Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Trade off...a clean house for artsy fartsy expression

I'm not sure how I managed to pull off two new necklaces this week...actually three because I made my sister one with a blown glass bead that she had made herself.  The most recent item turned out to be quite elegant and I'm excited to post it ... I'm also excited to run it through some trial wearing!  I should be posting it in the shop soon.  This top image is a sneek peak of my lovely new necklace.  The picture below is the necklace I made for my sister with her multicolored blown glass bead.

LOVE!

Monday, February 17, 2014

Modernizing?

We finally broke down and got a flat screen tv.  We were honestly the only people I knew who still owned, let alone still used, a tv of old that didn't have a digital convertor and could not receive mordern digitized waves.   Lol!   It's funny how living with things that are retro and outdated  always makes modern basic items seem like super fancy things.  My reasoning for this recent 'upgrade' was because we gained space.  Space!...which is sparce in our dwelling.  I'm determined to make my home cozy and organized despite the spatial boundaries and my husbands tendency toward sentimental hoarding.  I'm thankful he's willing to live on used and upcycled things!   I've been having fun trying to take what we have and make it interesting...artsy...cozy...
I always have fun with the vision, although it rarely manifests into a common practice or schemes, asI have to be forgiving with two 6 year olds and a nine minth old!  At least there's inspiration within it!

Peace!

Sunday, February 16, 2014

Finished! A completed project.

It's finished!  It took me a bit of time to settle on the final arrangement.  This is what I  ended on.  It came together nicely and the earrings match much better than I expected them to.  I can't wait to put it up in the shop!  Should be sometime tomorrow. 

Peace and Love to you! 

Saturday, February 15, 2014

Finish in one night?... You're kidding! - A project in progress

Last nights goal was a joke.  I wasn't even able to finish half of it.  Ha!  I guess I just can't stay up like I used to.   It's ok.  My piece is coming along today.

Here's the mess of my project in action.  I'm not sure of its final arrangement just yet but i sure am having fun!

♥♥♥

Friday, February 14, 2014

Something new

I'm working on something new for the first time in a long time.  I'd been so busy with my shop make-over that I hadn't really found the time to create new items.   I get excited to finish a piece once I have the momentum going.  I have this laid out on the table now as  I'm trying to put the baby to sleep so I can go back out there and keep the flow until its done!  

Monday, February 10, 2014

Fun redesigning my shop

I've been having fun updating my shop which is resulting in certain areas of my home becoming beautifully artistic. I've created a pseudo-stage for photo shoots in the corner of a room.  It's slowly but surely becoming larger and larger and I love it! I'm also having a lot of fun editing the images that I capture. Here's a look at a couple popart-sy pictures that I created with the stage that is overtaking my home.

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

New items in the shop! + FREE Shipping

New items are going up daily in the AfterWork shop!  New policies too---FREE Shipping on all handcrafted items!!

Here's a look at the newest items up this morning:


Love!

Sunday, February 2, 2014

Moving on

No news of a new job but that's ok, things have a way of working out.   In the meantime I found the time to photograph my beautiful niece in some of my AfterWork jewelry and create a shop make-over.  It was a lot of fun between changing items, snapping shots, appeasing baby, and dressing the mannequin.  We didn't get all the items on her but it still made for some beautiful shop changes.    I'm loving the new look.  I can't stop looking at my shop!  Lol!  

Peace and Love!