NOW what?

[merimask]

Hmm...what the heck do I do now?  I finished my big fun project, my gifts are all sent, I...have nothing to do!

I guess I'll make little stuff...

Koi barrettes!  Cute, no?  They're up in my Etsy shop.

 

I also spent the day tweaking all sorts of things in Etsy.  I re-listed a few things, dropped prices on a few things (I discounted the HECK out of my steampunk masks, like $30 off "Full Steam").   I took fresh pictures of the Ivy mask...
...'cause the old picture of the mask in the tree was too confusing.  Note to self; do not photograph foliage masks IN foliage.

Oh I know, I can share pictures of things I couldn't share before!  Stuff that was sent as gifts.  Like, this Maneki Neko mask...
 
Maneki Neko means "Lucky Cat"...you see these guys everywhere in Japan.  I made this blue and white one as a gift for my journalist buddy from Japan; she spoiled the heck out of me when I was there and after awhile I said "That's it.  I'm just going to have to send you something really NEAT for Christmas."  So I made this cat for her!  It reminds me of her; cute and happy and bright. 

Little did I know (there's still so much about Japanese culture that I'm unaware of) the maneki neko is a good-luck symbol commonly used during the New Year, so this gift was perfectly timed to become part of her New Year decorations.  So cute!!  I got something right and I didn't even know I was getting it right!  ;-)
 

I feel a REAL need for a new challenge; making tiny barrettes is cute and all but it's just not satisfying in the least.  Does anyone have any cool ideas?  I'm open to suggestions...

Comments

[kelkyag]

A river, creek, or waterfall, water splashing over stones?
A storm, clouds and lightening and rain, perhaps a stray kite or bird?
Ivy or grapes or other vines on an stone wall or tree trunk?
Hummingbird and trumpet flower?
A bumblebee on a flower?
A sunflower -- one of the huge ones that'd be the whole mask?
Something along the lines of gothic architecture, cathedral windows, stained glass?
Tree of life?
Something based in Islamic geometric patterns?
Roman mosaics? (Google says: Ox!)
Bristlecone pine clinging to a cliff? Cliff face, sans tree?
Bonsai tree(s)?
Birds on a wire, or on a tree branch?
Something crystaline, like a geode?
A cave, stactites and stalagmites and limestone formations, a bat or blind fish?

I love the pirate map idea. A leaf mask in your style would, I think, be very unlike those by several others on etsy who make leaf masks.

I'd be interested in a non-dragon critter in the verdigris brass colors if you're not tired of them and of critters, though that moves out of 'suggestion' into 'commission' ...

[merimask.livejournal.com]

*Ivy or grapes or other vines on an stone wall or tree trunk?

*Something along the lines of gothic architecture, cathedral windows, stained glass?

*A bumblebee on a flower?

I love your whole list but these three are especially good. I can see them all in my head...

Also, The gothic architecture IN verdigris would be a total slice of awesome. I think I'll start with that. I just printed out some pictures of the cathedral at Chartres for inspiration...

*smooch* Thanks! ^__^

[kelkyag]

Ooooooh. Arch with a rose window on the forehead, a pair of caryatids supporting the eyes?

... way too much detail when you already have a plan. <waves pompoms and cheers> Yay mad plans! Go, Meri!