Preparing for a private sale...

So I am preparing for a first private sale. I need to finish some pendants and I am running out of chain!!! To top it off, I promised my friends I would make the Oh-so-French macarons, well...I ruined them! They look like little cookies!

I made some this weekend and they looked perfect! They tasted great as well, so I felt - I guess very cocky - and thought, that's it, I can now master the art of making macarons. WRONG! It's an art not to be taken for granted.

Thank goodness I took a picture of them, take a look:

Photography - 1

So I made the light tent this weekend...

I need to work on the lighting issue, I don't have proper lights, so I used natural light. Thank goodness for the sunshine today for the first time in about a week!!!!

Here are a couple of pictures:

Cool stuff!

Glad I love arts and crafts

Boy am I ever glad I love arts & crafts and sewing. I am in the process of making my DIY light tent to take pictures of my jewelry and I need some things that not every household has:

1) Muslin (cotton used to make lining of clothes) - CHECKED!
2) scisors to cut the box! Hummmm, well you know what? Can't do it with the scisors, but you know what I have? Exacto knife! Wohoo for equiping myself with scrapbooking tools!!! - CHECKED!
3) masking tape - Thanks babe for the tape ;-) - CHECKED!
4) Glue or spray glue - Ha! I have spary glue I used to make poppy boutonnières - go to Grosgrain Blog for the cool tutorial http://grosgrainfabulous.blogspot.com/2009/09/poppy-boutonniere-tutorial-and-giveaway.html. - CHECKED!

I think I am all set, I hope to take at least one picture today...

I Heart You

Gorgeous necklace, really, I am totally in love with this piece...

How to make a light tent

My last creation prior to receiving the latest Swarovski crystals, was sold instantly! Great! But I didn't have time to take a picture of it!

Taking photographs takes time, almost more time than making the jewelry. My friend bought a tent with lighting, I'd love to get one but I found this great DIY light tent and it looks like I have the equipment. With the rest of my Muslin cotton I used to make a skirt last summer (which I am very proud of, especially the invisible zipper, which was my first one!! Ha!), I can line the box.

This will be my weekend project! Check this tutorial out!

http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-make-a-inexpensive-light-tent

source: Digital photography school.com

It finally arrived!

I just received my new material! YEAH!!!!!

I have lovely new crystals, clear, light pink, bermuda blue, topaz, aquamarine, red...

Starfish, stars, funky squares and much more!

I also received new sterling silver chain. I can make 3 necklaces out of it - coupled with a stunning starfish or a wild heart, such as this one, it will be a piece that you will want to wear everyday, like your LBD!

How creativity can be forced sometimes - day 2

As I was saying yesterday, I am forced to use what I have to create new pieces. Here's a bracelet I just finished, it's easy going but can also add a nice touch to a business suit without being too dramatic!

Let's see what I can manage to do today!