I think this economy kind of sucks.

But I'm not really sure.

I have a confession to make: I am having a difficult time gauging the suckiness of the current economy. I live in a fairly well-off area of the world, where high gas prices don't stop people from driving their Hummers and women have rocks on their wedding bands the size of small chihuahuas. I live in a place where the most commonly listed profession is DOCTOR/LAWYER/STAY AT HOME MOM! and a house built back in 1995 is considered old.

It's a hard life, really.

I feel like what I have seen in the media lately has, strangely enough, conflicted with what's been happening in this charming little town of mine. Sure, rumors have started to swirl about so-and-so's husband being laid off, spoken in the same hushed whispers one uses to speak of leprosy. I've never actually heard someone speak of leprosy, but you know- it's the same voice that I imagine they would use if they did. Two parts sympathy, one part slight disgust.

But honestly, for the most part, it's business as usual. Friends are already asking us to buy tickets to expensive holiday concerts; co-workers are talking about the new iPod/iPhone/iWhatever they're buying their kids for Christmas.

So I've decided that I have a new way of monitoring the current state of the economy.

Is it the stock market? Nah. Is it the newscasters on TV screaming about foreclosures? Nope. Is it the stories of gloom and doom in the newspapers? Nuh uh.

It's plastic surgery. Yes, good old plastic surgery. I have been monitoring the current activity amongst my peers and their plastic surgeons. It is a time of economic crisis, right? We are supposed to be looking for ways to be frugal and save money, right?

Like, you know- maybe we should cut back on the Botox to save some money. I mean...food on the table or Restylane injections: it's a very tough choice.

But apparently it is a tough choice. Someone I know managed to say (in the very same breath) that she was, "cutting back like everyone else and trying to work more to help with child care costs" but she also had an appointment for a boob job next week and she was so excited.

Hooray! Things must be fine if we can still afford new boobs.

Right?

Right.

So whew. I was beginning to worry there for a moment. Not anymore. You can suck it, Mr. Bernanke- something must still be right in this world. We can still afford new boobs.

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Wear It Twice: Turquoise Queen

When you’re an artist, it’s sometimes difficult to get good feedback. You ask your friends and relatives what they think of your latest creation, and they undoubtedly say “It’s great!” or “It’s amazing!”. And while this isn’t necessarily untrue, it’s not quite as detailed a critique as you were hoping for.

The same goes for blogs. If you ask someone you know to check out your blog, chances are they’ll ask you “What’s a blog?”. And even if you can get them there, they’ll most likely say what friends always do. “I like it.” That’s it. So when you get a thumbs up from a place you’d never expect, it’s an exciting thing.

This week I was thrilled to be featured as one of the Style Blogs of the Week on the Be In Style blog at Pocketchange.Become.com. The entire website is an encyclopedia of trends, and features great posts on everything from fashion and beauty to babies and green-living. There’s plenty of information and eye-candy, and they welcome content from guests writers who know their stuff.

Inspirational Beading was featured with some really fun fashion blogs, including a new favorite of mine, And Now I Want It. When I was browsing through posts, I was totally charmed by the author’s use of Polyvore fashion collages. I remember using the tool ages ago and having lots of fun with it. So I immediately logged in and started playing with cut-outs. Polyvore is like a combination of paper dolls and scrap booking, but without the mess.

As I was playing, I thought of a fun new blogging idea: Take a fabulous necklace, then add basics and accessories in a simple color palette to create two very different outfits. It’s like those fashion mag articles that show you how to make 20 outfits from six pieces of clothing. Only way more fun!

The first ever Wear It Twice collage began with a really pretty multi-strand turquoise necklace. Whenever I see turquoise all alone, I think of Ancient Egypt, so I used kohl black, carnelian red and gold as the remainder of my palette.

Turquoise Queen by Mortira featuring RJ Graziano jewelry

For the outfit on the left, I started with a fashion essential - the LBD. The black bandage dress that I found was totally irresistible, and would present a fun dress-up challenge. The retro bubble skirt, paired with the strands of beads, creates a sort of circa 1984 Madonna look. So I finished it with a pair of embellished black ankle boots and golden bobby pins to match. The red clutch adds an extra splash of color and sass.

The second ensemble is much more casual. I started with a black tunic with cropped bell sleeves. This time, instead of gold, I went with cream and added stone-colored bootcut jeans, with a cream and black cloche hat to match. Cute red Oxford flats complete the look.

