Spooky Adornments

Hey, Readers.  Happy Spooky Month!  The summer weather is finally gone.  Hope everyone's enjoying the cooler temperatures.  Just wanted to pop in and spread the word about a friend's etsy shop.

It's called JBlueAdorns.  The owner specializes in handmade jewelry and trinkets made from air dry clay.  Since it's Spooky Season, there are 3 jewelry pieces that I wanted to highlight that are currently for sale.  First up, are these pair of bat earrings.  Look at those beady little red eyes.  Adorable.

Next, are these small black cat earrings.  More adorably menacing red eyes.  Don't worry, these little kitties don't bite or scratch.

And finally, for my candy corn lovers out there, the shop also has these cute candy corn earrings.  Yes, I like candy corn.  Wanna fight about it?

Spooky stuff not your thing?  Don't worry.  The shop also offers jewelry of the non-spooky variety.  That's all I have to share with you folks for today.  Til next time.

*Waves*

Hey, Readers.  Long time, no see.  Been nearly a damn year since I last posted.  Been feeling unmotivated and spent last year in and out of the hospital.  Hence my lack of blogging.  I'm feeling much better now.

So, what's been going on with me lately?  Besides the trips to the hospital, not much.  Just been simming and chilling on discord.  Between the simming and discord lurking, I did manage to finally put up some sugar skull earrings that I had made in my ko-fi shop.

You can get to my ko-fi shop by clicking here.  Before I end this post, I do have a music recommendation that I want to share.  I heard about this band from a podcast that I listen to.  They're a modern synth-pop band located in Austin, Texas called Night Drive.  I listened to a few of the band's songs so far and I'm really enjoying their sound.  Below, is a music video for one of their songs called Drones.

And so ends the post.  Thanks for reading.  See you when I see you.  Laters.

This...is 2020

Hey, readers.  Happy New Year.  Hope you all had a good holiday season.  Mine was pretty good.  Got drunk, ate, talked smack, opened gifts and talked more smack.  Good times. XD

Before I get into some of the stuff that I got for Christmas, I wanted to show off 2 of the jewelry sets that I made for my cousin and niece.

Here's the set that I made for my cousin.  She's really into owls.  So coming up with stuff to make for her isn't hard.

And here's the set I made for my niece.

Now onto the Christmas bounty.  Of course it's not Christmas without my favorite Skeleton Man and his First Lady.

In the non-The Nightmare Before Christmas department, I got this cute sugar skull scarf and a Wednesday Addams funko pop.

More craft supplies!  Now I can make more of the things.

*drum roll*............................................DEMONIAS!!!  I've missed rocking clunky platforms.  Can't wait to wear these.

And so concludes another Christmas gift haul.  If you enjoy reading my blog and want to show some love, consider donating to my Ko-fi page.  The link can be found in the header under "SUPPORT".  Til next time.

Sarcasm and Jewelry

Hey, readers.  It's been a bit busy over here.  Did some Christmas shopping, wrapped some gifts and worked on my podcast with a couple of friends.  During my shopping excursion, I swung by the craft store and got this pack of assorted chains.

Since my cousin is into owl jewelry, I decided to make her an owl charm bracelet.

While I was still in a jewelry making mood, I went ahead and made myself a necklace with the other silver chain and the last of my key charms.

On the podcast front, it's slowly coming along.  Did a recording last night.  For some reason, the the program that I use to record the podcast keeps cutting itself off while my friends and I are talking.  Luckily, it decided to cut off closer to the end of the podcast instead of right in the middle of it like last time.  Need to figure out why it keeps doing that before the next recording session.

If you're interested in checking out my podcast, you can listen to it on soundcloud.  Once I work out all the kinks, I'll start uploading episodes to youtube.  If you enjoy reading my blog and want to show some love, consider donating to my ko-fi page.  The link can be found in the header under "SUPPORT".  Til next time.

Creeping from the Shadows

Hey, readers.  Couldn't really think of anything to blog about and didn't really feel like blogging at all.  So, I went silent for all of August.  Was mostly active on facebook, twitter and instagram.  If you don't already follow me on those platforms, I suggest doing so.

August wasn't a total bust.  Toward the end of the month, I went to a craft meet-up.  The people I met were nice and I got a lot of compliments on the jewelry that I made.  A good time was had and I'm looking forward to attending more in the future.  Here are some of the pieces that I made at the meet-up.

I gave the winged heart earrings and necklace to my niece.  I kept the other pair of earrings for myself.  On to other news.  Since my mother had birthday this month, I decided to make a matching charm bracelet that goes with the charm anklet that I made for her last year.  Luckily, I had enough chain left over.

