Last night I made Portland magnets & watched the new Arrested Development on Netflix!
DAD
It's this kind of night.
Yellow Earrings
Kara showing off her new yellow earrings made by yours truly!
New Jewelry at Crafty Wonderland Shop
New jewelry at Wanderlust
NEW A Tea Leaf handmade jewelry, magnets, and greeting cards at Wanderlust Handmade & Vintage! Stop by and treat yo self!
More Hook Earrings
I made more hook earrings with large vintage glass & resin cabochons! They will be available for purchase at the Crafty Wonderland Super Colossal Spring Sale which will be at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland Oregon this Saturday!
Artist of the Month
A Tea Leaf is the Artist of the Month at the Crafty Wonderland Shop! Stop on by to see it in person! Address is 808 SW 10th Ave in Portland, Oregon.
New Dangle Earrings
I added a patina finish to the brass charms and adhered vintage cabochons. A limited quantity will be available for purchase at CraftyWonderland Spring Sale next Saturday! Weee!
Hook Earrings
New hook earrings with large vintage glass cabochons! I'll be selling them at the Crafty Wonderland Spring Sale next Sat, 11th!
Hoop earrings
New button sparrow hoop earrings! They will be for sale at the Crafty Wonderland Spring Sale on Sat, May 11th at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon!
Button Locket
Etsy order going to Australia!
Taking down
This afternoon I'm taking down my 'April Showers' window display at Wanderlust. It's crazy how fast a month flies by!
Last weekend!
This is the last weekend to see my art window installation at Wanderlust boutique! It's at 28th & SE Ankeny Street in Portland, Oregon. Hours: Saturday 11am-7pm & Sunday 11am-5pm
Friday Feature: "Freckles In Her Eyes" dangle earrings
Hooray, it's Friday!
Today's feature is "Freckles In Her Earrings" dangle earrings handcrafted by yours truly. These are my favorite modern, yet kitschy, earrings to date!
I am smitten over these vintage lucite white & gold speckled turquoise lentil shaped beads.
Their name is inspired by one of my favorite bands, The Postal Service's song, "Such Great Heights". It's such a lovely song.
The band is composed of two talented fellows, that I admire very much, Ben Gibbard from Death Cab For Cutie and Jimmy Tamborello from Dntel.
These earrings are shipped in, I must say, an adorable jewelry box. The box's lid features my collage artwork.
(Click on the photos above to be directed to my Etsy shop’s listing or here.)
New post earrings
I made a few post earrings today! They are so cute!
New rings
Today I made new rings with vintage glass cabochons!
Tomorrow!
Vanessa of Wanderlust wrote a wonderful blog post about my window installation at her shop. Also, Tomorrow night is the opening party! You're invited! Read about it here! http://www.
Fold... Staple... Punch... Repeat
My pink-handled scissors have taken a short break. I'll be picking them up again, but I needed a break from the first step... after doing it for 3 hours straight. Haha!
After cutting many, many shapes from the pages of a vintage dictionary... I moved onto folding, stapling, and punching. Finally that box of staples that I've been hoarding for almost ten years will get some use!
You know what's awesome about using dictionary pages? You won't be paying any attention to the words but then, all of the sudden, your mind will get glued in and you'll see a certain word that brings back a bunch of memories!
This has been quite the project. Thank goodness I have loads of patience. Indeed there are still some steps on the road ahead!
Onward!
Friday Feature
Happy Friday all! Keep your crafty momentum going with these motivational letters that spell "CREATE". Hand lettering and cutting by me!
(Click on the photos above to be directed to my Etsy shop's listing.)
Snip... snip... snip...
My pink handled scissors have been very busy lately. Once again I've been cutting through pages of yet another vintage dictionary.
Don't you just love the gold lettered tabs of this Merriam-Webster? Growing up my family had a similar navy blue dictionary.
Can anyone guess of what I'm making? In a few days I will be posting more pictures of this new craft project. Sneaky, huh? Stay tuned.