Prototype

Hello all. I'm currently numb and reeling from another housing dissapointment. This time the bank took TWO MONTHS to decide that, no, they don't want to sell for the price the homeowner approved and is competitive. Sigh, I really liked this house too..... But alas. We pick ourselves up, finish our package of chocolate covered gummy bears, and move on. My agent has bowed out of the biz, so we will be working with a full-time real estate guy now and hopefully he can help us get things rolling in our favor.

I have been able to get both little tykes down for naps in the afternoon lately, and I've had a few Etsy sales that have motivated me to start working of Jewelry again. Here is a prototype--the design works but wasn't quite what I was looking for, but I finished a second one and will list them at a discounted prototype rate. I don't bother with beads when I am testing designs.

If you would enjoy a pair of earrings I've done, please check out my Giveaway! Just leave a comment on the original post. I'll draw a name on November 1st. Of course, you are invited to comment any time. It delights me.

Blogreader appreciation giveaway!

Almost a year ago, I had just stumbled on a few tatting blogs. I don't even remember how I found them, but once I saw the community unfolding I had to jump in. And now, I've been Tat-blogging and enjoying your friendship for 100 posts! You guys have been there through the birth of my second baby, the opening of my Etsy shop, and many laughs and trials along the way. I feel like my group of friends has grown rich this past year, and I am eternally thankful for all the support and fun that you, the readers of this blog, bring. So, in honor of all you fabulous folks who keep me encouraged in a craft I love, I am giving away this pair of earrings. The design is called "Spanish Dancer" and they are tatted with Lizbeth Boysenberry Dk.

To enter this giveaway, please comment on this post. I will randomly choose a name on Nov. 1st. Please be sure your contact info is available to me, leave an email addy or a link to your blog so I can contact the winner. One other thing. I won't require it, but I would encourage you to consider this a Pay It Forward giveaway if you win. Just pass along the love to other bloggy friends sometime.

So, if you stop by here now and again, leave a comment. I'd love to meet any lurkers who hang around here! Again, I appreciate you all.

Happy Blogging!

some tatting for me!

I finally got around to making something for myself. I've done some for friends and for the shop, but these are mine!

Ten points to the first one to recognize the pattern :-) I don't know much about the thread, it came from a friend on Intatters and is Tencel hand dyed. It works up much like a perle cotton, two or three ply I think. The color looks more tropical in person I think.

And I am this much closer to having my four generations of tatting! The piece on the left was done by my grandmother, who has just learned to shuttle tat (and is free to come get a lesson in hiding ends any time she wants :-). The heart on the right is done by my Great grandmother who tatted long ago and picked it up recently to teach one of Gram's friends. My mom just got her tatting needles from HH, she did shuttle when I was little but wants to try needle this time, so soon I'll have a piece from her. very cool huh!

And the other super news is that Gram and her friend Barbara both want to go to the Shuttlebirds workshop next year! I was going to go by myself but this will be way more fun!

Getting ready

Well, things are still good here :-) Meirah is sleeping well at night, so that gives me time during the day when my brain is mostly functional to think through the process of setting something up on etsy. I have maybe 14 things so far to list for sale, I just need to pick up some packing materials and figure out shipping costs and then I will announce my grand opening! Below are some teaser photos, I was messing around today getting pictures of the items ready.

I guess the only delimma left is what to name some of the designs. Some of them got names as they were being worked, others I am still at a loss for. It would be much too boring to just call them "red earrings with beads" or something sad like that. They all have personality.

This might be the last post for awhile...

I'm having contractions on and off all day today, but that's not going to stop me from showing some more tatting pics!

The first two pair are repeats, just much better pictures. I took advantage of the daylight! The others below I did last night and this morning. Tell me what you all think of the green thread with purple coin pearls. You all are my design testers :-)

The pink ones are a repeat of an orange pair, this time with beads.

All but the last pink ones are done in Lizbeth, the pink is Oren Bayan.