More practicing :)

Wheeeee!!! I think I'm getting better! I really love these new pieces! Kind of make my first try look terrible but that's something I can live with I suppose (haha). I was FULLY planning on finishing my other projects before starting any other wire projects, but I just can't stop! It's tons of fun! Now I just need to figure out how to incorporate polmerclay into these wire projects. I do believe I will have found Crafter's Nirvana at that point heehee ;]

Any constructive criticism? Please be nice haha >‿‿◕

~ Minty Fresh

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mood:

Devious

Listening to: the show I'm watching
Reading: Nothing
Watching: CSI: NY
Making: Wire Wrap Projects
Eating: Nothing. Booo :(
Drinking: Strawberry Fanta

Wire Wrapping = <3

The last couple months, wire wrapped pieces have been catching my eye on Flickr. Especially this piece: The Magic Feather. I can't say enough about Smabla's work, but that particular piece is my absolute favorite. Anyone who hasn't heard of her needs to go over and check out her work right now! ◕‿‿◕

Anyways... that's the back story of why I decided to try it myself! It's SO much fun! I know they're not perfect but it's definitely a new hobby (they're earrings by the way)! You can completely change the look of a piece by wrapping it! It's like a whole new world has been revealed..... heeheeeee =P

I'm gonna keep practicing though. Eventually I hope to have some pieces up on my shop, but there have been some hang ups in that area *siiigh*. Lets not speak of such things for the moment though.... >‿‿<

Uh... I know this really has nothing to do with anything, but I have a hankering for a good sugar cookie. You know, like those one's with the little dollop of jam in the middle? Yummm.... I need to go Google this ^‿‿^

~ Minty Fresh

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mood:

Sleepy

Listening to: the crime show I'm watching
Reading: Google sugar cookie recipe search
Watching: Bones
Making: Wire Wrapped Pendants and Earrings
Eating: Trader Joe's Fruit Leather!
Drinking: Water

A Little Progress >‿‿<

I've been working on and off the last couple days, trying to get a few things started!

... Like this fruit for example! As you can probably tell.... I prefer peaches over apples lol. They're all hand sculpted from polymer clay and about 3/4 inch high. Eventually they'll have faces, a glossy finish, and cell phone straps!

I'm really liking my improvised baking rack. It's just a pyrex loaf pan with some 14 gauge wire, but it works REALLY well for charms. Oh and then there's the fact that it was free to make. Win win!!! <3

I've also been doing a lot of work with seed beads. I haven't beaded in a while and I kind of went crazy with these little stars haha. They're about half an inch wide and really easy to whip up. Very nice project to do whilst watching TV :]. I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do with them yet though. Hmm...

Other then that, I've pretty much just been sketching out ideas. Once I get my bearings, I'm going to try to do a few beaded necklaces. Perhaps some bridal themed ones. I guess I'm on kind of a seed bead kick right now, so expect a lot of that sort of thing for a little while >‿‿◕

In other news, I'm looking to buy a sewing machine soon. I don't want one that's too fancy but I would like one with intermediate ability. One that I wouldn't have to replace anytime soon. Any advice? ◕‿‿◕

~ Minty Fresh

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mood:

Pleased

Listening to: "Stars" from Les Miserables
Reading: food blogs!
Watching: The Mentalist
Making: Seed Bead Stars
Eating: Mmmm fresh baked Bread >‿‿<
Drinking: Watermelon Fruit Punch

ZOMG!!!

.... I saw a bald eagle today! xD

Seeee?!

~ Minty Fresh

Ps. Our guest left today, which means tomorrow there will be time to do something craft related! Oh really? You think I'm buffing? Pfft! Of course I'm going to do some crafts!

.... My other option is cleaning the house! >‿‿◕

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mood:

Trying to Relaaaax *sigh* x]

Listening to: Brent snoring

Reading: Not much. Just some random online comic strip

Watching: Brent snoring (does that sound creepy? ;])

Making: Nothing
Eating: Nothing
Drinking: Waterrrrr

YAY!!!

