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"Pearl" necklaces I made last night. I'm thinking of selling the jewelry I make this summer at the Saturday summer market in Kenosha. So what's a reasonable price for something like this?
I bead or crochet at night while I watch TV. It keeps me awake so I don't crash out at 7pm. TV shows alone are stimulating enough I have to DO something that doesn't take much concentration while I'm relaxing.
This image was used in my blog post So You Want To Sell Your Crafting.
Allison requested a necklace basically of my choice. The only preference she would communicate to me was that she liked the color palette of an example bracelet I had posted that was a rich earthy mix of browns, greens and purples. I kept changing my mind about whether the mix I had thrown together worked, but when I had the finished project in my hands I absolutely fell in love with it.
This is Daisy, a 6 year old female. She is gray, tan, and white, and likes to be on my craft table when I'm beading. Sometimes when I dump some beads out, a little white paw will slowly come out and lightly land on the sparkling objects.
A closeup of some of the hand-embroidery stitches I used in 'Bronze' - wave, french knots, seed, and running stitches shown here.
Here all the cabs are beaded around. I am having difficulty because I started with a symmetrical layout and then changed, so this will be tough for me!