Making Progress

So the quilt is coming along nicely. I officially have all of the 4 square blocks sewn together. For the past few days they have been laid out in the middle of my living room floor while I tried to decide how the pattern should be laid out. (Sorry no photos, I finally cleaned them up this afternoon). So next on the list is cutting out all the sashing pieces and the black borders for all of the smaller squares that are going in between. That will be a job in itself sewing all that together.

On the jewellery front I must admit to being very lazy. :( I seem to be in a bit of a creators block and nothing seems to be going right so I haven't been able to motivate myself into going to the studio as of late. However I do have the day off tomorrow so I will endeavor to make myself go in and get something done. Sales seem to be doing pretty well in Lake Placid so I really need to get some new things made for Antediluvian. Wish me luck!

New Jobs Become Old Jobs

Well you've guessed it I'm once again jobless. That's the problem with working through a temp agency. You get a phone call one morning and suddenly your out of a job again. So now it's back to jewellery again. This week it's all out jewellery. The one good thing about this is it made the decision that I am definitely doing a show in November.

For those of you in the KW area I will be at the Jewellery, Fashion and Gifts Show on Sunday, November 21st at the Bingemans Conference Center. It looks to be a great show and a perfect place to do some Christmas shopping so stop by and check it out! Tickets are $6.00. Click the image to go to the show's website. My booth is directly across from the entrance so you can't miss me! Hope to see you all there 'cus I'll be bustin' my butt to get an inventory ready.

New and Old Jobs

So I've been at my new job for almost 2 weeks now and I have to say I've definitely had worse jobs. Funny how I would rather spend 12 hours working in a factory than 6 in a jewellery store. It actually feels like it's going faster! However on Monday I start my second bought of night shift so this opinion may change.

So I finally got the adapters for my torch! I got them last week, went to pick them up, attached them to my torch, found that the O2 connection between the hose and adapter was leaking, tried tightening it, tested it, tightened it, tested it, tightened it and promptly sheared the tubing from the adapter clean off. Was not very impressed. So I spent the rest of the day pulling out my old little leaky torch (don't worry it's just the O2 that leaks not the propane) and soldering the adapter back together. I'm probably going to have to order another adapter just in case my patch job ever fails me. For the record it still leaked afterwards so I had to go to the hardware store and get plumber's tape to seal the joint. Works like a charm, should've done it in the first place, but live and learn.

So now I'll be able to get back into the studio, as I've mentioned I have quite a few commissions waiting on me, some of you have been waiting quite a while (I'm sorry! I really am I will be getting to it tomorrow morning! I promise!). I've also applied to a local craft show that I personally haven't been to but my mom has and she's told me it's really good, I've heard the same from others. I'm told it's like a smaller version of the One of a Kind Show in Toronto. It would be the most expensive show I've done at about $400 a booth and I will need to invest in things like lighting but it's much cheaper than One of a Kind and I could possibly get a bursary (I've applied anyways). So I'm waiting with fingers crossed and if I get in I'm going to have to get my little butt in gear and make up some more inventory.

I've got 2 days off and it's on nights for 3 days and I get my first full week off. Back to work in the studio tomorrow.

A Successful Weekend

This weekend while up at my boyfriend's cottage we decided to stop by a gallery that he's had his jewellery in to see if they'd take some of mine. She took six pairs of earrings and one pendant. Yesterday I checked my e-mail to find out that an hour after I left a pair of earrings and the pendant sold. ^_^ So now she wants me to bring some more pieces since the case is looking a little bare now.

So my first foray into a consignment gallery has been successful. Gallery number two will most likely be next week. However this means I need to get back into the studio! I need to get some more metal though, there's only so much you can do with wire.

In other news a friend from school is coming to town tomorrow so we'll be going jewellery supply shopping in Toronto this week. Here's hoping the G8 summit won't pose too many problems.

Hooray for Progress!

This has been a productive week so far in the studio. The creative juices are flowing and progress is being made. Also on the business front it's finally time to go to the galleries! On the weekend a friend and I went to a few galleries in town and had some really good conversations so there's one gallery in town I plan on approaching next week and this weekend I heading up to cottage country with the boyfriend to talk to another gallery owner. Wish me luck! and have a peek at some of the pretties that have come out of the studio this week: