I've also gotten a lot accomplished with making jewelry, taking pictures, etc. No sales but otherwise no complaints for the weekend. I made fourteen vintage button stud earrings, retook pictures of four older pieces, took pictures of five new pieces, made progress on two cuffs, and started another pair of earrings. I still have a lot of photo editing work ahead of me before any of my new or reworked listings will be ready, but taking all of the pictures was still a big accomplishment. Here's a picture of the vintage button studs in progress.
My in-laws gave me a ton of vintage button cards for Christmas. I sorted through all of them this weekend and picked out one pair from each color/style: fourteen in all! There are a couple smaller (less than 1/2") buttons as well that I didn't use for earrings. I'm very pleased with the results. More details on these to come.I applied for the Iowa Arts Festival a while back and found out this week that I'm on the alternate list. They'll let me know if a spot opens up by mid May. There are a huge number of applicants for it so I'm glad to be considered at all. It's still a little let down of course that I didn't make the first cut, but that's okay. At a friend's urging, I've been looking into the North Liberty and Iowa City Farmers' Markets, both of which have booths available for crafts. I sent an e-mail to the North Liberty contact today and will send my registration form to the Iowa City office tomorrow. We'll see what happens!
