Moved and Getting Back at It

  It's really hard to be creative and productive while in the process of moving! I moved at the end of February, to a completely new environment and away from friends and my familiar city .

  It's now the middle of April (ok, a little past the middle), and I haven't created Anything new yet. (The creative juices are flowing like mad this week though). Luckily, I made quite a few things in January and February to sustain and add to my Etsy shop.
  Here are a few of my new items:

Garnet Glass Earrings

Olive and Black Earrings

Olive and Black Bracelet

Updates

I've been neglecting this blog! I should have included constant blogging to my list of resolutions.
But I have a good reason (excuse!).  I've been very busy creating and listing new jewelry for my etsy shop.  It seemed silly to me to link to it when it didn't have enough product.

I joined the 2012 Jewelry-Makers Challenge Team on Etsy a few weeks ago. So far, it's been really fun. It has pushed me to be creative and also to focus on one thing at a time to get it done by the deadline.

The idea is that every week, the captain creates a theme (or two) for us to create something around. I missed the first week's challenge, because I hadn't joined the team yet, but I've done a few.
The second week's challenge was to create earrings that represented one of the elements. I chose water.

Waterfall Earrings

They weren't the easiest thing for me to make, as fringing always seems to go wonky for me. But, overall, I was pleased with them.

In addition to creating the challenge pieces, I've been cleaning out my bead stash. This somehow always leads to stringing for me. I don't really know why. But, since I get inspired to do stringing about once a year, when the inspiration hits, I go with it.  I dig out all of my colored glass beads and just play.  I'm actually very impressed with myself  for how many things I've actually gotten finished. I was whipping them out so fast that when I went to take pictures, I found some that I'd completely forgotten! (Of course, since it had only been about a week, that may say more about my lapsing memory than anything else).

Over the next couple of weeks, I'll get them listed on Etsy, but in the meantime, here's a sampling:

Long, Long Amber Necklace

This necklace is very long, so it can be wrapped two or three times around the neck, or just keep wrapping and it can be worn as a bracelet.

Blue Lampwork Glass with Pink Crystals

New Listings

Good Morning,
I started listing new jewelry on my etsy shop. I finally took more new pictures last week, got them edited, and even wrote out some draft listings. All I need to do now is measure the pieces, so I can finish the descriptions. (I should have added another resolution-measure each piece as soon as it's finished!) Here's a sampling of the new things...

Clear Beaded Bracelet

Dark Blue Double Wrap Bracelet

Turquoise Beaded Bracelet