Indoor Photoshoot

I really, really don't like doing indoor photoshoots, but I am in desperate need of getting new listings on my Etsy shop. My room is completely filled with things that I've made for AWA. I was going to sell at Momocon, but they only have 40 tables this year and they've already filled up.

I heard that a lot of people were rejected without their work even being juried. That's lazy and unprofessional on Momocon's part. How can you insure the best art for the costumers if you just take the first few people that sign up and leave it at that. There are many talented artists out there who deserve to sell in the artist alley. *cough*me and Amber*cough* (We'll also include one of my Lolita friends Ashley in that cough because she makes the cutest jewelry.)

Anyhoo, I need to order more bronze findings to finish up the more "Steampunk" chokers. I won't call them Steampunk just because they have bronze findings, but whenever I tag them on a listing I will include Steampunk. Maybe one day I'll branch off into making more appropriate Steampunk chokers.

My Etsy shop is up to 79 sales now! I'm so excited! This Jayne hat sale was a great idea. I've been making a ridiculous amount of these hats, sure, but I've been able to afford food and more yarn. :D I think my next sale will be those Elf styled hats that are really long and striped. Usually they are $55 but I think I'll try to sell them for $40 for a month. Each month I'll try to have a new sale going on. I'm sure people are waiting for those Dr. Who scarves to go on sale, but we'll see. ;P

There was some super cute yarn with shiny silver wrapped around it so I had to buy one of each color. I bought black, purple, pink and teal. I plan to make two hats with each color; a "college hat" and a cabled slouchy hat. I've already tried this out with the black and there is just enough yarn to make two hats with the two patterns that I've picked out.

More chokers soon to come!

I did a little shopping online and bought some more resin cameo pieces for my chokers. They did so well at the last show I did that I have no choice but to make a ridiculous amount for the next show. I want to play around with a bunch of different designs on the cameos. One request that I kept getting was for bronze findings for the Steampunk enthusiasts. I kinda came out with the choker idea a little late for AWA and didn't have a lot of time to buy a lot of variety. This time I'll make a special effort to appease the Steampunk crowd.

I bought some red and lavender crochet thread as well. I figured that I should play around with the lace color too and not to limit the variety in the resin. Unfortunately, the Joann's in my area doesn't supply a lot of variety so I have to make a few stops around the city to find some other colors. I love buying at Joann's because of the value, but I always end up having to go to the more expensive hobby stores for the variety.

I found a great Etsy store that sells nothing but ribbon clamps! It's called Twilight Fancy. The prices are at wholesale level and she even sells pliers for ribbon clamps. I'm so excited to do business with her. If I could favorite her shop a million times I would.

These anchor cameos have been calling my name for a while now. I'm so excited to actually work with them.

By the way, Wholesale Flowers is the shop that I've been buying all of my cameos and settings for my chokers. The prices are crazy awesome. If you ever need resin cameos, this is a great place for them.

Skeleton Cameos A Plenty!

I've been going nuts with creating things with skeleton cameos. I'm falling in love with making chokers. I just ordered some more of these resin cabochons in a plethora of colors. I'm going to use the smaller ones to glue onto my rose hair clips. I can't wait to get a chance to play with the new colors.

I've been preparing for AWA for a few months now and I've just now got around to making some chokers for the show. It just seems like there aren't enough hours in the day to get everything done. I've been trying to take it easy though so I don't get too many muscle pains.

I need to try to schedule another photo shoot sometime this week. I've been making a lot of new hats. I just finished a gorgeous lime green beret with a lace pattern in 100% wool. I don't get to use wool very often, but it's always a treat when I do. I can't wait to get pictures that can do these accessories justice instead of these poorly lit camera phone pics.