Category Archives: Chit chat

Bead Soup Ingredients

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So now that I know my partner and I have each received our goodies I’m allowed to post pictures! Which is awesome since I got the COOLEST beads (insert little squeeeee sounds). I even know a couple pieces they’ll turn into.

Cilla of TellYourGirlfriends fame sent me:

Soup!

I see at least two necklaces with that. One with most of the lampwork and turquoise and another with a ceramic focal, the pretty copper beads and clasp and a couple clay beads i have that would work, I think. The face bead is definitely getting flowers with it. I do faces in flowers.

This is what I sent to Cilla:

Soup!

Not sure what she’ll dream up from that but there’s plenty to mix around!

The Bead Soup Partner

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I took the leap of faith and put my name in the hat for the Bead Soup blog hop. And got a spot (and a partner to trade soup makings with!). My partner is Cilla Watkins, another Canadian jewellery artist, from the very pretty town of Salmon Arm in the British Columbia interior.

I was happy to see she has a little of the same jewellerymaking vibe as me. Makes it easier to pick out treats then even if I know we’re supposed to be sending challenging bits and pieces to our partners.

Cilla has her own site at Tell Your Girlfriends and sells her work on Etsy in her shop of the same name.

For Cilla, here’s a teaser of what I popped in the mailbox for you:

One of those few times I get to use the silly filters in Photoshop! Yay!

Big Huge Goals

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I’m not always a fan of New Year’s resolutions because they seem to almost invite the inevitable failure but I am always making new goals (and I make them or I don’t, I think the failure is valuable as long as you made an effort). So, for 2012, I have a few clay and business related ones to share with my world. You guys can keep me honest since it turns out goals you make in front of people have a better chance of success due to the idea that you’ll be held accountable.

  • Pick up the pace on my blogging here and on CraftGossip both in volume and content
  • Get into the tutorial-for-sale market. I have a few ready to go. Just a matter of putting them out there
  • Work on surface, texture and sculpting related techniques
  • Improve my jewellery finish work
  • Learn how to make molds, stamps, screens, texture sheets, cutters and stencils. Some to use for clay, some to learn how it’s all done
  • Improve my bookkeeping and organizational skills. Wish me luck, this is my biggest challenge
  • Use all of the above to improve my business and income

A Handmade Christmas

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Today's Project

Because of the industry I’m in, I hear a LOT of talk about buying handmade items for gift giving. And because I’m crafty even outside of the work I do, I’ve ALWAYS made some of my gifts. This year was going to be one of the years that wasn’t the case, where I didn’t make any of the gifts I was giving but turns out I’m wrong!