New necklaces!

I just posted these up in the shop! I don't go on about my shop a lot around here, but this is what I've been working on for the last few days.

 

My creative day

Well, I did bust out the sculpey and a few feathers today. I made 2 little bunnies and I changed the design a little. I'll paint the whiskers on tomorrow. Also, I made a jackalope pendant. Yes, a jackalope.

The 2 little white bunnies might become necklaces, we'll see. Or they might end up being rings. The jackalope is definitely getting some eyes and whiskers. I'll make a few more charms for the necklace he'll go on tomorrow.

I started a feather earring today too, but my heart just wasn't in it. I decided if my heart wasn't there, then it would not be nearly as pretty or special. A sale might get my creative thoughts flowing again... wink. I might take another stab at the flea market, but on a Saturday. For sure.

I really do like Jackalopes. I'd like a kitschy fake one on a wall mount like you see in hunting lodges. I even have a spot for it! For now I'll settle for this:

New workspace!

Yea! I went to Ikea today I and bought a workspace for myself. I've been using a tiny round table for homework and making jewelry. While it is a beautiful antique table, it hasn't been working out. Sometimes I use the kitchen table, but then it becomes a messy catch-all. Instead of buying a desk, I went to the scratch-and-dent section and bought something that looks like it was supposed to be a desk or maybe the side of a shelving unit. It's finished white and it is 29.5X49 inches. I don't know. All I know is it fits nicely over top the little round table.

I wasn't too bad in Ikea. I could easily spend more than 4 people earn in one year there. I bought the desktop, 3 little stuffed toys for Cinque and Cheetara, a candle and a bath mat. Oh and a mat to work with sculpey and not ruin the new desk AND a tea leaf thingy. Well, done. Go me!

Nap time is over

I'm hoping there wasn't a huge disappointed tone in my last post. I was and still am very disappointed, but I definitely don't want to pull anyone else's mood down with me. *thinking happy thoughts*

Since nothing sold today, everything's is still in stock in both the Storenvy and Etsy shops. I do have a few new pieces to take pictures of and post, but I'll do that when I'm feeling better. I'm still bummed out. Heck, everything is still in the boot of my car!

I have a bunch of homework to do this week so I don't see myself making anything new for a few days.

*sigh* dinner?

Round 1: Flea market 1, Jenny 0

Last night I had everything all packed up and ready to go out the door this morning, see?



After I got everything set up this morning I finished a few earrings I had already started and waited for the market to open to the public.





As you can tell from the score above, I didn't score. Lots of people looked and my work received a lot of compliments. I'll try again on a Saturday in a few weeks and see how it goes.

Don't forget to stop my my facebook page for a special discount at my Storenvy shop, hellosundae.storenvy.com

big plans for sunday...

Alright, then! I'm headed to the flea market sooner than I thought. I'll be at the Wagon Wheel in Pinellas Park on Sunday. I decided to go ahead and rent a booth. Chris will be out of town for an exotic car event that day and I'll be all alone. I'd go along, but I'm not fond of the way the guy giving the event handled things with Chris. Don't get me within spitting distance!

Anyhoo, back to the flea market. I'll have a covered booth because there is a really good chance for rain. I think the next time I will definitely sell outside, weather permitting. The woman I spoke with on the phone said outside booths are where it's at! I just don't want to chance rain. Besides, if it rains where's everyone going to go? Inside. Haha just like Disney World. The best time EVER to get on busy rides is during the parades and when it's raining.

 

White night!

Tonight after class I decided to work with white sculpey first before any other color. Silly me always starts messing around with white sculpey after I've been using colors such as green, black or red. Or any color really. It is so hard sometimes to scrub every scrap of sculpey off of your fingers and hands, so when you start with another color especially white or yellow, you end up with streaks!

Soooo.........I used only white tonight and then a teeensy scrap of light pink. I made 3 white roses (and then threw one away. I made the petals to thin and I broke it on the way out of the oven. Whoops!), 2 white bows and a cute little bunny.

I was going to move onto another light color, but honestly I'm tuckered out. The bunny and the bows are in the oven now and when they come out I'm grabbing a book off the shelf and heading to bed. What book? Hard Times by Charles Dickens.

Hopefully I'll have more ring bases in tomorrow and these new lovelies along with the pearly green roses and bows from last night will go up on Storenvy. I'll also post some pictures here too. 'Night white sculpey!

Hey! New rings up in the shop!

