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Gemstone Chandelier… Part Three

wordpress — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:20:01 +0000

Here’s the chandelier covered with jewelry… (yes… again!)

It’s been a lot of fun having this hanging over my workspace. In the early afternoon, the sun would stream in and light up each piece… the amount of sparkle was incredible! I’m a little sad to see it all go… but sort of excited to try and fill it up again! Almost 60 jewelry pieces in just over 3 weeks… wow! I think that’s a personal best ;)

I’m in the process of cataloging, picture taking etc etc… will hopefully list each of these pieces, soon :) Will post links when I do!

Phew! That was a lot of wire wrapping! :)

Happy Tuesday everyone! :)

Twitter! & other little updates…

wordpress — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 04:18:06 +0000

I broke down and started a Violet Cottage twitter account… you can follow me here:

http://twitter.com/violet_cottage

Not a lot going on in twitterland yet. Working on it! Oh, and if you add me, I will certainly add you!

By the by… everything in our ebay store is on sale until the 18th of August :)

aaannnddd… that chandelier I was filling up with jewelry? It has 52 pieces on it now, thank you very much. Aaaand, got most of my college animation transferred to digital (THANK YOU S!!!), working on getting that up. Will post pictures and videos, soon… been super busy with stuff!! Need more hours in the day!!!

Have a happy friday! xo

Winding Roads & Twisting Wire

carrie — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:16:58 +0000

Nathan and I have this new ritual where after work, we hop in the car and start driving in a random direction. The goal is to explore our surroundings… which are quite rural and green.

I say “random”, but I usually steer us towards Jordan lake because we didn’t grow up near water, so lakes are awesome! We take one windy country “church” road to another… passing churches from the 1800′s, ponds, donkeys, geese, deer and lots of tractors. But we usually end up at the lake :)

Here’s yesterday’s sunset over Jordan lake…

It had been raining and storming ALL day and the air was so thick, humid and steamy… I half-expected to see sparkling vampires and werewolves burst out of the bushes to duel while wearing lots of hair product and Abercrombie.

We also stumbled across this uber cool old general store. It’s called Bynum Front Porch where they play live local music every Friday. Pretty neat-o :)

I’ve been making jewelry to fill up this chandelier… alllmost time to reveal my masterpiece… but not quite yet ;) I’ve done new things with wire that I’ve never tried before… lots of twisting and wrapping…

And Meg… in a chair… because it’s adorable :)

Ink Correspondence – The “Week of Ink”

carrie — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 01:42:00 +0000

When I want to say “hello” to someone… I don’t pick up my phone or a pen… I go to Facebook, send them an email or text message.

How forgettable.

I’ll be the first to admit I’ve gotten really lazy when it comes to connecting the proper way with the friends I care about. I hide behind the online social networks and say my hellos in bulk… or with a simple “thumbs up”. I need to be re-trained.

Not to mention that those online comments will be there for all time… so you better get it right! (The pressure!!!)

I own two large shoe boxes (A Van’s and a Doc Martin’s Box… thank you very much) FULL of little hand-folded, hand-written notes on notebook paper from all my friends in elementary, jr. high and high school. I treasure them. I served detention for a few of them. I EARNED them.

Do kids even pass notes anymore? (Maybe it’s a good thing they don’t, I dunno).

I got this crazy idea… this week… I’m going to not check in on Facebook. Instead, I’m going to send postcards and letters to my friends. Shocking, isn’t it?!?

I invited my Facebook friends to send me their snail mail addresses so I could do just that. I’ve only heard from one person so far, so… maybe my enthusiasm and idealism is creepy or something ;)

Care to join me in the throwback “week of ink” ? :)

I’ve got a stack of old postcards that were supposed to go out to friends & family while at the destinations where they were purchased. Better a decade or two late than never? Instead of “wish you were here!”, I can say… “wish we were both here!” :)

Odd Obsession…

carrie — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:29:30 +0000

I’ve been making a lot of jewelry lately… and I’ve had this strange obsession to… fill up this chandelier with earrings and necklaces before I start selling them… (I’ve always wanted a gemstone chandelier!)

The chandelier has four sides… which is perfect…

One side for green/yellow… (tourmaline, peridot, green amethyst, sapphire, citrine, chalcedony and pearls…)

One side for red/pink… (garnet, tourmaline, pink quartz, chalcedony and pearls)

One side for purples… (amethyst, fluorite, quartz and ametrine)

One side for blues… (sapphire, iolite, London blue topaz, aquamarine, apatite and blue quartz)

2 more weeks… hopefully less… to fill it up. Then the *theory* is to sell the pieces… but… I don’t know… I think they want to stay here ;)

Violet Cottage ebay clearance :) Lots o’ Bargains!

carrie — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:53:08 +0000

Lots of auctions start at 99 cents or lower… and I’ll be adding more throughout the weekend! Maybe that item you’ve had your eye on will be on the list of 99 cent starters :) Click here to take a peek!

And all our other inventory is on sale… yay!

If there is a specific item you’d like to see go on a 99 cent auction listing, click “watch this item” in the top right corner. I determine which items will be sent to 99 cent auction by the number of people watching it… so cast your vote :)

We combine shipping, too!

Here are some items that are starting at 99 cents!

Click on any image to take you to that auction :) Happy bidding! :)

The cutest video of a dog eating cheerios… EVER!

carrie — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:13:13 +0000

You really want to watch this full screen… click on the icon on the bottom right of the movie.

Nutmeg Eats Cheerios from Rather Large Robot on Vimeo.

The paw pivot is my favorite ;) Our pup is the cutest!

WDW Pics with close-ups

carrie — Fri, 28 May 2010 21:05:45 +0000

The castle front and back…

The carousel in Fantasyland…

The Teacup Ride…

A butterfly at Epcot…

And because I can’t resist… a rare up-close of Nutmeg in her native habitat with Mickey ears… (it’s a hidden Mickey Meg!)