trying to stay warm

I know that those of you who are also in the midwest can sympathize - it is COLD right now! I think that part of what inspired all of the red, orange, and yellow pieces that I made last week is doing what I can to keep thinking warm thoughts. I posted my first red/orange/yellow piece tonight:


I got some of these beads via destash from lindab142. I shared my bracelet with her earlier tonight, and she offered to do a feature about me on her blog! I will let you know when it's up. :)

slow sales, purple and yellow

I finally wrapped up all of my sales. Unfortunately there haven't been any new ones. I'm trying not let it get me down. Hopefully there will be more soon, right?

I tried the button clasp idea that I was talking about a couple posts ago. Listings are going up soon! I also got on a purple kick and then a yellow kick this past week - so unlike me! I love pretty much all colors, but normally I favor turquoise, green, and red. I have my purple pieces listed:




Purple is so hard to photograph so the colors come out looking as rich as they do in person. The first picture shows the colors nicely, the second two don't really do the pieces justice. Hopefully they still give you a pretty good idea what they're like, though!

Yellow pieces and button clasp pieces will be coming soon. :)

new links list

I created a links list last night with some of my favorite sites for Etsy users. Scroll down and look on the right side of my blog to see it. Please let me know if there are other sites that you think I should add!

I am really proud of the piece that I listed today:
This is the first piece that I've listed with lampworked beads. Let me know what you think! :)

new listing, blog feature

Here's the new listing that I put up today:
It's called Abstract Watermelon. :)

Anna (http://stunningannak.etsy.com) offered to interview me on her blog. We did the interview this evening, and she posted it just a little bit ago. Go check it out: http://stunningannak.blogspot.com/2008/12/featuring-randomcreative.html . Go check out her Etsy shop as well. She has a lot of neat items like these Cat Eye Bobby Pins:
Thanks again, Anna!

trade

I received my button cuff from KreatedbyKelly today! She received her button bracelet in the mail earlier this week and left me wonderful feedback about it. Here's the cuff that I got. (This is one of the pictures from the listing. My wrist is smaller than that haha.)


I sewed an extra clasp button on it because it was a little big on me and now it fits perfectly. I love it! I also really like this cuff from her shop:


Kelly very generously included a small Ziplock in my package that is packed full of beautiful yellow, green, blue, and purple buttons! What a wonderful surprise! I know that they will be a great addition to my collection for the making of some beautiful button charm bracelets. I would also like to try using some bigger buttons as bracelet clasps, too. I have a number of bigger buttons from Kelly, as well as from my button order from kellwood and my vintage collection from my mom's stash (which includes buttons from one of my grandmas and one of my great-grandmas). I have seen some beautiful bracelets with button clasps like this one, but have not attempted it yet myself. I will be sure to post the results when I do. :)