Both outfits make a great base for a beautiful, blue necklace. And the best part is, you can get these looks, or something like them, on Etsy!

Copyright 2010 Inspirational Beading and Polyvore.com

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Bowling Pin Pencil Skirt ...Put's you out of their league!

Looking for a great outfit to knock the first place league time off their game? Check out this fab bowling skirt we just added to our site. Now I can't guarantee that you can actually bowl in it ... but if it works ...

Pencil skirt made from a black cotton twill fabric has a bowling pin PATCH which has been attached to the skirt by thread. Note -- it is NOT embroidered into the fabric. The patch measures about 3 and a half inches wide. Skirt has 2 darts on front and 2 darts on back. 7 inch zipper closure on back and a 6 inch slit.

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Link Love :: 7-30-2010

I'm having a hard time believing that July is over. Wha? Time has been zooming along over here, what about you? It's been a good month, but a crazy one for me as I am putting the finishing touches on my e-class (registration ends tomorrow, by the way!! If you're looking to learn more about color, come join me).

Here's a few things you might have missed this week:

Friday Freebie from 74 Lime Lane: Monthly Calendar for August

DIY printed paper garlands tutorial, via Going Home to Roost

Missed the Renegade Craft Fair in LA (me, too)? Dani from Oh, Hello Friend recaps it here and here.

Awesome apothecary label downloads via Just Something I Made

Fancy doing some digital scrapbooking? Oscraps has some great special offers this weekend, including 2 free alpha sets from Danielle Young Designs. And Paislee Press just released a new layout called Press Packet No. 2 - it's on sale!

Have you heard about The Creative Empire? It's a new artist/business forum created by Megan Auman of Crafting an MBA and Tara Gentile of Scoutie Girl where creatives can go for support. Loving what I've found so far.



Happy weekending!

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The Wonder of Beads and Ring Twenty-nine

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Seed beads have a great advantage over other colorful art materials like paint, fabric and paper. If you could find opaque seed beads, and transparent ones, in exactly the same shade of cobalt blue, they would look absolutely nothing alike. And what’s more, they would react in totally different ways to other beads and colors. The way each type of bead finish plays with light creates a totally unique color experience. It’s no wonder that a beader can never have enough - there are thousands to choose from, and each one is totally different from the last.

Today’s ring uses a zesty and zany combination of transparent cobalt and chartreuse, with a little fiber optic pink to top it off. It really pops! Replace either the green or blue with an opaque version, and the ring would look completely different. Or, try picturing it with all color-lined seed beads instead. It’s not the same at all. You could say that none of these options is better or worse than the others, but I’m awfully fond of the glow that occurs when the transparent beads pick up the sunlight.

Ring # 29 - Atlantis Star

Transparent cobalt has always been one of my all time favorite bead colors. I have a pretty large collection of perfectly round cobalt blue Lucite beads that I may never have the courage to part with. Even when I was using plastic beads, I hardly ever used my blue ones. They glow and shimmer in a way that makes my inner magpie drool and do cartwheels. I will probably be stuck with them forever, like some kind of vanity related baggage.

I made “Atlantis Star” to match my entry for the Etsy BeadWeavers July challenge, which is still a work in progress. I have a pretty good stash of transparent cobalt Miyuki seed beads, but I don’t mind parting with them, because I can always get more.

Copyright 2010 Inspirational Beading and The Sage's Cupboard

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Week 7 :: Falling out of love

This week's blogging prompt is suppose to be about how we fell out of love with a particular technique. My problem is that I don't know that I have a specific technique that I've done over and over, then got tired of and never did again. So, with that in mind, I thought I'd turn this topic around a bit and talk about falling out of love with an idea, and share some lessons learned with something that didn't work for me: consignment.

What is consignment? For artisans, it's the act of placing your work in a retail store for that store to sell. You retain ownership of your work until it's sold, and the store will take a percentage of the sale (or mark-up/adjust the selling price to include their cut). It's different than wholesaling, because the store is not purchasing your work outright; instead, you are essentially renting space. The pros to consignment is that your work is being displayed in a new venue in front of a (potentially) new audience, an audience that gets to see and hold your work (a definite benefit over online shopping). The downside to consignment is your work may not sell, and if it does, you may have to wait for payment.

