Texas Tapestry

A few fabulous things on Etsy.

B R A C E L E T S

Amazon Agate Bracelet
Crazy about COPPER Bracelet

I've gone a little bracelet crazy. That's my favorite jewelry item to make at the moment. Above are some of my new ones. I also have a rockin' green and copper bracelet that refuses to take a good photo. The bracelet above uses a bead wrap technique to link each bead together. The second bracelet uses wire links -some links hold beads, some are just coiled with wire. I find both of these styles are more adjustable than bracelets that are strung on wire. And adjustability is important with bracelets since wrist sizes vary from person to person. I tend to make bracelets on the large side so they can be sized down. Really, I make them to fit me so I can wear them around the house until the next creation steals my fancy!

Poster Contest Winner in the house!

So, there was a contest on Etsy... The contest involved designing posters of products available for purchase on Etsy. The posters (a total of 60) will be printed as marketing material for the website. And lucky me, my poster is one of the winners!

I really enjoy graphic work. In design school I got to create logos for my interiors projects. And my presentation boards (being nearly 2-d) needed to have a clean and "readable" quality. In this poster I tried to create movement and balance within my strict color selection. It took awhile to find things that were photographed in just blue and white. And the right blue!

TAGS!

I've started making collage gift tags to sell in my Etsy shop. The first set sold in 2 days, an auspicious beginning! I'm using cardstock, decorative paper, stickers (sometimes), and stamped lettering. So far I'm making 3" x 3" tags in sets of three. More to come!

Birdies

Birds are so in right now. Who knew? I've got a few bird related collages on Etsy at the moment. Here is my latest picture frame. Here I've used a light blue background and accents of orange. I used some letter stamps to add the word "Sweet" above the area for the picture. The exclamation point stamp helped form the "paths" for the butterflies. There are some French ephemera stickers, too. I like French, I studied it in high school, so it's my go-to foreign language. Although I don't remember a lot of the language now. C'est la vie.

New Collage

I made this collage last night. Usually I make collage boxes, while this is more like a card with stuff on it. Uh, so I guess it's like regular art. (?) Anyway, it's a 4" x 6" piece of mat board covered with brown paper. The collage is made of various stickers and cut out butterflies. The little scene is from a book of geisha/japanese themed stickers. The Netherlands stamp is real. On the lower portion ther are five silk-covered buttons which I sniped off a throw blanket my friend Kasha made for me. Actually I snipped off all the buttons...not just the five. Er, back to topic. I really like this new collage! I think I will make more. I haven't listed this on Etsy, but it's on Lov.li right now. Click the Lov.li badge on the left if you're interested.

Featured Artist -Sue Lee

Sue is my crafting buddy. We shared a table at a craft show last year, and we will again in June. (very excited). Sue's specialities are mosaics and stained glass. This stained glass panel is one of my new favorites. I like the way the circles and swirls play off of the linear elements. And the colors are lovely. Sue does not have an Etsy shop (yet -resistance is futile). But her work can be found here: http://sue.smugmug.com/