What I've been up to.

Just some photo spam until I feel more verbose.

Yes the ever popular bath puff will be coming to my etsy shop as soon as I can get a "cover photo" .

I'm also working on Snow Candles and just for those of you curious the triangles will not be available as they aren't really good to burn. This is after I removed the charred "snow" from the tip!

The seasons and Etsy.

I've been thinking lately about how the seasons are apparent on my etsy shop. How if you look back through the pages you can tell what season the photos are taken in and how that affects the whole feel of the thing.

Fall for example was a good season when I could still take photos outside and get bits of plant life and fun.














This will be my second summer on Etsy and hopefully my first with an outside place to take photos so summer shots are few and far between. Most are of candles that haven't sold and still look good on that old Victorian windowsill at my former apartment. Still you can see a summer shower on the window and the trees outside in this one. I really don't know how summer looks on my shop!











This is one my few winter photos that is actually outside. The winter photos are almost all vintage and supply items or pendants on wood tables and near the end the dead twister rush in my room. Winter was really good for sophisticated items since it was clean and sedate but I had a hard time photographing some of my brighter items.

Spring has been really good to me so far. I have some fun exuberant items in my shop that really needed photo updates and nothing seems to capture it like spring. Nature bursting out from winter and going as fast as it can to live, breed and store up energy until winter comes again. I can barely take photos of vintage or supplies though I have them because every week something new blooms that I need to include in my shop pages. That said I do have a couple of items that just don't work in spring and would look better in a calmer season but that's where I have to get creative.

I've been thinking about it a lot lately and today on the front page a listing showed up that lead me to these:

Maybe I'm not the only one?

Yard and Craft Sale

This weekend (2nd and 3rd) I'll be participating in a group craft and yard sale in Pittsburgh on Whitney Avenue and Hay Street so come by and check it out. There should be face painting and games as well.

Come by to see the wares of http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5146291 and http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5832033

Just checking in

I admit I'm just swinging in to update on some of my recent activities and running away again. I've been making my very first paper beads from a book so tragically bad that I wouldn't even give it away for fear of spreading the suffering.
I've been working on wire wrapping and pendants in a big way while my yarn pile sits loved but untouched.
Candles of course have been on hold since the move but a few new vintage items have come into my life so I'm enjoying them before someone else snaps them up.
I'm going mad with growing season approaching and no where to plant anything. This generally leads to many pots and lots of crazyness but I hope to persevere.

Finally should I ever be checked into rehab for alcohol abuse...
Let's just keep this between us shall we?