My Stuuudio ::said in an affected accent::

Here's my jeweler's bench. It's new and spiffy! I broke it in a little bit today. ^_^


...and my photo studio! I know, I know, it's spectacular. I had to set this up so I can take decent pictures of my new creations during the winter! I can't count on sunshine in Columbus these days.
So that's my studio in a nutshell. It'll be a lot more cheerful once we paint the basement but it works for now!

Shadow's Got a Reindeer

I'll eventually get around to more jewelry design topics but for now... my dog on Christmas morning!

Just in case you were wondering, the reindeer toy lasted about another 5 minutes.

She's Sweet, She's Hot, She's Mellow...

Silly Shorts

Grr, It's Cold Out Here.

"The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too." - Samuel Butler

www.MollyStuff.com

Hey! Check out my new website, www.MollyStuff.com! I'm sure that the url is not much of a surprise but now it's official!

MollyStuff Website Launch

I'm excited to say that I'm going to launch my website tonight! I hope that you will check it out when I give out the link!

Just a little teaser:

A Festive Flirtation

Out of the Pink Sky of Etsy Team Columbus included one of my snow pendants in her treasury, A Festive Flirtation! There are some other Etsy Team Columbus members included in the treasury, so please check it out while it lasts!

Here's a screen print:

Workin' on My Website

I'm starting my own website so look for the link next week!

Thx!

Working on looking even less like this:

Happy Thx-giving!

Dance

Wintery Post on Etsy Team Columbus Blog

Michelle over at Etsy Team Columbus included my Custom Initial Pendant in her post about wintery items!

First Snow

There are a lot of great items in the post! Check them out!

Picture is from Winter 2007 in Buffalo

Just Listed: Scripted Necklace

Snow Collection- Scripted Necklace

Catchin' snowflakes!

Sn*w

It snowed today!


In between some custom pieces and other projects, I've been working on the Sn*w Collection. I better get these posted on Etsy! I just set up a "lightbox" in the basement so I can take pictures inside. It's not set up perfectly yet, and I need a tripod but at least I have some photos of my latest collection to share!

RIP Bucky

Buds

I need to take some pictures of some new jewelry... but in the meantime... here's my buddy and meeee!

Etsy Team Columbus November Fall Giveaway!

from the Etsy Team Columbus Blog:

Etsy Team Columbus is excited to announce our first Virtual Giveaway! In preparation for the holiday season we have decided to giveaway $10 gift certificates from each of the following Street Team members shops!

Arteest
Handmade by Andrea Baker
Miss Megan Mac
Molly Stuff
Jewels Of Luxury
Aressa
Artsi Bitsi
Tsurubride
Smarty Pants Design
Baby Gees
Out Of the Pink Sky Designs

Holy Mollie! That's a lot of cool stuff you can win, worth over $100! All you have to do is join our mailing list (if you have not done so already) AND visit a participating artists shop and leave a comment here about your favorite item(s).
Winner will be chosen at random on November 30th! Good Luck!

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Happy birthday, old guy!(photo of Jacob and Brian, courtesy of me, 2006)

Ugggggh... ::rolls his eyes::

Shadow did not want to dress up for Halloween and is annoyed in this picture but come on... I had to do it for his first Halloween with us!

Simple Silver Gift Guide!

I'm super stoked because this little bangle is in the Etsy Simple Silver Gift Guide! I feel like I'm in great company in this guide so I'm soooo excited! Check out all of the awesome jewelry in the guide!

Simple Silver Gift Guide

Tree Drawings

I have a few new drawings of trees that I am thinking about selling at MollyStuff as limited edition ACEOs. Here's one of them:
Maybe I should change the color of the leaves according to season?!

Snow Collection

I am going to have some fun with this collection! I've designed a few necklaces, each is a little different. One has a single flake, one pendant has 3 little charm flakes, and the third has the word "snow" written on it. Each flake in the collection will be different from the other flakes... and they'll have a hand-drawn/artistic quality to them.


One of the hand-drawn flakes. The pendant will be hand-pierced out of sterling silver.Here is the "snow" necklace. It will be hand-pierced out of sterling silver as well!

Show and Tell!

I don't normally blog about random products I find on the internet but I love this. I want it. So there. I found this on Kitchen Critic while researching snowflake designs.

Fred Calf and Half

An “udderly” adorable addition to your breakfast table, the Calf and Half Jug by Fred always gets a second look. The clever glass design looks like a traditional milk jug on the outside, but the interior glass wall is shaped like a cow’s udder. Much better than just pouring from the carton, the Calf and Half has a quirky modern style. The Jug holds 150mL of milk making it perfect for serving with after dinner coffees and is bound to start people talking. Available for pre-order now from Firebox, the Calf and Half Jug should arrive on the 28th of October..

Calf & Half - £14.95

*Snow*

Gonna have to start sketching and designing!


(image from Ken Libbrecht's Field Guide to Snowflake)

On a Blog

The "U" pendant from my initials collection has been included in a collage of alphabet jewelry. Here's the blog!

Snoooowflakes!

