This is transfer paper – you buy a sheet, press it onto the clay face-down, rinse the backing off with a little water. Similar to temporary tattoos, though not exactly the same stuff. Unfortunately, they turn out to be more delicate than I realized – my first batch baked at the clay’s recommended temperature burned, […]
Little shop update — total sales so far, a little over two weeks: $330.60. Yesterday was my busiest day so far, with five sales. So much busier on Saturday than on the weekdays! Obviously $57 in sales is not going to make me rich, but it did let me justify shopping for a few more
See my hair, standing straight up in terror! Yes, I found Hitchcock’s The Birds quite terrifying, why do you ask? (If you haven’t seen it, recommended, apparently because I wish to share the trauma…) There isn’t really SO much scope for decorating without making the store super-crowded, but the birds seem to have invaded the
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I really like these ($9) window clings. I admit, the fact that the store gives me a new place to decorate is part of the fun of running it. I’d been feeling a little disheartened because there were three (!) days (!) of no sales at all, but then on Saturday, someone was buying one
Sometimes I just give up on taking a normal selfie. I was trying to show you the charming spiderweb earrings I picked up for myself at work today. I left the rest of these adorable earrings for you (at the Sol Nyx Botanica shop). And yes, it is a bit of a problem working in
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Little did they know that they were about to be attacked by birds… (I had some fun with window clings during my shop shift today…) ***** Berwyn Sprout Small Business Incubator 7129 Cermak Rd, Berwyn Tuesday – Saturday from 10am-8pm Sunday from 10am-5pm
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Quick note that I’ll be my new Serendib House shop tomorrow (Saturday), 3-8 p.m., with some cute new Halloween cotton tea towels ($12 each) that I just sewed up, featuring work by indie designers from Spoonflower. You won’t find these at Target! Very limited quantities. (Also cookbooks, resin jewelry, bookmarks and more…) Right next to
It’s going to take me a little while to figure out the appropriate pace of production for the new shop. Yesterday was a sad day — no sales, alas! As Kevin said when I told him, maybe I shouldn’t base any decisions on a random Wednesday in mid-October — that’s clearly right. Yet still, a
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It is so tricky taking photos — these polymer clay earrings are a little warmer-toned in person than in the photos, I think. It was really fun working in the shop on Saturday and seeing two teenage girls looking at these, holding them up to their ears, etc. V. charming. (As always, if you see
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New autumn earrings in the shop! But I can pull a pair if anyone wants a particular one, just comment on the photo to let me know. These are some petals from my garden, but I have to start keeping better track of flowers as I dry them, because I have no idea what they
