At the risk of turning my blog into an Etsyfest- or how about Etsypalloza- I am starting a new project. Every Saturday morning, when I've had enough coffee of course, I will post my Top 12 or so Favorites from Etsy. I am trying to stick with a theme each time, although sometimes the theme could be so loose you can't tell what it is...
And here are this weeks winners: Theme is "Aqua reminds me of summer days" (Hint: Click on image to enlarge)

Featured sellers are left to right, top to bottom:
Schmooks: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=19410949

Florasbowley: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=18839612

smARTee: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=19222072

Wyanne: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=18805359

alissajacobs: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=19553090

JanasJewels: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=16257116

sweetnshabbyroses: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=19549748

birdzNbeez: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=19543822

juliebcreative: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=18002867

ImagineStudio: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=11973919

benconservato: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=15021075

mincingmockingbird: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=19176584

Please leave me some comments and let me know what you think!

New Initial Pendants

I have made a new customized initial pendant for sale in my Etsy shop- You can choose your intial, choose your border, and for a small extra charge you can choose the scrabble tile letter on the back!

Keep calm and carry on...

Right. So I made a ton of scrabble tile pendants to have on hand as stock for my Etsy shop, and after they had cured for about a week they started to crack right down the middle. Lost about 80% of the finished pendants. Pfffttt. Then I saw on the Etsy Forums that I was not the only one who has had Diamond Glaze do this lately. Well, now I know what happened, but am scrambling to fill the orders I have. OOOooohhh yes- some kinda fun we havin now!I have switched to another brand of glaze, so I'm hoping there will be no more problems. Will post disaster pics in morning.

It's Backup Day everybody! Back up those important files to a disk right now! I recently had a hard drive crash on me, and I lost everything. Photos, taxes, banners, everything! And I still can't remember where I got the fonts I had, so those are gone forever too. I am the queen of back up now- I don't want to have to redo everything ever again- OOhhhh, the files I lost. *snivel*

AAwwwwww, little Fred, the brown porcupine pendant has found a new home! He is going to be bundled up and sent to live with a nice lady in Montana. Bon voyage, freddy!

A Brand New Adventure

I have been busy- very busy. Was working a regular job to pay bills until I ran outta there screaming. yuch. So now I am on an art break of sorts, because I am somewhat blocked on large paintings. I have about 40 paintings piled up that are about two-thirds finished, and I can't seem to finish them.
SO, I am making jewelry again, and it has been a while. I am currently making pendants and other jewelry- alot of it. Will be listing them on Etsy before the weekend. I am loving it! So easy to finish, so easy to know when I am done. I will put up a widget for my Etsy store when I get these things listed for anyone who wants to check it out. I promise to try to post here at least once a week- I have more time now!

Photos above show: Top photo- variety of pendants finished, have not attached bails yet. All hand painted or stamped or even collaged.
Second photo- 2 more of the same.
Third photo- works in progress- the circle is about 1&1/2 inches- little squares are scrabble tile size at less than an inch. Chunky square in photo 2 is 1 inch square and will have dangle beads when done.
Photo 4- finished pendant in black and white.

Please forgive the blurry no-detail having scans- I am still having a horrible time figuring out how to get good close ups with dig cam.

Crazy and Disorganized

Very slow going... I keep bouncing back and forth between collage/painting, then back to sewing, and back and forth. I found this wonderful youtube video making artist named Suziblu- she has inspired me so much! I can't stop watching her videos. I have been painting and gluing and sketching like crazy for the first time in a long time; it is so much fun! I have about 20 items to sell, but they are all about two-thirds finished. So now I am trying to get serious and finish them one by one before starting anything new. I have finally set up my Etsy shop, and the user name I picked is Bluefingerstudios. I had to pick a name to sign up, and at the time my fingers were very blue from dying fabric and painting, so there it is- my new name. Eventually I hope to consolidate all my selling under this new name. Nothing in my fabulous new shop yet... I will post the link when shop opens. Now I am trying to find time to create a brand new banner that can go on the top of my blog, my shop, my Ebay about me page, and anyplace else I want to paste it! Hopefully that will be my next post. Until then, I must get back to painting/gluing/sewing/ etc....
A couple pics of work in progress-