It's not official yet... but I'm starting to feel a little cold here!

Oh, The Dramaaa

I don't have too much time on my hands... I promise.




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Mind Mapping

I'm giving a "seminar" on mind mapping in my house tonight for Etsy Columbus! Woooot. I just wrote the outline and I found some fun files of old mind maps. My favorite was this crazy "scents" mind map from my days at P&G. I hope I'm not breaking any laws by sharing this but I really doubt that this would be of any importance to anybody. Seriously... what the heck? This doesn't make any sense anyway... scents to baby skin problems? Hmm...

Twitter / Over Capacity

I wanted to tweet but I got a page with this image instead, saying that there were too many at the moment! Annoying but cute. Can't hate 'em.

It's Close

or

It's a close race between a Japanese-inspired collection and a snowflake collection (according to my little blog poll). Let your voice be heard! Speak out! Don't let the next collection be a disappointment to you, my people! Wait! Am I designing jewelry or running for office? I'm silly.

I love this guy.

He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.

-Albert Einstein(image from Wikipedia)

Poll

Hey! I just put a poll up over there.

Initials Collection... Completed!

I decided over the summer that I wanted to make all of the letters in the alphabet for my Initials Collection. Even though some initials are unpopular, I want to have one of everything. I wouldn't want somebody who is looking for a pendant with a "Y" in it to be frustrated because she can't see what it would look like.

Here is the completed collection:
Now I can start thinking of a new collection... yay!

Shadow

We picked up this beautiful one and a half year old lab/boxer mix at the Franklin County Animal Shelter on Monday! What a great addition to our family!

X O X O

On a more personal note...

Happy Anniversary!
Be joyful. Grow to maturity. Encourage each other. Live in harmony and peace. Then the God of love and peace will be with you.
2 Corinthians 13:11 (NLT)

I've Been Featured in a Treasury: round and round we go

I always get excited about being included in a treasury! Here's a link to it: http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=10405

Check it out! This specific treasury will be up until tomorrow evening.

Featured Etsy Seller: Bovine Bubbles

Your shop:

http://bovinebubbles.etsy.com or www.bovinebubbles.com (both seem to be a neverending work in progress)

What is your favorite item?
Hum, kind of a toss up but at present its my Pumpkin Custard Buttercream seen here http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=14783231

OR my Vanilla Amber Hand and Body Mousse http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=12703566

What item in your shop gets the most attention (if not sales)?
The two amber products I sell as well as the OGM Wrinkle Cream

If you had a thousand dollars to spend solely on your shop, what would you do (marketing, materials, more hands)?
$1000.00....a new website layout professionally done, custom labels and a clone or two of me to help out around here.

Design:
What inspires you?
I don't have one thing in particular, but when I make soaps the creativity usually comes from something I saw. Be it in nature, a store or one of my child's drawings. I try to bring that back to life in my soap colors/scents.

What is your favorite color combo?
I love green(celery) and brown. Actually anything nature inspired is good with me!

What is your favorite lifestyle/design magazine?
Cant say as I really have one....

What blogs do you visit regularly?
I must admit I am not a faithful blog follower. I do have several bookmarked and when the mood strikes I go visit. I have my own that i have only every updated twice.....

Life:
What is your “normal Saturday” like?
Chaos! Between the child and chores and domestic bliss Saturdays usually come and go at the speed of sound. We have a farm and animals and weekends are usually spent doing the Honey do lists that have been created all week.

Where is your favorite vacation spot?
Mctavish Lake, Sk...accessible only by plane.

What is your favorite food?
Anything Thai, i like it spicy!

The Pain I Go Through...

... to be inspired.

I had never been to the Franklin Conservatory before, and I didn't really have much to do today so I decided to take a little inspiration trip over there. It started out great and I got some good pictures!

Waterfalls are cool... I like how the camera was slow enough to get the movement of the water:

I think I liked the desert area the most. Cacti are pretty sweet:


Maybe I just didn't like the rain forest because when I (quietly and peacefully) went to visit the lorries...I was viciously bitten and clawed! They got me once and they left for a second so I could realize what was going on and they came back repeatedly! Gah! They got my cheek, shoulder, arm, and hand. Um... yeah... my visit ended there. I didn't take the time to complain to anybody or do anything... I just wanted to come home!!!!

Lesson learned: don't go into enclosed spaces with EVIL tropical birds.

Stone Cold Fox: Susan B. Anthony

(image from http://www.civilrightspictures.com/)

I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do
because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.
-- Susan B. Anthony

New Font: Century Gothic

This is slightly old news but in case you haven't noticed...

I have changed my logo and whatnot to a new font! I think it makes my shop/identity look a little less "girlygirlygirl". Not that there's anything wrong with being purely girly but I wanted to convey that my designs are modern/contemporary as well!

Whadya think?

Open Door Art Studio

I'm really happy to announce that some of the jewelry from my Circles and Art Nouveau Collections will be on sale at the Open Door Art Studio, in Grandview! Also, I want to promote the Passion Works show their having this coming month. It's from August 30th to September 23rd.