Wooohoo!Thanks to my trusty Mac friend, we're back in business!!! Took a long time (5 days without my laptop! ACK!!!) and small dent out of savings (to buy the newest OS), but my baby is back with a new look! Leopard is a huge difference from Tiger and I am not looking back what. so. ever.

Other then that horrible experience, not much else has been going on. Mixed some clay colors in preparation for a few projects but that's about it. Our guest is leaving on Tuesday though, so then I'll be free to start stuff ^‿‿^

Hm..... Sorry for the boring post. It's even more boring then I expected....

*clears throat*

..... <‿‿<

..... >‿‿>

*points frantically behind you* Look! Eye candy!



......*sprints away while you're distracted* >‿‿◕

~ MintyFresh

Ps. That picture was taken in Yorktown on a historical battlefield tour. Such a beautiful drive!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mood:

So happy that my laptop is working again!

Listening to: "Grace Kelly" by Mika

Reading: Nothing

Watching: "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"

Making: Nothing
Eating: Nothing
Drinking: Arizona Sweet Tea (Mmmmm x])

Wouldn't it just figure....

... that I would go and buy batteries for my camera, take some lovely pictures, & then not be able to find the cord.

*grumble*

Sooooo anyway! my craft stuff came! All 3 boxes within 15 minutes of each other, too! FTW, package delivery services! F. T. W *applauds*. I should have taken a picture of the incredible packing skills of FireMountainBeads.com. Seriously.... They packed an incredible amount of stuff into VERY small box. Amazing.

Let us move on....

I have a bad case of CreativeBlockitis. I think it's because now that I got all my supplies for many different crafts, I'm not sure where to begin. What does anyone think (asumming that anyone reads this blog)? We have book binding, polymerclay-ing, beading, wire working, sewing.....? I'm also considering getting back into drawing/painting. I haden't been on DeviantArt in about two years and dang if I didn't forget how many incredible things are on there! Always get super inspired which right now, only adds to the brainclog heh >‿‿<

Thanx for stopping by to read my rambling! I promise there will be actual things of interest soon ^‿‿^

~ Minty Fresh

Ps. Hopefully picture to be added later, once I find the elusive cord :]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mood:

In Denial About Cleaning

Listening to: "Nobody" by Wonder Girls

Reading: Emails
Watching: "The Guild" on youtube :]
Making: Bread in the Breadmaker :]
Eating: Nothing
Drinking: Lipton Sparkling Green Tea (Berry)

I am...

... obsessively tracking my art/craft stuff on the FedEx/USPS websites right now....

Is that sad or WHAT? Gah! I hate waiting for supplies X__x lol.

Hopefully I'll have my etsy shop open soon, but I'm not sure. My goal was this spring, but it's already been pushed to summer due to the many MANY visitors we're going to get this year. O the joys of being new homeowners lol. Well it's not like I have a social life... should be able to find time haha ◕‿‿◕

My other problem is trying to figure out what items I want to fill my shop with the MOST. If I did EVERYTHING I wanted to do, I would go crazy. Not so great in the "organizing my own thoughts" area haha. Not to mention people probably being scared off by the psycho eclecticness of it all *facepalm*

People always tell me I think too much into things like this, but I don't think they understand that the success of an online craft store would be the partial fulfillment of a lifelong dream. I'm not even joking. I've always wanted to do three things. Be happily married, make a little extra moneyz doing things I love, and own a pet otter. One down, two to go >‿‿< *Hint: I do not own a pet otter lol*

Ah well. It'll all come together eventually! New deadline being early summer! I best get a moooove on!

~ MintyFresh

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mood:

Hating Deadlines

Listening to: "Love Grows" by Edison Lighthouse
Reading: a HTML tutorial
Watching: the tracking status on my craft supplies (lulz)
Making: Nothing
Eating: Nothing
Drinking: Lipton Sparkling Green Tea (Berry)