I was able to spend a lot of time on the computer and was able to create an Etsy Site! So far I have put up my dark humor collection that i started as well as chainmaille that all my friends wear and get complements on. It was tough to finally perk up the courage to create the site. I wasn't sure if I should put all more jewelry up on it. I love everything I create, but I know I want some of my jewelry to sell more than others. It feels good to be getting back into the swing of things. It has been a very slow process. A year and a half process. I guess life doesn't always go as planned and it really takes time finding yourself again. Man it has been hard, but I'm glad to say that I'm slowly closer to where I want to be in life. Check out my site! Yay Etsy! More pictures will be added soon! I will also post some pictures up of a piece I'm working on in the studio! Can't wait to show it off! Hopefully it will be done, mostly tomorrow!

http://www.etsy.com/people/BlendJewelry

SNAG

Long time no post... Gotta work on this...

Well, I'm sitting in the hotel reminiscing over my four days of SNAG conferencing. I have so many thoughts flowing through my head that need to be released and put down on paper. I feel like experiencing this conference was a very good thing. It really helped me get back into the mindset of creativity and concepts. I have a lot to think about how I want my future to be. There is so much I want to accomplish and so many paths I want to take, I hope I have time to journey down them all. I think I will always have this constant struggle of wanting to make art and wanting to make money. If that makes sense to you art people, I'm sure you will understand. This post will be brief and a more in depth one will most likely follow. I think the more I write my thoughts the better I will be able to gather my ideas and concepts... Goodbye Seattle, Hello Chicago.

Fail...

Okay... so between work and almost taking off three of my fingers today, I haven't created anything these last two days... I'm doing great at this whole getting creative/ actually making jewelry thing... Tomorrow is a new day though! Hopefully I won't have any mishaps... I'm starting to think I should have started this whole thing after the Holiday Season...

Random Thought

Okay, so i just discovered that this book came out on December 9th. I feel like it was kind of a sign when I spotted it on the shelf in the craft section of Borders. I know I'm ranting about this book, but I really feel like it's going to help me/ has already started working its magic on me. Alright, more later...

Day 2

Okay, so I haven't created anything today. I'm starting to learn that its not so much as following everything in this book, they are more like guidelines, but to actually get motivated to create something once a day. I can however post something that I finished this morning. I think for awhile you are going to be seeing a lot of similar creations, but I am also going to do my best to do others as well. So, here is what I finished up this morning, It is fine silver with a 23k gold keum boo rat, as well as a cleaver/butcher knife. I will have bunnies with guns soon too, maybe sheep with shears? The good thing is I have a lot of ideas right now, just have to find the motivation and time to do it all. Maybe a change of environment is in need? Okay, I shall post later.

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Day 1 Cont.

Okay so Day 1: Start small and create something that fits in your palm, using materials in your immediate vicinity.
So, here is what I created today. I don't know why I've been upset with rats lately but I have. Here are a few simple pendants and earrings that I made today following the guidelines from my new creativity journal "A Daily Creativity Journal 365: Make Something EveryDay and Change Your Life" By Noah Scalin. This is exactly what I needed to guide me back to creativity. I know my current creations are pretty simpel, but I have the tendency to over think designs and concepts and then I never get anything done, so sometimes simple is better. I have also started some keum boo pendants, once finished I will post them here and will be starting an etsy site soon, yay, for getting my life back together. Ha. I'm starting to feel good and am getting all sorts of jewelry ideas, so hopefully soon there will be lots more to come! Yay for Day 1!

Day 1

Okay dudes and dudettes. Today is Day 1 of me getting my butt in gear and getting back into creative mode. A little side note, after graduation I was super motivated and had so many ideas in mind and decided to cool off a bit, you know I had just graduated, I deserved a break, right? Well, here I am now, 6 months later and I haven't accomplished a thing! So, today is the day. Get ready for some pictures later, because I know how excited all you bloggers are to see what I will accomplish today! Ha.