My first and only experience with consignment can be classified under "not good", and it has made me gun-shy. On the surface, it was a dream offer; the shop catered to local handmade goods of all types. The reality… well, maybe the reality wasn't too far off from the dream, but I can honestly say I was too new and inexperienced. The offer came before I even established my business, and I felt pushed into having a meeting with the shop owner. So I went, even knowing this was happening too fast, and it was a truly awkward, horrible, dent-to-the-ego experience. The silver lining about it all is that I did learn a few things. Here's what I walked away with:

Lesson 1: Don't rush; it's okay to stay small for as long as possible. It's okay to take things slow, to build your stock up, to find your own personal voice, and to work on just having a business and building a customer base before branching out to other selling avenues.

Lesson 2: Experience and research are good. Take time to figure out your style, your branding, your prices, and your target audience. Take time to get your business set up, including legal and tax information. And take some time to visit stores ahead of time to see if your work would be a good match before you make an approach.

Lesson 3: Prepare, prepare, prepare. Be as prepared before meeting with the owner or manager as you can. Ask questions from fellow artist friends about what to expect when consigning, and do some research online. Go to the meeting with questions of your own, and have any paperwork ready.

Lesson 4: Trust your instincts. I was wildly uncomfortable through this whole experience, but I didn't trust my gut. To compound my anxiety, the attitude of the manager was very abrasive, very demanding, and it was a bit of a shock for my first experience. Was it her being tough or me being so green? I don't know, but now that I've had some experience selling, I feel like I'd be in a better position to approach consignment should that opportunity present itself again.

With all this being said, I also wanted to point out that just because my experience was a rough one doesn't mean other people have had a hard time consigning. My friend and fellow designer Vicki Potter from Orion Designs has been consigning for 10 years, and I asked her to share some tips for success.

Vicki's tips:

1. Make an appointment at the store with someone who is in a position to make a decision regarding whether or not they want to carry your products. This may seem obvious, but I highly recommend not doing “cold calls”. Without an appointment, you never know who will be on duty. It may be a sales clerk with no authority and you will have wasted your time. Some may ask you to leave samples. Because of the price points of my products and the one-of-a-kind nature of them, I will never do this and recommend against it.

2. Once the store owner has agreed to carry your product, there are some basic questions you need answers to. Who is responsible for lost inventory? In my experience, that is always the store. What percentage of your sales will the store keep? This can range from 30% - 50%. How often will they pay you? Most places will pay by check after the 15th of the following month. This seems to be pretty standard.

3. You can gather all of the items you plan to leave with the store and take a few pictures of the collection. This may come in handy not only to help identify missing items later, but if someone wants a pair of earrings to match a certain necklace, that photo will save you a trip to the store.

4. Now that you’ve left your product (you may want to start out with a small amount) at the store, create a file (I use a spreadsheet) identifying all of the items you left there. Use as much detail as you are comfortable with. You can start this with a copy of the consignment sheet you left at the store. I use an old fashioned 2-part receipt book and I make sure to get a signature on both copies before I leave. This signifies that they agree with the list of items you’ve left for them.

5. Each month, when you get your consignment report and sales check (hopefully), check the math and update your master list (spreadsheet). If possible, visit the store at least once a month to see how your work is displayed and to do a rough inventory check. If something looks awry, don’t be afraid to ask questions about whether or not something has sold. It may be “missing” or it may be caught in a timing situation – your visit may occur before the latest checks are written. Remember, you still own this inventory and will keep much better track of it than any store ever will, even those with computerized inventory systems.

6. What to do when a piece (or more!) is missing? Being able to produce all of your paperwork will give you a great advantage. If you can prove that you actually left the piece at the store (your signed consignment sheet), that you have not been paid for it (your consignment report from the store) and that it is not physically in the store (visual inspection), you have a good case for them to pay you for that piece.

7. Some people may say that wholesaling your work is a preferable arrangement - I say, yes and no. With wholesale, you get paid either immediately or within 30 days, whether the items have sold or not. But, the payoff may be much less, as wholesale pricing is generally 50% of retail. Many small art galleries are not in a position to make purchases of artwork. I like having my work displayed in those types of stores and am willing to go through the trouble of consignment to do so. One other never discussed part of wholesaling is this – what if your items don’t sell? With consignment, you can always trade-out one piece for another. When your items are owned outright by the store, they may end up in a sale basket in the back corner after a few months. Ask me how I know. It doesn’t feel very good.

