This is not a very good photo, but I sold this today.  This was a nice peice, made of authentic turquoise and spare silver chain I had left over.  The larger center stone was a recycled stone from an old pair of earrings. 

I spent today looking at other options...........non Etsy.  Though I like Etsy, I have not had any sales from there recently.  So I took a peak at two auction sites.......  Both of which I will try.  One was Outbid.com , which is new and doesn't charge any fees while they are getting themselves out in the market place.  The magic there is to let people know when/where your auction will be.  The site seems to be pretty user friendly, but could use a couple helpful items.  For example, there needs to be a way to re-list an auction so you do not need to re-enter all info again.  It would also be fun to see the bidding process.........maybe you can, don't know, I didn't get any bids.

But I do have an auction coming up May 4 at 5pm PST, for a black n blue glass beaded necklace set.  You can see me at Tophatter.com.  I've heard some positive and negative things about it, we'll see how it goes.  I like the energy, feedback, and speed of the auctions.  However, I have heard that it can be tough to get paid...........  we will see.

This past Saturday the 14th was really productive.  With weather being cool and stormy, I took it upon myself to do something different.  So I took out a new dress pattern and made myself a cute summer dress.  It only took abour 3 hours on my first try.  Which means it'll take just over an hour if I make another.  Then after that, and getting laundry done, I made a some jewelry......all new designs.  It was so much fun, I made two rings, a bracelet, and a necklace. 

I plan on getting new pictures online this weekend, which will be awesome to update my etsy page.  I am also looking at some more prestigous crafty type events I can be apart of this summer.  I have not done this by myself before, but I think it'll be a lot of fun........  I'll need someone with me for sure.

So, this morning before work............yes I had to work on Easter, but the good lord still loves me!  Anyway, I updated this picture of one of my favorite unique pieces.  I call it free style wire.......  It is a great way to use up stray beads or an entire color palet all at once.  The necklace looks great, a real accent SWANK peice.  Beautiful! 

I was just playing around one day with wire...........  gotta love wire.  And I had this idea to make something larger, but not ugly and gawdy like you find at your local craft store and hook it to a ribbon to sell.  I had so much fun making this, and have another one I plan to update the photo on this week.