Busy, busy, busy

Well Thanksgiving is over, but that just means Christmas is around the corner.  How did this year go by so fast?  Oh well I guess I just except it because complaining about it won't make it summer again, but oh how I wish it were summer again.  Especially when I'm waiting for the bus in the morning.

I've been working very hard on my custom order. It's going along well. 

But in addition to the 10 bookmarks, I'm also working on two other one's for her.  It's an extended version of this one I made for her back in the spring.  The sides are extended out so the image is complete.  I also added the words "Brothertown Indians", her tribes name, to the bookmark.  I just sent her the first draft of this today, so we'll see what she says tonight.  Hopefully she'll like it.   
 

And just in case you forgot what the other bookmark looked like, here's a reminder.  Like I haven't show you this picture enough. ;-)

I have three completed and two almost completed. That only leaves 5 more to go. And now since Thanksgiving is out of the way, I should have a little more free time to work on these babies.  Hopefully I'll have these done in a couple weeks.  Then I can dig into some of my new beads I've been dying to work with.

Have a happy Tuesday everyone!  

They're Here

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Yippy, my beads have finally arrived.  I ordered a bunch of beads to finish up this large custom order over a week ago. I knew it would take at least a week to get, but was sad when it took this long.  And yes I am a little upset that FedEx just changed the estimated arrival date (which in turn made the "on time" status true).  But who cares now, they are here and I can finish up with the bookmarks.  And yes, I beaded till midnight last night. 

And of course I didn't just get beads for the bookmarks, I may have gotten a few for me.  Like a few new cabs and some tila beads (can't wait to use these guys).

So my time will be filled with continuous beading until mid December.  I actually took a couple days off work to make sure I get this order done.  I can do this, I just need to manage my time. :-)  I'd love to hear about how you guys take on big projects.  What have you found to be the best way to manage time?   

It's that time of year again

So I'm just reminded over and over again that Thanksgiving is only a week away, so that means Christmas is 5 weeks away.  How did this month slip by so very quickly?

Right now I'm working hard on my custom order (and waiting patiently for my bead order).  But I just wanted to let eveyone know that Christmas ornaments are back up in my etsy store.  And the best part about them, they're still at clearance price.  Only $10 + shipping.  Check them out today!

Okay, back to putting the finishing touches on my pattern, then bead, bead, bead.  Have a happy Wednesday everyone.  

Custom Order Upadate

Well it's been over a week since my last update.  Sorry.  I've been crazy busy.  I dropped off my last two custom order bookmarks last weekend.  She was not super excited that they had two different backgrounds, but she said she would given them to two different people that won't know there is a difference.  So it all worked out.

We also talked for about 1.5 hrs.  It's always nice to connect with a customer.  She showed me her very cool art.  She inlays semi-precious stones in walnuts, then cuts them in slices and make pendents out of them.  I would love to get my hands on a couple of those.  They were beautiful.

Then while I was sitting at home on Sunday, working on my newest project, I got a text from her asking if I could make her TEN more bookmarks.  Holly Cow!  So I put in a bead order to get all the colors ordered and then started working with the beads I had.  I guess my newest project gets put on hold for a bit since my nights are pretty much consumed with getting these guys made up.   

Guess what I'll be working on this weekend? :)

Custom Order Ready to Go

I'm so excited because I've finally finished the next two custom ordered bookmarks.  WooHoo!

My customer that ordered the first one like this, see story here, was so happy with it that she ordered two more almost imediately.  One is for her son and one is for her uncle.  I was more then happy to do a few more for her, but these did not come without headaches.

First I came down with the flu as soon as she ordered them.  Then I ran out of beads and had to run to the bead store.  The first bead store didn't have anything I needed.  So I had to go to the other side of town to the big store that has the full line of Delicas.  The other side of town, it sounds like live in a huge metropolis and it was a huge deal.  It only took me 10 min on the beltline to get there.

But the bead store is always a dangerous place for me and J.  I picked up my beads and was on my way out when J spotted some old vintage keys.  And he had to have one.  If you didn't know any better you would think he was 3, he's 30.  Then I was 35 cents away from my next punch on my card, so off I went to find something that would bring me up to 2 punches.  I got some cool bead caps, if you were curious.

Then I finished up these bad boys in a few days.  Then I noticed that I used one color of bead for the background on one and then another color on the other.  Blah, hopefully she won't mind.  I guess I'll see soon.

But after all of that I'm still really happy with these guys.  I think they turned out great.  Hopefully she'll be okay with the two different colros.  Fingers crossed.

(Sort of) Worldless Wednesday

Serena's Beadery

These beads are so pretty.  I love everything in her shop.  Click above to see more of her beautiful work!

*Wordless Wednesday represents my Christmas list of wonderful handmade items.  None of them are made by me, they are made by other artists.  Please make sure to check out the featured artist's site every week*