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It’s been a rough two weeks in like three different ways — things are getting better, but I kind of stalled out on finishing up the flash sale items from last week. Finally sewed up the last items yesterday, and of course, it made me feel better, making things, finishing projects. It always does. So […]

Had a little time for resin experiments this morning — moss and gold leaf, dried roses and iridescent glitter. What I’d like to try next is adding poetry, but am not sure best approach. Time to watch more YouTube tutorials…

Poured a second set of what I’m currently thinking of as ‘elven romance’ jewelry, with both silver and golden bezels for the pendants. Holographic paper bits are fun. Subtle gold shimmer is fun. Using finger cots to keep from getting resin all over my fingers while maintaining maximum dexterity is very effective and satisfying. My

I usually try to wait to decorate for Valentines Day until February, but bits of pink and purple seem to be creeping in. Some flowers from the grocery store (one of those little Whole Foods mini bouquets are usually full enough that I can divide them into 2-3 smaller bouquets to dot around), a fabulous

Yesterday’s resin experiments. I was pretty messy filling these; I think I need to sit at a table to do it, instead of standing at a counter, so I’m closer to the pieces and have more control. I unmolded after 8 hours, because I wanted the resin soft enough so I could easily trim off

Editing to note: I closely copied these rabbits’ outlines from other artists’ images. In this step, I wanted to focus on how one makes a surface design feel more layered. Last tweak for today — critiques suggested I try grounding the figures more, adding texture underneath them to make them look less “plopped”. That’s an

Editing to note: I closely copied these rabbits’ outlines from other artists’ images. In this step, I wanted to focus on making the color more coherent across a surface design. Various of the critiques commented that some of the darker clothing elements were too dark, and stood out. I’ve tried to address that somewhat, and

Here I’m trying to fix a ‘river’. I think the person who critiqued me won’t mind if I quote her comment, which explains it well. “My first thought is that when you zoom out and look at the pattern as a larger sized tile you will have a river of background making a definite strip.

Making little tweaks to my design to hopefully improve it. Step one — adding glints of light (white) to the eyes so they look a little less alien. Not that there’s anything wrong with alien gardener bunnies, but it wasn’t really what I was going for with this design.