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But first, a little interlude I like to call "Apocalypse Panda".
"This is the end...beautiful friend. The end..."
A friend sent him to me saying "isn't he cute??" And I'm like "Hmm...no! Scary! Like Martin Sheen at the end of Apocalypse Now, getting ready to kill Kurtz." Seriously. Look at him. "I like the smell of panda chow in the morning. It smells like...victory."
Yep! Anyway! Yesterday I got more pretty things in the mail, (well, one pretty thing and a bill) so I must share. You all know by now that I have a penchant for pendants, right? For a person who likes pendants, Etsy can be a dangerous place. The other day I found this shop (full of lampwork glass beads MY FAVORITE!!) and I've been coveting the Beach Heart ever since. I finally caved and bought one, and it is exquisite. Really. (forgive my mug in these pics...I havn't been to bed yet so, VERY tired & it shows).
I wasn't sure exactly how to wear it, because it's too large for a dainty silver chain. So, I went to AC Moore and bought some hemp cord in different colors & thicknesses and I made a short hemp necklace for it (with connectors and a clasp in back 'cause I don't know how to make hemp knot necklaces). The hemp looks like dried dune grasses to me, so it fits with the theme of the bead I think.
And wow...isn't that THE most amazing glass bead you've ever seen? It's all handmade...no two are exactly alike. There's a teeny sea star in the curl at the bottom of the heart. The sea foam isn't pure white; it has a little eggshell & brown mottling it, and the glass is a matte finish...not shiny. In short it's all my favorite things! Glass, handmade, heart-shaped, ocean-y, and all my favorite colors! Mary Jarvis is one incredible artisan...I'm a huge fan now & I just bought a second Beach Heart for my sister (to thank her for the awesome job she did on my Facebook ad which is being wildly successful for me right now).
Keeping with the theme, here are pictures of the beautiful pendant![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
golden_meliades sent me for Friends Day...aptly titled "Beach".
I strung it on a slightly longer cord than I used for the Beach Heart. It was on a silver chain yesterday, but I liked the hemp look so well that I thought it might be nice for this pendant too. I like the contrasting colors & textures of this pendant, so I copied that by stringing it on both leather cord and hemp cord, together. It's so lightweight I don't even know I'm wearing anything.
Mel made this pendant with a fascinating combination of wood, handmade paper, wire and glass beads. She just started making these recently and I'm wild about them (you can see more at her shop)...she's so talented!
So there you go. Two more lovely beachy necklaces in my favorite colors, to add to the collection. It's my only vice (besides chocolate), what can I say? As vices go, this one is pretty mild. There's no "pendant-holics anonymous" yet, as far as I know (though I'd make a pretty good charter member).
In other news; I just got involved in a really cute Etsy promotion called "Etsy Artists EXPOSED"...a way to promote Etsy sellers. You have to make a listing where the main picture is of yourself, rather than the item you're selling. Here's my listing: ( EXPOSED! ). I think it turned out pretty neat. The woman who runs the promotion will include the listing in her series of treasury showcases...they get great publicity & end up on the front page all the time.golden_meliades , you should TOTALLY do this too! You're so cute, it'd surely be a great promotional tool for both you & your work and best of all it is free. Just follow my formula & send a convo to VickiDianeDesigns when it's up in your shop, & she'll do the rest. Do it do it!! *bounce* Tell Vicki I sent you (that goes for any other Etsy folks out there in LJ Land, as well).
The Facebook ad is being very very good to me. I'm feeling grateful and a little Karmically unbalanced....must think of a good thing to do, to pass it on. To be so busy in a time of national economic crisis is a precious thing & not to be taken lightly.
*smooch* Love you all. ^_^
"This is the end...beautiful friend. The end..."
A friend sent him to me saying "isn't he cute??" And I'm like "Hmm...no! Scary! Like Martin Sheen at the end of Apocalypse Now, getting ready to kill Kurtz." Seriously. Look at him. "I like the smell of panda chow in the morning. It smells like...victory."
Yep! Anyway! Yesterday I got more pretty things in the mail, (well, one pretty thing and a bill) so I must share. You all know by now that I have a penchant for pendants, right? For a person who likes pendants, Etsy can be a dangerous place. The other day I found this shop (full of lampwork glass beads MY FAVORITE!!) and I've been coveting the Beach Heart ever since. I finally caved and bought one, and it is exquisite. Really. (forgive my mug in these pics...I havn't been to bed yet so, VERY tired & it shows).
I wasn't sure exactly how to wear it, because it's too large for a dainty silver chain. So, I went to AC Moore and bought some hemp cord in different colors & thicknesses and I made a short hemp necklace for it (with connectors and a clasp in back 'cause I don't know how to make hemp knot necklaces). The hemp looks like dried dune grasses to me, so it fits with the theme of the bead I think.
And wow...isn't that THE most amazing glass bead you've ever seen? It's all handmade...no two are exactly alike. There's a teeny sea star in the curl at the bottom of the heart. The sea foam isn't pure white; it has a little eggshell & brown mottling it, and the glass is a matte finish...not shiny. In short it's all my favorite things! Glass, handmade, heart-shaped, ocean-y, and all my favorite colors! Mary Jarvis is one incredible artisan...I'm a huge fan now & I just bought a second Beach Heart for my sister (to thank her for the awesome job she did on my Facebook ad which is being wildly successful for me right now).
Keeping with the theme, here are pictures of the beautiful pendant
golden_meliades sent me for Friends Day...aptly titled "Beach". I strung it on a slightly longer cord than I used for the Beach Heart. It was on a silver chain yesterday, but I liked the hemp look so well that I thought it might be nice for this pendant too. I like the contrasting colors & textures of this pendant, so I copied that by stringing it on both leather cord and hemp cord, together. It's so lightweight I don't even know I'm wearing anything.
Mel made this pendant with a fascinating combination of wood, handmade paper, wire and glass beads. She just started making these recently and I'm wild about them (you can see more at her shop)...she's so talented!
So there you go. Two more lovely beachy necklaces in my favorite colors, to add to the collection. It's my only vice (besides chocolate), what can I say? As vices go, this one is pretty mild. There's no "pendant-holics anonymous" yet, as far as I know (though I'd make a pretty good charter member).
In other news; I just got involved in a really cute Etsy promotion called "Etsy Artists EXPOSED"...a way to promote Etsy sellers. You have to make a listing where the main picture is of yourself, rather than the item you're selling. Here's my listing: ( EXPOSED! ). I think it turned out pretty neat. The woman who runs the promotion will include the listing in her series of treasury showcases...they get great publicity & end up on the front page all the time.
golden_meliades , you should TOTALLY do this too! You're so cute, it'd surely be a great promotional tool for both you & your work and best of all it is free. Just follow my formula & send a convo to VickiDianeDesigns when it's up in your shop, & she'll do the rest. Do it do it!! *bounce* Tell Vicki I sent you (that goes for any other Etsy folks out there in LJ Land, as well). The Facebook ad is being very very good to me. I'm feeling grateful and a little Karmically unbalanced....must think of a good thing to do, to pass it on. To be so busy in a time of national economic crisis is a precious thing & not to be taken lightly.
*smooch* Love you all. ^_^
