Category: Artwork

Any and every kind of artwork I do.

It’s Hard to Turn Over a New Leaf

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…when electric cars don’t have gas engines ;)

Signed my life away for a 2017 Nissan Leaf. According to the dealership, this is probably the first 2017 model sold in Canada. Pretty cool factoid, if you ask me!

The weather has become ridiculously warm. At 2°C for the past couple of days, the snow has been melting and to add insult to injury, it rained for the latter part of the day. Rather than complain, I reminded the girls it made for perfect snowball weather, with heavy, sticky snow. Snowballs also meant snowmen, and ‘Phee decided snowdragons were more impressive creations within the realm of possibility ::grins::

I’ve been feeling kind of scattered lately.

I cranked out more earrings for Strange Things Emporium. I think she said she has a venue this weekend, so fingers crossed for both of us! I should have kept a few pairs to photograph for Etsy, but I rushed them to the store while I had time to. Malachite with silver, steampunk gears… carnelian that looks like dripping  blood. All kinds of stuff.

They also need traditional painters/artists, so I spoke to the fellow running that part of the store. I’m hopeful. I just need to focus and draw.

But I’m also knitting… just seems the easiest thing to pick up and manage at the moment. I am also… obsessive sometimes. I started a project and I want to see it done, so while I might have a larger chunk of time to draw, now my mind is on knitting. There are dragons in the background too, hehe. They need to come to the forefront, as I probably have another craft sale lined up in March.

Lastly, I’ve been wrestling with taming my crafting space. There’s no way to work on some of these things (save the knitting) because I have no space to work! I bought a million shelves on clearance from Chapters, (hey, I’m surprised too!) They are floating shelves, so trying to find the right sort of things to put on them have been a challenge in the art room. They made a great spice rack in the kitchen, and cleaned up the clutter in both bathrooms very nicely! I just… have a lot of large things :P

 

Maybe some photos next update. I have lots and lots of goodies arriving in the mail ::smiles::

Small steps in the right direction

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Firstly, new earrings available at Strange Things Emporium!

Not my usual style, but they fit in with the theme of the shop. I believe they are reasonably priced, so even better if they sell ;)

Next up, incorporating upcycling into my business model. I’ve become an avid tea drinker since discovering Earl’s Valentine (a seasonal black tea blend from  David’s Tea), and winter has bestowed upon me several of these beautiful display tins. I am thinking I can re-purpose them for earring containers, or possibly art. I used to have an interest in tiny dioramas, but stopped because I had no way to seal them away from dust. (I wonder if these will work, aesthetically speaking. Hrm… )

For kicks, I started priming the cases a few of them came in. They will either make great display cases… or they won’t. Either way I’ll have learned something, and the cases are still good for storage.

Not the direction I expected to take myself in, but art (ok, and possible sales!) pleases me :D There might be room to sell my traditional artwork at Strange Things Emporium, as well. I need to make inquiries and crank out some drawings if it works for me.

Until later <3
~ElvenAssassin

Excited About Plans <3

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None of this “New Years resolutions” stuff, just the necessity of new agendas and calendars, haha.

Waiting on my Petit Prince agenda by Moleskine. Super, super excited about that! While my day-planning skills last year were the pits, I absolutely adored carrying around my little pocket agenda. (Can I be honest and say it was for the ruler?)

New year necessitates new time keeping paper. To that end, I also found some blank daily time keeping sheets by Happy Planner. Personally I’ve found it a challenge to find an hourly break-down of the day that goes beyond the supper hour. Their sheets break down the day from 6am to 10pm, which suits my eclectic schedule well. So I can now track long-term stuff in my day planner, and plan out my time for productivity around sleeping/mothering/appointments. Go me!

In theory, I rock ;)

Business cards arrived from Moo.com, and to top it all off, they gave me free card holders. ::grins:: Very pretty, and very nice of them. I’m so impressed I plan to place an order for custom labels in the near future. That’s going to take some serious planning this week, I suppose.

Speaking of, my girls are on Winter Break for another week. They will be having their first sleep-over at their grandparents tomorrow; I worry ‘Phee will be homesick, so it might be best not to stray far from a phone.

As with many other people, I’m also waiting on several Boxing Day orders to arrive in the mail. ::laughs:: I bought some beautiful, unique picture frames to showcase my drawings. I’m positively beside myself with excitement! ::grins:: I’ve got a vague idea of what I want to draw, but wonder if that will change once the frames are in hand. Hopefully they will entice buyers… we’ll see.

Hrm, what else has happened over the holiday season?

Sold a necklace at Strange Things Emporium.

I  made a custom cremation pendant for a lady I’d met at one of my craft sales. She liked it enough to say she she might order more. I hope so; I had her permission to photograph the first one but didn’t get the opportunity to do so.

The girls enjoyed their gifts… I got a typewriter ::laughs:: and other goodies. I’ll have to split my down time between artwork and playing The Last Guardian. ;)

Anyway, enough rambling from me. Hoping to keep this upward feeling momentum.

Scarves and Yarn Stashes

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No pictures of my work, I’m afraid.

I did a lot better at my 2nd craft sale. While I only sold items to one customer, I was in the same boat as other vendors, and traded a lot of items. I now have beautiful shades of purple and magenta mixing bowls from Tupperware, plus other goodies, mwahaha!

Two of my infinity scarves sold, so that was nice as well.  ::smiles:: I am still swamped under scarves and need… well, more. Sort of :P They are excellent samplers, and a nice way to learn new techniques. For example, I got tired of waiting for my cabling needles to arrive from China, and I’m attempting cables for the first time… without any extra special tools! Go me!

::struts:: I’m ridiculously proud of myself, and you know what? It even looks good, if I do say so myself (and I do).

I haven’t figured out how to go about listing them for sale… but I’m sure it’s going to be stiff competition, whether it’s on Facebook or Etsy. Of course, the girls lose scarves almost as quickly as they lose their mittens, so I may not have extras to spare. ::laughs:: Their school will also accept donations, so I have options, one way or another.

As for zee stash, it is filled with practical, and not-so-practical stuff to knit with. I bought yarn that was pretty, with no idea what I’d knit, so I have lots and lots of pairs of skeins, meaning I only have enough of one colour to, well, make a scarf. Heh.

While sorting today, I took this picture (for shopping purposes. Don’t you ever do that?).

I am one of those people who can never leave things well enough alone; I’ve found a sweater pattern I want to tackle and I’m thinking this yarn may be an acceptable substitute. Probably shouldn’t mess with changing the fiber type when size matters, but it will be a learning experience no matter how it turns out.

I am behind on some orders for ornaments for friends (none sold, but family and friends like ’em!). Extra appointments on top of shuttling children to extra-curricular activities. This candle is pretty much burnt out. Blah.

Oh oh oh! Don’t recall if I said some of my jewelry is being sold at Strange Things Emporium? Apparently some of it has already sold ::preens:: I will have to go down in person and see what’s gone and whether I should supply similar items.

That’s all for now,
ElvenAssassin