Clockwork Curves

Tuesday, 2 November 2010

A whole new month...

Knowing I have at least 3 craft fayres to attend in December is going to keep me busy the whole of November and I'm already stressing about how much I need to do in such little time. I really hope I have enough stock, variation and artistic ability to be able to pull it off. Everything seems to be moving at lightspeed, so much so, that I think I may need to take a couple of 'holiday' days from work to cope with it all in a sensible manner (i.e not making things worse on myself by cramming in too much into evenings and weekends).

Saying that, I am still incredibly excited by it all and seem to work better when I'm a little stressed. Silver lining and all that.

I have ordered a lot of weird and wonderful objects for the run up to Christmas. Peacock feathers, mini bird cages, plastic eyeballs, tiny bottles, lots and lots of chain, fimo clay, lace and various trinkets and metals to name but a few. It is surely going to be an interestingly, tiring and eventful month - wish me luck!

Another bit of good luck has been that my Roller Derby Girls have asked me if I want to be the sole birthday jewellery creator! It basically means I hand over tattoo flash inspired name necklaces at a heavily discounted rate but in exchange I get flyers in the programme, my logo on the website, space to sell my booty at games for free and a load of Roller Girls who will be wearing my stuff and telling their friends :) It's a pretty sweet deal! I get a lot of exposure through Roller Derby and have been approached by a shop who would be interested in selling the more steampunk and gothic stuff in their shop too. Which means I really need to get the finger out now....

If only I could do this full time. Somehow I think I'd still always be pushed for time ;)

So all in all I have high hopes and a positive outlook for this month. Autumn and Christmas are highlights of my year and it takes a lot to bring me down at this time of year. I'll keep ya'll posted on the progress :)

x

Thursday, 28 October 2010

Let's get ready to rumble...

It's been a busy few weeks at Dee Dee HQ! I've been ordering many lovely supplies and have also been working with an amazing Graphics Designer called Bon (link at bottom), who has been helping me to electrify my etsy and folksy shops, as well as, jazzing up my blog. I have been trying really hard to get the hang of this blogging business and the first thing I think I need to be doing is posting more!

Anyhow, here are a few of the designs she we came up with and I have to say I love them all. I hope you like them too :)

Love

Dee x x