New Items in the Shop!

Wirework Branch Pearl Crown


Wirework Fall Gemstone Bracelet (Dragonfly Wings Whimsical Bracelet)

All the Colors of the Rainbow

A while back,(can't remember if I talked about it or not),I thought about writing and showing pictures and links to all the different gemstones that could go in each color group,blue,red,green,peach,etc.I'll probably add some pearls,and Swarovski crystal,too.So I think I'll start doing that.
One of my favorites stones, sapphires,come in an array of different colors,not just blue,did you know that?


This is a Rainbow Mystic Quartz Gem.

Dresses Made Entirely Out of Beads!

(click on image to make it bigger and see more detail)

I saw these amazing dresses on this blog post from "The Forney Flyer".The traditional attire is all,or almost all,made from tiny little beads.This was at a wedding in Northeast Kalimantan,I believe.

Changin' Up the Blog

Oh boy,I almost killed my blog with messing around with designs.lol.If you looked at it in the last half hour or so,you probably noticed..it was a mess.I didn't even mean to change the whole look,I was just going to try to make the layout bigger,and then the template I tried got it all askew,and so I tried a bunch of different things,including a new background,doing some different things with the layout(which I had no idea what I was doing).Finally I found where to get my old template,Mimina,which put everything back in order.Rather liked the new background,so I'm keeping that.Then I thought I would make a new header,went over to background fairy again,got the natural linen header,did a few things to it on picnik.com,and there you go!

So now it seems like my theme colors are tan/beige,gray,and yellow.All very nice.I heard on a bridal blog that gray and yellow are really in for weddings.lol I don't think I'm going to play around with redesigning my bridal blog for a while,though.And I totally did not get a screenshot of my blog,so i could have before and after.Bummer.

Well,the real question is,how do you like it?Is it easy to read,any requests to change the text size,or anything?

A Cute Poem About Selling on Etsy

Dadswoodentoys shared this little poem in the etsy forums and it made me smile.:D
Here it is!

"Etsy is a place where items can be bought
but shoppers who come here look beyond the things you've got

They like to meet the maker of the many things
there is a satisfaction that this connection brings

It's true that all your pictures need to be real nice
But often its more than pictures that makes them come back twice

If they only want a thing and wanted nothing more
they would likely shop at some other big name store

The shoppers here on Etsy buy things that is true
but most of them want to feel somehow that they met you

When reading your announcement especially your profile
They want to meet the maker they hope you make them smile.

Are you a witty person who likes to laugh a lot?
Do you let that show in the descriptions that you've got?

When visiting your store do shoppers see your passion?
Or will they only find accessories for fashion?

Do you love to build or make the things you sell?
How long have you been learning to craft your things so well?

Do you make your items in a loft 10 stories high?
or on a distant ranch beneath the open sky?

Your personality is unique to you alone
I suggest you put forth effort to ensure that it is shown

Your goal is not to be exactly like a store
shoppers here on etsy are seeking something more.

Don't be afraid to say things in your own special way
Its often that uniqueness that makes the buyers stay "

What do you think? Do you think it's so,did it make you smile,too?

Man,I sure do take a long time between posts,don't I?If I blog every week on here,I'm lucky.I think I shall abandon the schedule part that I blogged about earlier,but not the themes.I like being spontaneous too much.

So what I have been up to in the way of my etsy shop is finally listing 100 items(and over!,),and joining a team,which has been lots of fun.it's called "Team Discovery",and the main purpose is to make treasuries comprised of part team members,and new/undiscovered shops(new or undiscovered is having sold under 20 items),in hopes that they will make the front page.Already a few of them have!if you would like to find out more about it,here is the Team Discovery - Official Thread for September.I've been in many treasuries since joining.

Another thing I've been up to is natural dying.I was tea dying some tulle,and I Googled tea-dying tulle(after having put the tulle in tea,lol),and found a blog where someone used natural dyes on silk,muslin,and tulle.Here is the blog post that inspired me.
Onions and cabbage and tea, oh my!
I then boiled red cabbage,red onions(both the skin and onion part),and salt.I added a little bit of tea to it,too.There was some silk that I had for a while,so I cut a few snippets of it to try.What i didn't know is that red onions make green!So i got kinda a light green with a purplish with with those samples.With the tulle,it just made a very light green.And,of course,tulle and all synthetic fabrics will dye differently than natural materials.The other dye I tried was turmeric.And that not only made some very nice yellows,but is pretty colorfast.I dyed all of my silk fabric in that the following day.I was really nervous,but it turned out pretty nice.Now I just need some silk chiffon to dye...
I'm sorry i don't have any pictures,but I'm still camera-less.When I can,I will take pictures of both the process and the final results,and probably post a tutorial.

Well,I think that's it!And to cap it off,here are some pictures from my trip to Bend.

Denny,the horse I rode.I was so scared! I hadn't been horse-back riding in 4 years.My left leg was shaking so bad after i got on,I couldn't get it to stop till about half-way through the ride.I sang during part of it to calm myself,and my freind said Denny liked it when her mom sang to her.That was a lot of fun,real freeing for me,to sing out in the open air while riding a horse..


Back from the second horse ride.And the goat in the background,lol.I was a lot less nervous this time.Plus,Denny doens't go more than a walk.And I sag again.One of the songs was Jake Hamilton's "Watch Out Heaven".that was so funny to sing that while riding on a horse.It would have been much more dramatic if we had been trotting.


Denny's baby,Darby,and I.


A baby parakeet.


Alex,my friend's Quaker parrot.You can see more pictures in this blog post here. Alex-Parrot Portraiture

Sharing From My Journal

Something i found that I wrote in my journal two years ago:
"I was thinking about how this one book says we are to worship God and think/know He is wonderful,and that's part of what we are made for,even though it may sound conceited of Him.
I was thinking ya,it does(lol,just being honest here),when I realized that if we don't know how wonderful He is,and since we are made in His image,we can't see how wonderful we are because of Him and His great plans for our lives.I think I've hit on something very good."


Hope this encourages you,and that you got to go to church and spend time in His presence!:)

Oh,I also wanted to share this video from Bob Jones."Don't Quit"


In Him,we can conquer mountains.
Love,Jenny