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BIG thanks to Vicki for taking the time to share her knowledge! If you're thinking about consignment, I hope this helps give a well-rounded view of what to expect. Not all experiences are as bad as mine was, and consignment can be a steady revenue source. If you currently consign with a shop or two, I'd love to hear your own stories!



Vicki can be found here:
Etsy shop: http://www.vickiorion.etsy.com/
Blog: http://www.vickiorion.blogspot.com/
Website: http://www.badgirlsofthenorth.com/
Additional reading: Vicki's thoughts on having your eggs in different baskets

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Beading Tutorial: Two-drop Peyote Cuff

One of the most important stitches that any beadweaver will learn is the versatile and endlessly useful peyote stitch. Also called gourd stitch, the seemingly simple pick-up-one-skip-one pattern can be one of the most frustrating to master. Although the basic concept is easy enough to understand, finding the right tension and making the beads go where they should takes a lot of practice.

For first time bead weavers, I always recommend the two-bead version, or two-drop peyote stitch, which follows the exact same pick-up-stitch pattern, but is much easier to handle. By using two beads per stitch instead of one, the beadwork is less likely to curve, sway and twist. You can also create wider pieces of flat beadwork much quicker with two-drop peyote, because you're picking more beads per stitch.

To make a wide cuff bracelet: Select one or more colors of 11/o seed beads, and about 2 yards of thread suitable for beading, such as Nymo or Fireline. Thread a beading needle, and pick up one seed bead. Slide it down until there is about an 8 inch tail, and stitch back up through the bead to form a stopper.

Pick up any number of seed beads divisible by 4 - but not so many that stitching will be difficult. 24 beads is a great number for a basic cuff bracelet. Slide the beads down to the stopper, and turn the beadwork so that the stop-bead is at the top.

Pick up 2 seed beads and slide them over the needle, but do not push them down to the main beadwork. Grasp the bottom 4 seed beads from the original 24 with your left thumb and forefinger, making sure that the entire strand is snug against the stopper. With the needle in your right hand, skip the first two beads, and stitch up through the 3rd and 4th seed bead. Pull the thread gently until the new beads are secure against the beadwork.

You should now have a little square of 4 seed beads at the bottom of the beadwork. This completes the first stitch. Pick up 2 more seed beads, and perform another peyote stitch: Grasp the beadwork firmly, and skip the next two beads in the strand, stitching up through the following two. Gently pull the thread tight, and make sure the new beads are snug.

Continue adding seed beads two at a time until your thread exits the top of the bead strand - do not stitch through the stop-bead. Turn the beadwork over again, so that the stop-bead is at the bottom, and the first row of beads is to your left.

Pick up 2 seed beads, and stitch up through the two raised beads in the previous row. Pull the thread tight. Continue adding beads in this manner, flipping the beadwork to start each new row.

To add new thread, remove the needle when there is about 4 inches of thread remaining at the end of a row. Attach a stop bead to a new length of thread, and stitch into the beadwork at least 6 beads down from your last stitch. Exit from the same beads as your previous thread. Weave the old thread into the beadwork and trim. Pick up the new thread, and continue stitching as before.

When the beadwork is the desired length, complete the last row, making sure that your working thread is exiting from the opposite side as the original stop bead, so that the rows are even. Use the remaining thread, and the original tail, to attach each half of a clasp.

If desired, you can use your favorite fringe technique to embellish the top and bottom edge of the cuff, which will help protect the threads. My Monster Mash cuff has straight fringe using 2-5 seed beads at random.

Give it a try! Two-drop peyote is a great introduction to basic flat beadweaving, and is perfect for one of a kind bracelets!

Copyright 2009 Inspirational Beading

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Fear when thinking big

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I haven't mention it before, but I'm taking an e-class with Tara about breaking through and telling my own story. Last week, part of our assignment was to list our fears, what we think might be holding us back. Coupled with Tara's post about fear over on Scoutie Girl, the idea of fear has been on my mind the last few days.

My first instinct is to say I don't have any fears to break through when telling my story like others do. That what I need is not necessarily a life cheerleader (though those are nice!), but a life editor to help me focus all my dreams and goals into one cohesive journey. But after reading Tara's post about fear, I realized that's not true.

My fear is not the fear of failure. It's there, but I've failed at things before, so that particular fear is pretty tiny and easily ignored. That surprises me since I don't have a solid Plan B if I walk away from Catie's Blue today or tomorrow; I've put the last three years of my life into this business, spending waking moments working working working, and sleeping moments dreaming of new projects (true story - my entire Drop of Color series came from a dream). Do I want to succeed? Absolutely! But the fear of failure doesn't hold me back.

