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Dear Blog,
Today was a pretty good day.

I made these earrings by cutting up a cd, putting it in the microwave for a few seconds, then baking the crackly bits in the oven for a few minutes.  Drilled holes when they cooled down.

Also, my brother and I made a subversive gingerbread house for Cale’s birthday:
<– Happy house eats happy gingerbread man. Has third eye.
<–Ben was in charge of the candy kill side.
<– My side may be a little more traditional…
<– Yep.

Also, the amaryllis is getting huge!

AND I made my first sale on etsy today! Huzzah!

AND I started an alternate blog, to keep going with this thing-a-day stuff. I suspect it’ll be like a cross between thing-a-day and a photo journal. Whatever form it takes, it’ll be: colorful, illustrated, full of flash photography and a little bit tacky.
If you liked what I did this month, come check it out

http://molliefabric.wordpress.com

I’ve had a great time “getting to know you” through your crafts, you guys, and I do hope to keep in touch with some of you, and keep up with the wonderful things you are making!
Such an amazing body of work here, really.

Cheers to all, see you next year!

Wow. It’s over. hm, the time flew by!

Today I made an attempt at wire wrapping. Still not convinced I’m doing it correctly, but it looks ok. It’s a shame the photos do not do the stones justice - in real life they have such depth and flash within. The bottom stones are labradorite (my fav) and I was told the top was a darker version of it, but I’m not sure. It is pretty, though! These will be on my etsy shop, rubyzu, but I want to try and get some better photos.

It’s been fun - see ya’ll next year!

A last touch of Spring to end the month.

This challenge has been such fun. I’m going to challenge myself to keep this up - though probably not at an item a day pace!

Shirley

Finally! Figured out how to print nicely and cut in a straight line

Not-so-shameless plug (hey, you’ve been asking!): These are freshly posted in my etsy, if you’re interested.
(molliefabric.etsy.com)

I can’t believe this is the last day! I’ll post one more thing tonight (this post is for yesterday).
Thing-a-day really got me goin! I’m feeling so… useful haha

Seriously though, is there a year round community for this? I want to keep going. I guess I could start my own blog, but having a community to interact with would be way better! Does anyone know? I cant find any info about it on the thing-a-day site.

ok, so i guess this is it….  etsy was on martha today, and love her or not, it can only help sales…  i listed this today, hoping it will find the right home! =)

 click the pic, and i hope you’ll be sent to my etsy shop.  if not, try this:

 http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=9918546

and with that, i bid you a happy march, see you next year!  *mu-wah!* byebye, thing-a-day!

Today I thought I would create a banner for my Etsy shop. Nevermind that I’ve never made a banner before! I had to do it myself! So I grueled through a ton of online Photoshop tutorials, sketched out my own mushrooms, created banner after banner after banner, and 5 hours later…tah dah! I’m finally done. Yay me! Heck, now I just need to work on getting more stuff in the shop.

A touch of pink to make grey appear cheery!

Shirley

I reworked my thing from the other day into a necklace. I like it much better. As much as I would like to keep it, it will end up for sale in my etsy shop, rubyzu. The necklace part is reticulated quartz in little diamond and rod shapes.

Pretty cranberry pearls, with a matching flower.

Shirley

this is a big seller here in queenvanna-land, and this is just a slight variation.  i love that this paper looks like fabric.  very natural, neutral and pretty!

fresh in the etsy shoip this a.m.!!

*…a bright umbrella for a gray day*

The cutest little spring blossoms to dangle from your ear.

Shirley

Made some earrings today (big surprise) to go with a necklace I made myself the other day. I really like the little sterling silver dragonfly.

took a large part of my morning off, but managed to make a giant clothespin bunny photo holder.  i’ll get it over to the etsy shop by noon today, promise!!  there’s also a sheepie who will make his/her appearance later, too!  these clothespins are great for holding pictures/ photos, recipe cards, paperwork, greeting cards… a sweet addition to any easter basket!

http://www.molliefabric.etsy.com

Woo hoo
Offerings are meager, as I just opened it up about an hour ago, but expect more items in the near future!!
For now it’s mustaches galore, but soon it will be: cards, prints, journals, shrinky dink jewelry… pretty
much anything I can draw on :-)
So it’ll be worth it to check back soon!

Also, here’s a photo of the lovely amaryllis my mom gave me at christmas- finally blooming!

My window garden has grown too large for the window and is now overflowing onto the kitchen counters…table… chair…
Good news is it’s suddenly spring so I can start putting em outside soon.

Also, thank you guys for all the kind words! It really made my day!

Sweet, spring pinkness.

Shirley

i’m off for fun and frolicking later this a.m., so i got up early, and got lots done!!  listed the DIY lantern kit on etsy,    and make a heap more clothespins / clothespegs.  My favorites have always been the musical note ones:   

More craftiness much later!

A little white star lantern, embellished with buttons and ribbon and a battery operated candle.  This is my sample - I’m going to sell this craft as a KIT in my etsy shop.  I’ll list it in the a.m.!  It’ll include the lantern, 4 different ribbons, plenty of buttons, star rhinestones and sequins.  It’ll also have the little tealight and I cut little paper tags to match!

These did not come out exactly like I had hoped. I do like the fact that they can read differently depending on how the individual charms hang. The backs even have a design in case they get turned around. Going to keep trying…

Whew, I worked my fingers to the bone today *smiles* Take a gander at all my hard work!! This is what I have been busy doing instead of posting!!! (had to develop a business plan, a budget, business cards, etc) For my other business I designed a promotional brochure and other stuff like that! Been a busy busy bee!!

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