Tuesday, December 29, 2009

BRRRRRR!



Yeah, it's cold out! Put another log on the fire!
We are gathered inside as the wind whips around the house. It is nine degrees F out. Yup, nine. Add in the wind and you get one of those nights when you feel sorry for any living thing out there. The bears will be dug in fast asleep somewhere. The chickadees team up in a hollow out of the wind. The bird feeders were packed today as they fueled up. The turkeys are probably huddled under our summer gazebo. That's where they spent a lot of last winter. Yes we feed them too.

Harper and Ramona are busy playing with their Fling a String. Someone needs to put a motion detector on off switch on that. As soon as I turn it off they want it on again. We also have one of those mouse under the dome toys and a basket of fussy toys. The biggest attraction right now is the wood stove where everyone gathers.

I meant to get more designs finished for the Etsy shop but video work has caught up with me. And if this cold goes away there is skiing to be done. But I have my bench covered with supplies and a box of gorgeous Czech glass pieces I bought to make jewelry with. And lots of ideas. I am going to do it, really.

I haven't been to the shelter for ages but it's been on my mind. There is a new group taking it over which I hope will work out. It's a long story. They have had some rough times but it is still a decent place for a poor homeless feline. I wish I could win the Megabucks and then I could help Megacats.

I am working on linking the Etsy shop and my blogs together. I'd love to sell a few pairs of earrings a week, not so many that I burn out on it again, but enough for fun and profit. We'll see.

Friday, December 04, 2009

Busy Day



Yesterday we drove down to Concord to pick up a new video camera for our video business and today I am working on getting ready for friends arriving tomorrow. I have a pile of earrings and pendants to post on Etsy, hope I can get to it today!
The earrings above are on the Etsy shop, they are Czech glass with freshwater pearls and sterling silver.

More tomorrow.

Wednesday, December 02, 2009

Zuleme on Etsy



I am busily adding pieces of my handmade jewelry to my new shop on Etsy. It is great fun, I have made my first sale and I am really happy with the idea of being able to make one of a kind designs. I've been a jeweler for over thirty years (yikes) but I burned out on it after years of selling wholesale and doing craft fairs. I am a juried member of the League of NH Craftsmen.

Once we started producing videos for clients I just could not keep up and I let the jewelry go and put the tools in the attic. It took quite a few years for me to feel, once again, that it was actually fun to sit down and make something.

I look forward to playing with new techniques and having fun with designing pretty things again.

But no craft fairs I hope. I love the idea of posting items on line and that's what I'll be doing.

So here's a link to my new shop at Etsy. Please come on over.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/Zuleme