I also made her a pair of earrings.

Sorry for the month of radio silence.  I always say that I'm going to try to blog more.  But that keeps falling through.  Definitely need to work on that.  Til next time.

Digging Myself Out

Hey, readers.  As some of you may already know, I haven't been feeling like myself lately.  My anxiety and depression decided to double down and hit me like an oncoming car.  I felt like my life didn't have any meaning.  But I'm trying to change that.

Decided that I'm going to get back into studying video production/film making.  Like I said in a previous post, I haven't taken a class related to this subject since I was 18.  Before everything went digital.  So, I'll be starting from scratch.

Another thing that I want to do is open an online shop, where I can sell my handmade jewelry.  For that to happen, I need money for jewelry supplies, packaging and other stuff.  If you want to help me reach that goal, click on the link to my Ko-fi page that's located in the header and buy me a cup of coffee.  Sharing the link also helps.

Here's hoping it all works out.  Til next time.

Craft Along with GIY: Screw the Rules!

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Hey, readers.  Hope you all had a good Put Holiday that You Celebrate Here.  The month of December is coming to a close.  You know that means.  Time to share my latest project for this month's Craft Along with GIY theme.

This month's theme is Anything Goes.  That pretty much means participants can create whatever they want without having to follow a specific theme.  Last month, my brother took me to the craft store and treated me to a few things for my birthday.  I ended up getting a bottle of white fabric paint (not glitter paint that drys clear), some necklace cords and these cute pendants.

Along with a cross pendant that I already had in my possession, I turned them into necklaces.

For the fairy pendant, I used a roped necklace cord that I also already had in my possession from a previous purchase.  For the unicorn one, I used one of the cords that I recently got from Hobby Lobby.  What I really liked about the cord was that it was covered in a velvet-like fabric.

Due to the textures of the cords, these necklaces were one and done.  No further embellishment was needed.  However, I wasn't really satisfied with how the cross necklace and rose cameo necklace looked.  For the cross necklace, I tried running a split ring through the small hole at the top of it so that I could fit it through the cord.  After I got the split ring through, I saw that it got stretched out due to how thick the cross was.

So, I removed the ring and replaced it with a new one and an earring hook that I fit through the hole and wrapped around it self.  Not bad for my first attempt at wire wrapping.  Probably not that clear in the picture, but all of that work resulted in some of the silver plating chipping off and exposing the copper underneath.  I was not pleased.

I ditched the earring hook idea and went with silver wire and spacing beads instead.

Then, I ran one half of a toggle clasp through it.

The end result.

Success!  Now, onto the rose cameo necklace.  I ditched the necklace cord all together and went with eye pins and beads.

After I was done with the necklace, I went ahead and made a pair of earrings to go with it.

Another success!.  Til next time.

Craft Along with GIY: Black and White

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Hey, readers.  It is Craft Along time once again.  This month's theme is Black and White.  For over 3 years, I've had this assortment of large black and white beads that I had no idea what to do with.  After looking them over, an idea finally came to me.

"Necklace!"  So, I pulled out the necklace wire and went to work.  The first time I worked with this wire, I cut it too short and ended up redoing the whole necklace.  This time around, I measured the length of it multiple times to ensure that it would fit around my neck.  Here are the fruits of my labor.

It...looks...awesome.  Didn't know if the silver accents counted against the theme, but I added them anyway.  Again, it...looks...awesome.  Til next time.

Mo Jewelry, Mo Skulls

Hey, readers.  Happy Halloween Month.  I was actually productive this week.  Finished up my project for this month's Craft Along with GIY theme, and made 2 pairs of earrings.  Won't be posting any pics of my project til the end of the month.

So, you'll have to settle for some earring pics instead. =D I made the first pair to go with a necklace that I made for a previous Craft Along theme.

Then, I made these to go with the other black/black and white earrings that I already have.

I also got another 99 cent reusable bag.  This time from Marshalls.  Still haven't figured out if I want to hang them in frames or on canvas yet.  

Til next time.

Craft Along with GIY: Stranger Wings

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Hey, readers.  The time has come to present my latest creations for this month's Craft Along with GIY theme.  This month's theme is Things with Wings.  Staying in my wheelhouse, I crafted a jewelry set that incorporated wing charms.

Here's a close-up of the earrings.

For the second pair of earrings, I moved away from my black, white and silver/black and silver comfort zone, and went white and silver.  I think they came out really well.  What do you think of my latest masterpieces?  Let me know in the comments.  Til next time.