Sweet sweet treasuries

Well it's been many a day and I'm not even close to done with my candy necklace making. I took forever to get the colors together (there's 6 of them, and I made 5). And I've only managed to mold the pink and orange colors into candy shaped beads. Hopefully I can devote all of Saturday to finishing. Then I have to bake them, sand them, figure out how to string them....I was thinking of trying out an elastic this time to further mimic the "real thing". Then take pictures and list them. Lots of work!



On another note...I was in another "green" treasury and that makes me happy! (the green bunny earrings towards the middle)
Buy em here

A day late, but that's ok.

I must admit I give myself more guilt in not finishing something knowing I documented when I planned on finishing said thing. I finished the painting I said I was going to finish.....yesterday. That's pretty damn good for me. Plus I'm almost done with the cupcake painting I mentioned before. I just have to add some background goodness.

So anyways, I was thinking of naming this painting after my friend Ashley because she's all Miss Snowboarder. Not that this character has anything to do with snowboarding, but she is in snow...and that's the first step.

And also, to document another project and give myself grief in not finishing I'm going to be whipping up a big batch of candy necklaces. They seem to be selling well, and with Christmas time approaching at warp speed, it'd probably be best to list some of my favorite items while I can. I don't plan on listing these paintings in my Etsy shop until after the holidays anyways.

Click that to see what the candy necklace looks like -- Candy Necklace

Painty painty..

I finally managed to gather enough energy to start a painting! What's crazy is the sketch started on an 8x5in sized paper and I used the ol' grid technique to enlarge it to 11x9in. Fun times. But it's 12:30 at night and my eyes are shriveling up and trying to pop out of my head. That's what I get for wearing my contacts for days at a time. Hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to finish it and load a nice picture of the finished result.
One thing I failed to take into consideration is just how old my acrylics really are. I haven't really used them since my art classes at rowan two or so years ago. That's really bad, I know. Most of them are squeezing out of the tubes lumpy and separated. I'll have to buy some more tomorrow and see what I can salvage out of what I have now. One day I'll try oils, but I'm really a fan of acrylics. I hear that people love oils because they don't dry fast, so you can play around with the paint getting it just the way you like it. While that sounds all good and great, I actually like that acrylics dry so fast. I'm a fan of layering. Also, what's the deal with turpentine? Sounds messy and flammable. I like that my paint can come off with a bit of soap and water. Nice and simple. I don't have time for crazy.

Peridot Treasury

One of my items was in a treasury today on Etsy. Which is always nice. It's the top left. I LOVE the way that picture came out also. I want to hang the picture on my wall or something. That's how pleased I am with it. Go here to see a better/non-thumbnail version of it.

"Sweet" Paintings

So I was thinking of adding prints/paintings to my repertoire. But it's kind've going slowly. I did manage to finish one painting and start a second. But it's been actively collecting lonliness on my desk. I'd like to finish it on Sunday but I'm not sure what to do with the background. I have a bit of obsessive love for polka dots, but I can't very well have all my paintings with polka dots...can I?

I'm also not sure how I feel about the character's eyes. They're kind of weird. Maybe they should be cuter..? Or maybe that makes it interesting. They're kind of manly eyes, in my opinion, but is that a bad thing? I have no idea.

A bit of Focus.

Thought I'd focus for a moment. Namely, showing off these two precious figurines I made for my nana and pop-pop's birthdays. I made a handful of them with different "personalities". I was thinking of selling them, but I haven't really thought it through in terms of how to ship them. They're really delicate. I haven't even given these ones away yet because I'm scared to mail them!

I need to focus.

I came home early from work today just so I could clean the whole apartment. For some reason I can't focus on my artwork when the apartment is in disarray. But now that I'm done and I'm kind of tired. I think I'm developing a bit of OCD thanks to my mom.

Yesterday I made some "chocolate" pins that I'll be listing soon. I was teetering between making pendents or pins. Personally I like pins more. You can put them anywhere. A pendent is only for a necklace or keychain. What's the fun of that? I can't decide if it's cliche to put a bite in them. This first batch is bite-free. Hm, we'll see.

Halloween Pumpkin Contest

At work for Halloween we had a pumpkin decorating contest. I totally should have won! I think my pumpkin is awesome. But of course people were voting a bajillion days before the pumpkin deadline. C'mon people...who votes before you see all the candidates.

He has a peg leg and a parrot for gosh sakes! Oh, and gold hoop earrings. You can kind of see them on the side.

The parrot is actually two fake birds "frankensteined" together. I couldn't find a small sized parrot so I took large parrot and cut off his head (it was rather brutal), then I stuck it on a parakeet body and glued feathers around it to make it look like one solid bird. That actually took the most amount of time.

Pirate pumpkin is slowly decaying, it's very sad.

Welcome to Green Loves You.

I wasn't really sure how to start this..ah hem..web log, but there you have it. For anyone who cares to know, Etsy...where I sell various miniature, food-related, kitschy cute jewelry pieces and accessories. Go there. And drool. No, really.

I'm hoping by having this blog I'll be able to keep up with my crafting and ideas. I was never very good at keeping a sketch book. Hm.