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Cangames was great!

 It’s the best I’ve done at a show yet. I got several business cards out and got some very kind and encouraging comments from some of my fellow vendors and makers. I’m certainly going to try to go back next year.

My bestseller was sort of ironically was a style of earrings I made a few pairs of on a whim. I need to make more and see if they do just as well elsewhere. 

Earring displays for Cangames.

An assortment of earrings inspired by steampunk themes, horror movies, gaming, and my current video game obsession (Stardew Valley), with some random pretty things for good measure.

Come see me at Cangames this weekend (May 17th to 19th) at The Rideau Curling Club, 715 Cooper St in Ottawa!

I’ll be there from noon until 7pm on friday, and 9am until 7pm on saturday and sunday!

It’s my friend’s daughter’s birthday in about two weeks and I wanted to make her something special.

With a little input from mom regarding colours I came up with this trio of fun, cute earrings!

Blue bugs, green faeries and peace signs with ruby crystals for a july baby.

Rather than going to bed at a normal time like a rational person, I stayed up way too late to finish this off.

The first image shows my inspiration, the Land of Heat and Clockwork, from Homestuck.

The next shows the full necklace, made from glass beads, decorative gears and silver plated findings.

The final two images are the focal point of the piece, one in artificial light and one natural to show the intricacy lost in the flash. 

All those little jump rings give the piece amazing movement when worn, even if they were totally frustrating to deal with as I made it.

Right now I’m trying to do my version of fan art. I can’t draw, but I can usually make a pile of beads, findings and other things into something fun and wearable.

These  brightly coloured wooden shapes caught my eye while out shopping earlier and immediately screamed to be made into some fun summery earrings. 

Some silver plated finding and a few peridot nuggets later I came up with these.

This is my entry for the June challenge at http://tacklethatbeadstash.blogspot.ca/

My two most recent projects.

First is my entry for the May Challenge for http://tacklethatbeadstash.blogspot.ca/. The theme is eyes. I had a leftover eye cabochon from a project I did a few years ago.

Second is a bracelet inspired by the Winter Soldier from the Captain America movies. I’m going to see the movie on the weekend and when I was digging through my stash for the beads for the the eye pendant I found the reddish star bead. Perfect accessory for the evening!

My project for this month’s challenge at tacklethatbeadstash.blogspot.ca!

The theme was the colours green, gold and purple, which are among my favourites so this project was really fun. I made a freeform cuff bracelet with glass and semi-precious stone beads, as well as a pair of earrings using the leftover larger beads. The centerpiece of the bracelet is a dyed howlite teardrop in a lovely grape colour.