$6 DIY Photocube; and Myspace, Facebook, or Twitter

Myspace, Facebook, or Twitter

My opinion:

I don’t like MySpace because people's pages take FOREVER to load… and there's just too much STUFF on each page…ugh… too hard to navigate.

I don't like Twitter 'cause there's no pictures. Ha ha ha! Really, though, it's words and links and I guess if I just befriended (or is that betwittered?) a select few it would make more sense, but it's too linear and too cold for me.

I like FaceBook because I can "hide" all those goofy games people play and post about. If someone wants to post a photo or a long stretch of text, they may. Conversations happen (this is the non-linear part). Someone can say something and then there can be a lot of responses to that and some back and forth… and it's all in once place.

JMO


$6 DIY Photocube

If you don't know what I'm talking about, go over to my other blog (Going Green Jewelry) and have a look at my latest photo set-up.


Relaxation

Tonight I will straighten up the apartment a bit, walk Bear, make dinner, then watch the Sharks and Supernatural while I work on some new jewelry. What a great evening!


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Books

I'm reading four books at the moment, three of which are virtually the same book. The exact titles escape me, but I'll try to remember them later. The fourth is a book I read in my teens and quite enjoyed… it's called The Initiate. But I took last night off and read (or looked at the pictures in) two books on Art Nouveau Jewelry instead. Sometimes it's hard to concentrate when at the kids' hockey practices… lots of interruptions. But lots of new ideas. So my gratitude for today is to all the artists whose work I see on a daily basis that inspires the heck out of me.


Jewelry

I have an amazingly exciting project coming up. I hope to have the first ones ready to hit the market as early as next week.

They are Gratitude Charms. Mostly they will go on neck chains, but if so desired they can also be bracelet charms or keychain charms. I don't really want them to be car charms or bookmark charms because the whole point is to have a constant reminder of how grateful you are for the things in your life. We all are. But sometimes we forget to think it, say it, really appreciate what we have. The Gratitude Charms will actually aid in bringing more positive things into your life… more things to be grateful for (and yes, you may end a sentence with a preposition… did you know there's no grammatical rule against that?... what were our teachers thinking?!).

And aside from that, I have a creation that came to me in a dream last night. I will see what I can do about sketching it out and translating it into something I can handle.

Which reminds me… yesterday someone on facebook commented on my nice color combination for a pair of earrings I recently listed. I mentioned that I had made those earrings based on a color combo sheet I had made up in WORD of some of my favorite color combos. Here… I'll share it with you.

Tonight at hockey I'll try to finish the project with the ArtBeads.com beads. They were nice enough to send me some really awesome Swarovski components… the least I can do is finish my project before the end of a year. Ha ha ha!

DIY Photo Cube for $6... and some new Metal Clay pieces

So… did some “green” things (well, in my book anyway).

Aside from the jewelry I made with my current bead stash (see this post from my Laura Bracken blog), I made some jewelry out of metal clay… yay!



Not listed yet…


Traded for beads…



This past weekend, I also gave up on my tent sized photo cube. The light sources were just too far away.

So I went to Ross’ and bought a lampshade for $6.



It had a white liner material and a tan outer material. I removed the tan outer material.



Then I was left with a strong frame with diffusing material on it and the cube is small enough to get my light sources (two Ott lights and a fluorescent photo light) closer to the object.



See the camera on top… shooting straight down into the improvised photo cube?

Anyway, Gabe wants the internet so I’m going to say goodbye. Hope to check in next time without as much time between.

TTYL!

New Jewelry Listings!!!

So I walk into the kitchen this evening (after walking Bear) and the kids are emptying the dishwasher and I hear something about “free will”.

“Oh, I say… what are you talking about?”

“We’re having a philosophical discussion,” says Monica.

“Monica said God made her drop the water bottles,” Gabe added.

I informed them that DIDN’T count as a philosophical discussion.

So here we are now… dishwasher running, laundry going, and the kids are sitting down with their homework (which is WAY more than I think it should be, but what do I know). Actually, Gabe’s helping Monica with her Algebra/Trig… whew… thank goodness for our resident math genius.


Jewelry

I finally got some listed. Had a new camera… returned it… trying different things to get good pictures… life goes on. Gotta show you my new $6 photo cube… I’ll post it on GOING GREEN JEWELRY after I post this.

Here are thumbnails of what I listed today. If you want to see the larger photos, just head on over to the store… it’s all there, with IN-YOUR-FACE type photos… or click on one of these little pictures.



I have three more bracelets to list, but two of them still need photos (got the model shots already!... here’s a sneak peak…).






Well, I don’t really think I have too much more to say at the moment. I have a mound of clean laundry to put away and I still want to post on my other blog.

TTYL!



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Hockey and Jewelry and I LOVE VERIZON

My phone died today. Luckily it’s under warranty. I took it to a Verizon store to get a replacement and they figured out it was only the battery that was fried. Yay! They replaced it for free and the kids ended up getting new phones for $15 (good thing they have their own spending money). They now have phones will full keyboards.


Hockey

Yesterday Monica’s team beat the Cougars 3-0. Today, they got beat by San Jose 5-1. Gabe’s team beat San Jose (at the same time… so I didn’t get to see his game) 5-0.

I’m also thinking of NOT going to Valencia for Gabe’s first CAHA weekend. As much as I love watching his team play, it’s just a bit more hassle and expense than the pleasure warrants.


Jewelry

I really need to get the new stuff listed… At least I finally got some “model” shots. I can’t always do that, but I do think it helps to show how big or small the pieces are on a human being… I like to show really blown-up photos in my listings and I worry people may get the wrong idea about size of the jewelry unless they see it in reference to something familiar.

I still have to take photos of the earrings in hanging position. Maybe I’ll do that now.

Mondays are SRAJD processing day, though, so not sure when I’ll really be able to get the new jewelry up.

Well, at least tonight I can upload the photos and measure everything.



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