Crafting

I have been busy working on some fabric flowers :)

Crafting Again!

Finally, the first time I actually had time to spend on nothing and anything since my preparations for the market stand last week (which was on FR). Anyway, I've been crafting again, look at these!
I'm certainly going to use this more regularly, even though it means a lot more work than 'normal' jewellery.

Addict?

Right. I am weak.

:P

Not crafting only lasted one evening, the next day I just had to make something :P Oh well, at least I've got loads of goodies for selling now! I still have a lot to do, but I thought I'd give a little update. I'll be posting more hopefully, next week. I'll have more time then because I don't have a market to think about after Friday ;)

A little break on crafting

No crafting at all for me tonight! And hopefully I will be able to pull that off at least tomorrow as well. Not yet an hour ago being surrounded by such a big crafting mess and supplies, unfinished things and finished things waiting to be properly put in bags and price tagged and whatever drove me insane. So I decided I would put it all away, out of my room for a little while. Maybe now I'll be able to update more regularly ;) (And do some more things just for myself like reading and drawing, which are things I have neglected very badly the last.. year!)

Anyway, today the boyfriend and I went to a fair in my town, I bought a few lovely mouse hairclips (blue and pink) and after that, when we got home (my place) again we cleared the dinner table and experimented with filling a stand. A friend and I hired a stand on the 'Oranje markt' (orange market) at Queen's Day (30th of April) to sell stuff we made ourselves (as I told before). Although for her this is more for fun and maybe a little bit of money, for me this kinda is serious business. It will be the first time I actually get to find out if people would buy my stuff (except for my mum, grandmother, aunt and mother in law :P) and if they are willing to pay what I ask for it (though I must admit I lowered the prices VERY much for the market). After the market I'll hopefully be able to finally open a webshop :) I'm very excited! It gives me something to work for, something to do. Though it means a lot of stress as well.
But! Where was I? Ah, Kevin and I spent the whole afternoon experimenting with how I would put things on my stand. In the end 2 meters suddenly is very little space :S I thought I would have so much space left and the opposite is true! Having only two meters of space for my merchandise means I don't have any space for my left-overs (old jewellery I wanted to sell to make room for new things), cards, felt plushies and whatever I still wanted to make but had not yet started on. So, I guess this IS somehow good, namely that I've got less things to make so less to worry about. On the other hand I was pretty excited to make those things because this would be the perfect opportunity to see if people would buy them. Oh well, maybe I'll still make some little things.

Ah! This blog entry has become much longer than I anticipated! :P

So, what AM I going to do if not crafting?
I would like to..
- update my blog more often
- catch up on things I still need to blog about
- change the information on my blog, I need a new introduction fast!
- start on a nice lay-out for my website (I'll need loads of help from Kevin though since I've never made a website lay-out before)
- update and add information on my website
- Start accumulating pictures for my online portfolio!

Bye~

Crafting, Thoughts and Pictures.

Another day spent by mostly crafting jewellery and watching some episodes of Waking The Dead and Star Trek - The Next Generation. It's silly how fast a day goes by, and how easily I feel like I don't do very much even though I didn't sit still all day. Again I made a bunch of necklaces and bracelets, and I just can't get a satisfying feeling, I need to make more, more, more and more! Maybe I need a little break from crafting and do some other things like updating my blog or toying around with a lay-out for my website, or with the information, texts and even pictures I want to put on my website. If I'm going to try to sell my jewellery at Queen's Day and thereby try to promote my own work and hope to win some visitors (and customers!) on my website, I need to show something on there! Or else it won't do much good urging people to visit my website, will it? ;)

As I said, I've been crafting today... I love these pearly beads I got last week! I've got a few varieties in colour, and I might decide on buying more. I've still got quite a few of them left though, so I'll see if I can find another nice technique of working with wire :)

Here's a picture of my working space, and one of my bed. I put all the jewellery I've already finished on it. I still have a lot of things to finish though, and there's even more I still want to start making!
I don't think it'll ever be enough :P

Glueing...

Usually I hate it when I have to glue things together, but sometimes it isn't that bad at all. Especially not since I found out about this brand of glue! It's called E6000 and it works perfectly! Much better than the glue I was using. I've practically used up all the adjustable rings I had (I have more than shown on the picture) and the earstuds are going fast as well.

I'm certainly keeping some rings for myself! I'll just have to make more to make up for me stealing some of my own merchandise :P

Updates, Alice In Wonderland & Selling Goods

I really should update more regularly. I really want to, but my schedule just keeps being busy and I don't have much energy to spend on things like my blog. Lately I've been crafting a lot again (and I've also been buying lots of supplies!) and I'm really looking forward to the 30th of April. Not only is it Queens day and is it also my dad's birthday, but a friend of mine had the idea of renting a stand on the market in our town, to sell our own stuff. At first I doubted this idea a bit because it takes so much energy for me to be in crowds/be among so many people the whole day. BUT, then I thought, this is the perfect opertunity for me! That friend will be there the whole day, and so will my boyfriend. So even if I need a little break, they can always keep an eye on my part of the stand.
Not only have I been crafting a lot, I've also been thinking a lot about opening a webshop, which is one of my goals. Unfortunately I still haven't decided on which website to use (ebay, etsy, dawanda? Suggestions?) because I have to choose because most of my items are one of a kind (not all of them are that special but I barely ever have large supplies of one thing, so I usually can't make one item more than once). Today adjustable rings and earring pins (and stops) came in, so I've been making a lot of those today. Good thing I've ot only been collecting beads and pendants ;)

So, anyway, if you happen to be in (or near) Veldhoven at Queens Day/the 30th of April, don't hesitate to drop by ;)

Crafting, Supplies and Thoughts on a Webshop

Today was a long day that went by very fast. I watched 2 episodes of Doctor Who and 6 episodes of Torchwood. I made 12 necklaces, 3 bracelets and 11 pairs of earrings. I might make even more, later. Not sure. I would like to, but maybe I should do something else now. I do know, however, I’m probably not going to watch even more episodes of anything tonight. :P Time goes by much to quickly watching a screen.

Here's a peek at my desk, it's quite full of supplies and other stuff as you can see!

Aside to making jewellery and watching my computer screen, I also sorted out some stuff like my e-mail and all the envelopes from everything I bought online the past 2 years (plus 50 envelopes! That’s mad!). Also, I had to start in another dummy (a sketchbook) because the other one was full.

Oh! Yesterday I bought some supplies for jewellery making, and I still need more! I ran out of chain (I didn’t have much to start with) and now I’m planning on making some wholesale orders since I really need the stuff.
I can’t wait for all the packages to arrive! I love getting packages, even though I had to pay for them myself :P

Anyway, I hope to open a webshop soon. I just have to figure out which is the best website to use (Etsy? Dawanda? Plain ebay?). I can’t start several webshops on different websites because most of my items are unique, so I’d have to split things up and I really don’t feel like having to do that. It would take too much thinking, I’d start doubting.

This reminds me, I’ll need to get my paypal sorted. My boyfriend Kevin pays for me through paypal, and then I pay him back. I thought it was good like that so I wouldn’t shop TOO much online, but when I start a webshop I’ll need an account of my own.

If – no - WHEN I finally decide on which website to start my webshop, I’ll have to figure out how it actually works. AND I really need some neat designs for my website and everything else I’ll use for my website and stuff (like other profiles and the webshop etc).

I’ll probably try out some webshops soon. I’ll post links when that happens.