Raku Pictures!

Here are some of the items that I have been doing to prepare for summer shows.

The top are my Raku Bead Sets, I am so happy with the way they turned out!

I have been a bead making fiend!  The bottom are my large heart pendants. 

I have been making these for years now and are a big hit at previous shows. I am

going to hang them from leather cords and my handmade copper clasps.  I

have so much to do and I am going camping with the family til' Monday!

I guess I will bring work with me. 

Okay this is the second time I have written this and it keeps coming up funny on

my blog when I post.

Handmade Brigade

I made some coupons for the Handmade Brigade goody bags and coupled them with my business cards.  The coupons are Buy one get one for half off type dealio.  I am also planning to put together a variety of items to give away in a drawing. I have not decided how I am going to do it yet, maybe having people write their names and emails down and put in a bowl.  In the past I have put samples of my items in the goodie bags.  My samples being little charms that I sell for 3 to 5 dollars each.. Well I did the math and it was not in my favor!  So coupons it is!  Which I think is a great idea.

I have been working non-stop it seems, I have shows every weekend until July!!!  I have been rakuing and stringing up necklaces and making bead sets, hand making copper clasps and putting them on leather cord.  I am having my husband design and board that will sit along side my table about chin height where I am going to hang all of my pendants. Tons and tons to do, good thing I love it!

Through all this mad mad rush I have been neglecting my poor blog and my poor Etsy shop! But my Etsy shop has been very good to me even though.  I have been featured in three treasuries and a few sales plus my first International sale to Norway!!! Yippeee!!

I do love doing what I do!!

It's a nice day for a White Crackle.....

Well I have been rakuing my little heart out all this week and while no I don't have pictures yet hopefully tomorrow I will have some to put up. I have this white crackle raku glaze that I bought a couple of years ago and I don't know if it got contaminated with another glaze or if its the reduction part but damn I am getting this lovely moonstone type color which I am seriously in love with. Sigh Murphy's law is that now I have written about it i probably won't acheive it again! I am awaiting some new raku glazes with abated breath hopefully Monday I will get them.

On another note I have been in three different treasury's on Etsy this Month, woo hoo go me! I keep missing when they are up but dang I am happy as can be about it! I also made my first international sale which was awesome thanks Norway! I am doing another Handmade Brigade show in Santa Ana on July 10 and am doing music by the sea in San Pedro for every Sunday from July 11 to August 1. I will post more info as the dates get closer. I am thinking about making coupons with 10 to 15% off a purchase for live shows and making up a bag of goodies to do a drawing for each show... wheels are a turning.

So that is what I am up too and pictures will be up soon of my new goodies.

CraftGawker

So it turns my Seashell Scallop Shell pendant that sold was accepted on Craftgawker and that's how the buyer found me! Wow I didn't even know I was accepted hehe.

My next two sells were from Ren, ( Thanks Ren) one of the awesome ladies from the Tired Girl Collective. We had done a couple of the same shows for the Tall Mouse Handmade Brigade.

What a great day! But now I must cut this short as "Lost" began 20 minutes ago and is calling my name.