Day Sixteen, There's a Special Sheen

Ugh... I finally get the camera fixed, and Hubby is hogging it tonight~!

Oh well. At least he's taking photos of our jewelry, so I'll have photos to add before the night is over.

Today's pair of earrings are quite lovely, in shades of purple! This pair features pink amethyst, oval-shaped and faceted, flanked by two small beads of white quartz and two smooth round amethysts, in two different sizes.

Photo will be attached as soon as Hubby takes peek-tures.

Tomorrow is market day... so excited! I'll let you all know how things go. See you tomorrow, amigos!

Day Three of My Challenges-- And Market Day!

Day Three of my challenges and I'm going strong! Today was market day, so I got up early to make a pair of earrings-- I wanted to put as many items on the table as possible.

Wouldn't you know it? They went the minute they hit the table! I barely had time to snap a quick photo-- not even time for an artistic "set up" shot!-- before they slipped through my fingers, and onto the earlobes of a very happy client. This market day was a resounding success... but more on that later.

Sometimes people need to hold onto something special. Without hope, we don't have any dreams or any chance of success. Hope is one of those emotions that holds the world together~ my hope is that these little earrings bring hope to their wearer, just as this jewelry brings *me* hope of a bright future.

An Earring a Day Keeps March Madness Away~

Three quick announcements!

Announcement number one: THE FARMERS' MARKET WAS A COMPLETE SUCCESS!! We not only sold four pieces, we received orders for a few commissions, too~ so exciting!

Announcement number two: BEAD TABLE WEDNESDAY! <3

Announcement number three: I WILL CREATE AT LEAST ONE PAIR OF EARRINGS, EVERY DAY FOR A MONTH-- ALL MARCH LONG!

See, I'm told that I am quite good at producing earrings, but I struggle to actually *create* them. I get frustrated, so I don't make them as much... and then because I'm not making them, I don't get the practice I need to get better... it's a vicious cycle, and I need to break it. On one of the blogs I follow, they create and post one pair of earrings every single day, all the time! So I said to myself, "Self, if they can do it all year long, you can do it for a month!"

I am very excited about this personal challenge, and look forward to sharing the results with you all as we go along! May this "March Madness" bring great gladness!

MY FIRST OFFICIAL SALE!

It's official... I'm a vendor~!

The Farmer's Market was fun, but it was sparsely attended. There were so few customers that I not only was able to step away from our table and make friends with other vendors... who confirmed my suspicions that we were essentially selling to each other that day.

On the plus side, I got to taste some DELICIOUS food made by my neighbor vendors~ on the down side, I am going to gain some serious poundage if I continue to be placed between the ice cream vendor and the chef who sells authentic Spanish/Hispanic/Latino cuisine!

My adventures in food aside, this was a great day for me as an artist. I sold my very first piece of jewelry!

The piece was made out of purple and pearly-white seed beads, accented with long shiny "bugle" beads, quartz, and purple glass beads, frosted over with an irregular white spotted pattern.

I am in the process of creating a similar piece, using red glass beads and a slight variation on the seed bead pattern. Hubby's aunt was the person who actually purchased it, but I feel better (and consider it my first sell) because it had garnered a great deal of attention at the market, from just about everyone who came by.

It was the first piece of jewelry I made, since we began this venture <3