I put 8 rings up in the shop just now! Here are just a few. I also have a gold bow, a larger black bow and a heart listed. Clicking on any of the photos will take you right to the shop.

 

Today's agenda! (and mail)

1. Check the mail

2. Organize the tables in the kitchen so I have homework and work space today. (we have 2, one for dinner, the other is small and round & functions as my desk. We chucked my desk when I moved in with Chris, no room!)

3. Halfway through organizing the tables run and check the mail if the box was empty the first time.

4. Homework first! I have a bit of Spanish to do and I have to revise my essay for Brit Lit then drive it downtown tomorrow and find my prof.'s office (again) and turn it in. I have some reading for my other Brit Lit class but since I'm a slacker I'll wait until the last minute.

5. Check the mail on the way out the door to Michael's. That is only if the box was empty the  first 2 times. I have to pick up black leather lacing for the peacock feathers I'll be using today.

**************going to check the mail***********************

(nothing yet!)

6. Start putting feathers together!

So, why check the mail so much? I'm expecting a few packages, even though they were shipped only yesterday. Somehow I think the more i check the box, the faster they'll get here. Shut up. I'm excited. hahaha

The first batch of ring bases I ordered are on a tug boat from China. Boooo So yesterday I found someone in the states selling them. They're a slightly different style but they will work just fine. They should be here tomorrow or Saturday. (I'll still check the box even after the mail has been delivered)

What do I do when there is no mail? I tell myself "no news is good news!) then I pout for a few minutes until something shiny catches my eye. Have fun today!

Bad links!

It was brought to my attention today that some of my links in my blog posts did not work! How did I find this out? Someone on twitter said my etsy link on twitter didn't work. That got me think' "what if all my Etsy links were bad everywhere?" Sure enough, they were!

Everything is fixed now and I am back to studying for my mid-term in 1.5 hours. Ahhhhh!!!

Etsy http://www.etsy.com/shop/

Storenvy http://hellosundae.storenvy.com/

Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hello-Sundae-Jewelry/137704919631079

(I only need 3 more 'likes' on facebook and that mess at the end of the url will go away. My own vanity url, huzzah!)

Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for your patience!

P.S. I bet the materials to finish my rings will be here soon!

UPDATE! I finally made it over the 25 'likes' hump on facebook. You can find my page at facebook Also, the link above still work. I just thought I'd gush a little!

UPDATE! I got an 82 (B) on that mid-term!

I was sooo lazy today

I was supposed to study and work on a paper, but instead I putzed around and made an earring. I posted it along with a pair of earrings on Storenvy. TaDa!

Pieces from the last 2 days

Yesterday and today I made 3 new pieces that I put up on Storenvy.





I still haven't played with the pink synthetic hair yet. I had something else to say and I absolutely cannot remember what it was! *sigh* Anyway be sure to check out the shop and also take a peek I what I've got goin' on over at Etsy. Like I've said before, the 5 items on etsy will be there until they sell or the listing expires (then they will move to storenvy. Or the garbage because if they were up for 3 months and no one wanted them... just kidding)

Good news! I'm posting a ring!

I found a ring base mixed in with some other supplies, so I put together a ring for the Storenvy shop. I chose the red rose because it is classic. Hopefully very soon I'll have a lot more colors and designs up (just waiting on those ring bases!)

By the way, from now on I will be posting new items in the Storenvy shop. I'm really starting to get the hang of it and almost prefer it. I do still have 5 items in the Etsy shop and they will stay there until they sell or the listing expires (I'll let everyone know when that happens). So be sure to check that out. Night!

 

Etsy shop opened!

I decided to go ahead and open a shop on Etsy.com. I've had an account for some time, but I wanted a different user name so I opened a second account. I've had all of my jewelry building stuff out for about a week now. I always make pieces and keep them for myself or give them away or...lose them. I've lost a lot of the bobbles the I've made. So I decided to start selling some things. Why not? I'm a full-time student and every little bit helps. So, back to making earrings and such! I'll post again whenever I have somethings up in the shop :)

Look for me at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/CupcakeBandita

I found cute stuff!

Blah blah blah, I was inadvertently advertising for the competition! Why?!?! Don't buy fingerprint-laden rings from {The owners have asked me to remove their names, so i will do that, and only that} Why? Obviously because their roses are covered in finger prints and their bows have seams on the back where the clay was half-ass blended together. You won't find that with my rings!  hellosundae.storenvy.com I'm not a hater. If I was I wouldn't be able to back up my claims and deliver something BETTER.