Big News!

Good morning!


I have big news to report from the non-Etsy world! I got a real-life, big girl job as a design engineer! : ) That means that in the next couple of weeks, I'll be apartment-hunting, moving, starting my new job, and getting settled in (probably) central Connecticut. I'm super excited to have a job that uses my college degree, to move out of my parents house for hopefully the last time, and to be able to have an apartment all to myself to decorate however I want. I do secretly want it to look exactly like my last apartment though... That place was really perfect.


In the meantime, I'll keep updating my shop until I go. I finished my first custom order and it came out SO adorable! I'm tempted to make it a regular piece in my shop. It's for my friend Allison, and I called it the Dewbird Necklace, because she called me Dewbird a lot. :' ) Here it is:

I also have my first super big ring in the shop, The Ostentatious Ring in Walnut and Olive. I have this ring in walnut and bright yellow, and I LOVE it! It's so bold and fun!

And finally, I have another create-your-own type listing, for the One Love Ring in White. I thought it would be an easier way to custom order this ring with your choice of heart color and adjustable band. I really love all the color choices!

Thanks for reading and checking out my goods! : )

- Christina

It's Not a Circle...?

Hellooo.

I added my newest, most favoritest piece to the shop today!

Feather Leaf Brooch - One of a Kind

I think I love it so much because: 1. It's a great combination of colors, and 2. It's not a circle! I'm trying to make less circular things without getting a jigsaw involved, and it's tricky. I found that illustration board is a good alternative to wood though. It's still tricky to shape, but it's a lot easier than wood because I can use my trusty X-acto knife. I wouldn't be able to function without that thing.

So I mentioned in my last post that I'm working on a custom order for a friend. I've since restarted that custom piece because... well... I'm a very impatient resiner. I like to use a lot of resin at once to speed up the process, and sometimes it ends up spilling all over the edges of whatever it is that I'm resining. Bad news, big time. Of my last batch of three things, the brooch above was the only thing that made it out alive. I'm hoping I'll learn my lesson eventually... 

In other, non-Etsy news, I invested in a killer black blazer (suit jacket, not giant SUV) the other day. It fits like a freakin' dream and I can dress it up or down, so I'll be getting a lot of mileage out of it. I wore it to an interview for a job that I'm fairly decently under-qualified for on Tuesday and I felt like I owned the place. Or something powerful-feeling like that. And I think it paid off, because they seemed to like me! (Let's hope they liked me enough to offer me a job, right?)

Enjoy your Thursday, and the new moon tonight! (Not a Twilight reference, there's an actual new moon tonight...)

- Christina