Yesterday was busy, busy, busy, and my work table has been transformed into a veritable mini-making factory. I finished five rings, all of new designs, including rainbow lollipop bouquets, a Neapolitan ice cream sundae, chocolate chip cookies, and campfire s’mores, as well as an ice cream sundae and hearts barrette, candy apple with nuts earrings, more rainbow sparkle doughnuts, gummy worm cupcake earrings, and strawberry confetti cake slices. Whew. I can’t wait to see everything arranged in the booth this weekend, because I feel that I have a much wider variety of pieces in a greater diversity of colors than any of my previous shows, and hopefully the lighting will be such that I can take some decent pictures this time.
While digging around in the garage yesterday in search of my ramekin set (which I never found), I came across an extra long loaf pan that I’d completely forgotten about, and it solved two of my display problems in one fell swoop. The pan is roughly a foot and a half long, and once I fill it with colorful sand it should make a nifty display for my rings, and I can affix the few magnets that I still have left for sale to the front of the pan
Today’s efforts will be focused on flower accessories, and I hope to finish a barrette and a handful of flower pot necklaces and charms. Depending on how much time I have left, I’ll work on more citrus pieces, and perhaps even tackle a few charms, now that I’ve decided to turn the little white tree in my display into Charm Central. I forgot that I had a number of loose pieces, and I can sell most of them for less than $5, which will be nice for the adorable little girls who are often disappointed when they can’t leave with something, however small.






















In the Home Stretch…
Neapolitan Sundae Ring
I can tell that my body is ready for a nice, long break. Yesterday, one of the muscles above my left knee was twitching around in these strange little spasms that I could literally see through my pajama pants. Kind of creepy. I’m sure it’s because I’ve recently added (slow, uncoordinated) running to my schedule, and I ended up taking the night off from yoga to give my poor, spastic knee a rest. I also ate a couple of bananas, since potassium is said to help ease muscle spasms, and it did actually lessen the jumpiness. But I’m sure you’re not here to read about my knee, so on to the mini foods!
Lemon-Lime Earrings
I made a new lemon cane yesterday and used it to finish a handful of Juicy Lemon-Lime Earrings and four pairs of Organic Meyer’s Lemon Earrings. I also made a few pairs of peach earrings, and it’s strange–the pigment that I used to give them a much rosier glow disappeared during the baking process, which has never happened before. It seems to have been absorbed by the clay. After that, I replenished my stock of eggplant and carrot earrings, made my first pink rose necklace, and took loads and loads of pictures.
Meyer's Lemon Earrings
Aside from a few pairs of strawberry and grape earrings that I had planned, I really don’t have anything remaining on my to-do list, but I can’t really see myself lounging about the day or two before a show, so I guess I’ll go over my inventory and see if there’s anything missing. More fruit tarts, perhaps? Or different vegetables? Hmm…