Charmed I'm Sure...

This necklace is approximately 18 inches in length and has been strung using blue beads and heart shaped Bali beads.  The focal piece is a small Swarovski Elements heart pendant, with accenting smokey-blue crystal.  This piece simply romantic.

Pretties From Puerto Rico...

One of my favorite items to work with is sea glass.  I love the look, the color and especially the feel of these pieces.

On our recent vacation to Puerto Rico, I had a chance to do a bit of beachcombing and here's what I came up with...9 lbs of pretties...

Nothing Since October...Shame On Me...

I can't believe I haven't posted anything since October.  My gosh - that's shameful.  On the upside I don't have any followers, so I'm not disappointing anyone.

Anyhow, what's new?  Hmmm, I'm loving eBay at the moment and have purchased some really cool beads.  On the downside, they are being shipped from China, so delivery is a little delayed.  It will be worth the wait - they are super cool.

I haven't been creating much lately since I've been too busy catching up on my bookkeeping that fell behind last year.  Here is one of my piece I completed recently.  I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

What Was I Thinking?

Getting ready for a craft show takes a lot of time.  I don’t know who I was kidding when I thought it would be easy.  

Of course, there is the inventory portion – I have that well under control (I think).  I have been working diligently on creating pieces for months now.  I hope I’ll have enough pieces and worry that I won’t, but at the end of the day, I think I’ll be fine.

Since this is my first craft show, I’ve also had to worry about additional items (i.e. my booth, my displays, my banner, tables and lighting) and then there are the little things like packaging, receipts and oh the pricing.  

What the hell was I thinking?  I obviously wasn’t.  

I’m a stickler for the finer details.  I want to make sure everything looks coordinated and well put-together.  I want my booth to draw onlookers and with that purchasers.   I’m trying to appeal to the widest demographic possible – young, mid and older.   Just because it’s a craft show, it shouldn’t look tacky.  Although tacky does sell.