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No, my fear is of not living up to my potential and finding out that I'm not as good as I think I am.

My fear has led to me reading any crafty business post I can find, obsessing over techniques and how I can make them my own, straining to figure out how to be more financially sound, hurrying to find my place in a big artsy world. I think these manifestations are easy to understand (and something I think most small crafty business owners can relate to), but why am I so fixated on being good enough or better? Am I still looking for approval from peers, friends, family? I feel like I've been successful so far, but is that not enough? Truthfully, no. After I thought about it all weekend, I realized, that no, it's not enough.

Before you think I'm incredibly arrogant or ungrateful, let me explain. I do feel grateful for every single order, every. single. one. But I have some pretty big dreams, and haven't yet crossed off enough on my goal list. There's still more to learn! There's still more I can do. I can feel it, living inside me. I can't ignore it because it has a really loud voice (and, strangely, sounds like every single person in my life who has had an influence on me, all at the same time). I think I'm always going to be looking for ways to improve, things I can do better, ways to grow. I don't know that I can ever just settle, and I think that's okay. I can be grateful and hungry at the same time, can't I?

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I've mentioned goals before, so let me add one more that I've had since last fall, something I haven't shared with anyone yet: I want to write an ebook on color to help visual artists, but my fear has me thinking I might not be good enough to do it. Would anyone want to read it? What if it's not as helpful as I think? This on top of worries like: Do sales equal validity? If I sell more, will I be more respected, more appealing as a jewelry designer? Will people like what I'm creating, or have I not yet gotten my story across?

I don't have any concrete answers to those questions, just faith, gratitude, and a determination in spite of my fear. I'm going to own it, and name him Marco. As scary as it is for me to acknowledge Marco, and to share him here on my blog, I think it's necessary to respect him as valid. The trick is not let his voice take over my brain and drown out my own.


Photos are from the amazing Lori Koop. Visit her site, www.lorikoop.com, for more information, or to sign up for her UpWords Newsletter.

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Ugh.

A few things:

1. I received the Well Traveled Top on Friday and it is awesome. I think I have a new favorite label- the smartypants at Prairie NY placed vertical seams (almost like princess seams) into the top, which makes it very slimming and fitted without making me look like a stuffed tube of sausage. I loves it.

2. I also received my Alexander McQueen Studded Denim leather jacket on Friday and I also loves it. Ohmy- it is just too cute for words. And I never thought I'd use the word "cute" to describe Mr. McQueen. CUTE! CUTE! IT'S CUTE@!!@!!

3. I think my ADAM maxi dress will be here before we leave tomorrow. At least that's what the UPS tracking claims. Just my luck, Mr. UPS man will dick around and be late, or the dress won't fit (or be too long because according to Shopbop it's 60" long and I'm 62" long and, well, while sometimes I feel like my head is only 2" high, I know it's not) and god damnit shit all to hell I am pretty sure that having this dress will make my life complete. I know I said that about all of the other 2093473204738 dresses hanging in my closet that I never wear, but I am really feeling it with this one, guys. Really! This is the one!

4. Ha.

5. I don't want to go on vacation. I am just not feeling very vacation-y right now. Anyone want to go for me? You can hang out with the geriatric set and drive around in the nice, warm, sunny weather in their two golf carts. Oh god, the awesomeness is killing me. I can't be in the fucking sun. Me + Sun = having a rash on my face so bad I look like I'm a 13-year old with out of control hormones and bad acne. Husband also shot down my idea to hire a personal umbrella holder for me, so you know, I will stay nicely shaded in the sun and not have this Lupus thing kick me in the ass. And how cool would it be to have a personal umbrella holder? I'd make him dance around me like Farnsworth Bentley! And I would say, "Dance, umbrella boy, DANCE!"

6. Goddd how did I marry someone so unfun.

7. One (cheaper) solution for this dilemma: UMBRELLA HAT!

8. Another solution: Stay indoors the entire freaking time. Joy.

9. Best solution: Sit and bitch about having to go on vacation, while wearing an umbrella hat, while staying indoors the entire time. I will do this.

10. I need to take my bitchy britches off, huh.

11. Stevie got her new puppy today!

12. It is a french bulldog, and its name is "Ingeborg". Oh heck no. She's officially not allowed to have any human children.

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