Spring cleaning

Organizing the corner in which I keep all my jewelry making supplies yesterday led, of course, to making jewelry! I had experimented with some double-drilled beads some time ago and wanted to revisit this style. It's always fascinating to me how you can come up with completely different pieces using the same basic materials.

Here's the first piece I created in this style:

Howlite and Dyed Red Corral



And here are two more in the same style that I created yesterday:

Geometric Black Onyx and Glass Necklace



Yin Yang Necklace

A little sneak peak

Here's a few of the new pieces I've been working on for Steamcon, which is all of 11 days away! None of these are listed yet - they'll be available for the first time at the convention!

Ivory cotton parasol with vintage lace



Red parasol with pink flowers and ivory trim



Antique key necklace with salvaged vintage brass necklace links



One of my costuming bits arrived Saturday, custom work from FantasiesInLeather:



I also got this in the mail today, what I've been waiting for before starting my skirt to go with the pink and grey outfit:

Friday Favorites

Zoe Bracelet - smoky quartz, turquoise, sterling silver, by LotusStone:



Fall Fashion 8x10 Print by JenniPenni:



Bearings Unisex Industrial Necklace, by Insectus



CUSTOM MADE Spaulding Top Hat Black Satin/Leather Lace- Up, by GypsyLadyHats



Steampunk Red & Black Stick Pin Watchface, by Javagoth:



Sultry Rose Brooch, by Wenchie



Art Nouveau Dragonfly Necklace by redwhisper:



Burgundy red and white rabbit fur hood by BarbwireandRoses:

A Year in the Making, day 230

Stretching the definition today a bit again, perhaps, but I just made a permanent home for my lightbox, which I bought but never used after I determined that the lamps that came with it were not bright enough. The husband and I made a pilgrimage to IKEA this afternoon, though, and I acquired a couple more of the clamp-on lamps that are a part of my display kit for indoor shows. And then I reorganized a section of the spare bedroom so I could set everything up.

Here's how the corner looked before I started:



That's a small square end table that we acquired with the house underneath all the books. And yes, that is a partially completed model of the original starship Enterprise in the corner of the picture. Have I mentioned before that I'm a bit of a geek?

The books are now all on shelves, albeit double stacked, and this end table was switched out for a longer and more sturdy one that we had leaning up against the wall in the corner of the basement until we reorganized to set up our new home offices, and which has since been sitting on end in the middle of my sewing room since (about 7 weeks now!).

And here's how it looks now, my lightbox sitting on the new end table with four lamps making things nice and bright:



The old table can now go to Goodwill. Yaaaa! Less stuff in the house! And here's some of the pictures I took with my new setup:

Vintage Amethyst Lucite and Brass Oval Brooch:



Vintage Anchor and Life Preserver Brooch in Goldtone with Red and Ivory Enamel



So now I can take pictures of my goods rain or shine, day or night! And I just noticed thanks to one of my handy widgets that the page rank for this blog has gone up from a 2 to a 3 (out of 10!)

It is a happy crafting day.