1" Curiosities

I've been putting together some one inch by one inch shadow box pendants, and they've turned out really cute.



Collages of hand painted and stained book pages and individually antiqued letter tiles, studded with watch gears and little mechanical parts. Some are frosted with tiny rhinestones, and one even has tiny princess cut topaz loosely tumbling around inside with small blue metallic orbs. A touch of heart shaped confetti and some clipped type finish off another box. They have been way too much fun to make.



I've got some sterling chain and wire on the way, and soon my little boxes will be combined with pearls and crystals to make finished necklaces. I can't wait! I've promised a friend of mine she and her coworkers will have first pick of them, and the rest will be split between etsy and the gallery.





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Empty Shelves and Possibilites

I was invited last week to put some of my treasures in the Art and Soul Gallery in Bothell Washington. It's part of the uber quaint little Country Village So I packed up a basket full of trinkets and brought them down. Problem is, now my etsy shop is almost bare. I took down my newest box, so I'll just have to show some pics of it here.



I'm trying to whip up some little 1" shadow box pendants to fill my shelves again.



It's slow going. The surface of the paper I'm using to construct them is glossy, so I'm having a heck of a time keeping them glued in place till I can solder them. Oh well, they should turn out pretty cute. Now, what to fill them with?


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Help with photos

I'm creating this post to get some help with photos. I'm trying to photograph glass boxes with decorative interiors. I've constructed a light box, with an above light, and a light on each side, all otlites.



Here is how the pics are turning out. Very dark interiors, with glare from all other light sources.





Here is a shot with also using the flash on my camera. You can finally see inside the box, bit it's vary harsh.



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Yggdrasill

I'm working on a new box, and it seems it's just too darn small. I really didn't think this one out.
There's no way I'm fitting Asgardhr, Ljossalfheimr, Niflheimr, Jotunheimr, Svartalheimr, Muspellsheimr, Vanaheimer, Midhgardhr and Hel into a little 2" x 3" box. Not to mention all the wells, or the stags in it's branches, or the snakes in Hvergelmir.



Here is my wire Yddgrasill, in a little box with a water colored landscape behind.
I think I'm gonna have to set this box aside and work on a larger one. Oh this is gonna be a project.


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New Banner

Just whipped up a new banner for my shop, the old one wasn't cutting it.



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Slowly but surely

Oh how cool! I'm still figuring out all the neat little things to do on etsy.com, and today I visited the Storque Blog page. I was blown away when I saw one of my pieces on the front page. Too cool! You can check out the article here


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