new pin

just thought i’d post the pin i just put on ArtFire.  Have two more to finish.  Lots to do in the weeks before i head out again!

    

so, it’s back to it for me.

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samples

a few weeks ago i got back some samples that had been in my local quilt shop.  i have decided i am going to sell them.  i will be sending out an email from the webpage to offer them and if they don’t sell that way – am going to try them on ebay.   going to offer them at $25, or best offer.  i would normally charge $100 to do one of these blocks on commission.  if you would like to receive the notification and didn’t receive the first newsletter i sent – please send me your email address at jrixman@yahoo.com . 

other than that, and cutting kits in great numbers ^_^, not much happening in the applique world right now.  did draft a design for putting the nearly nouveau samples together in a quilt.  the urge seems to be gathering strength, so it’s a good bet i will actually do it.  also being nudged by the super simple wall hanging – time to fill a couple more spaces!  and it’s time to do a mate for the lily of  the valley and #17 of the ancient art series.  needless to say i am not lacking for items on my to do list!

and then, there are the pins – which i seem unable to stop doing!!  so here is the latest – obviously only the front finished.  this one may have some fringe or dangles added. ???

 

 

 

 

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sat 11/28

who stole this week?  i mean, seriously, how did it get to  be saturday again??  i now have living proof that time flies when you are having fun!! ^_^

sure hope your thanksgiving was good and filled with some of your favorite foods – mine sure was.  and so much for watching calories. ^_^  i mean, how does one choose just one kind of pie???  which was only the grand finale to about 5 hours of nearly non-stop eating!

no word yet from the shop in sisters, oregon.  must admit i was hoping for a plea for more!  as in, she sold all the pins and wanted more right now! ^_^  i just finished the second of 2 new ones.  only problem, i decided to try them on ebay.  looking like rather large mistake at the moment.  i mean, how in the world would anyone even find them??  only with blind luck, it seems!!  and i just went in to attempt to change the ‘name’ – hah!  can’t.  and to add a ’subtitle’ would cost me an additional 70 cents!  thanks, but no thanks!!  i’m certain there are tricks of the trade one uses to be properly ‘placed’ – have enough to do, don’t wanna spend time researching, etc.  wait out the 7 days and then put them elsewhere. 

for one thing – it’s nearly end of month and that means i must come up with something semi-interesting to put in a newsletter!  and figure out what the ’special of the month’ will be.  just whose idea was all this anyway???

before i leave ya’ll, here’s the two pins that are on ebay.

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tues 11/23

haven’t posted for awhile – been just adjusting to being at home ‘full time’ and working on pins and thinking about what’s next in the applique world.  it’s that time when i must create some new designs and need to have them ready by mid-jan when i head for tucson.  one good thing tho – we didn’t do that show last year, so i’ll have a good bit ‘new’ for them anyway.  looks like the first one might be a crocus, in the simpler flowers series – to kinda pair with the lily of the valley so i can hang them properly.

i am also considering the big project of making all the nearly nouveau blocks into a quilt.  will only do that if i can get carla to quilt it.  won’t be an easy job, but she kinda likes a challenge – i think. ^_^

i’m also trying to figure out a way to hang the blocks that is as convenient to hang as those long ‘boards’, but easier to transport!  oh, and i really need a #18 for the ancient art series – so #17 has a mate and can be hung properly!  have you noticed how there’s never a shortage of possibilities??  (what some might call ‘things to do’) ^_^

so, here’s a picture of the latest pin “front”.  sent 5 to sisters, oregon to be in a shop on consignment.  sue is very excited about them, saying no one else in town has anything like them, etc.  soooo, am hoping they will sell (quickly).  was making the next ones to sent to the san jose museum, but my ‘buddy’ there is leaving so not sure if i will until a new person takes over and i know they are ‘wanted’. ???  ok, here’s the picture, really ^_^

 

 

 

 

oops, sounds like erv might be here – to add the missing walls to the lovely fridge house. (big dog barking)  gotta go.

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the end

the show year is over and the rv is gone.  and it has been an interesting year.  i am ok.  doing what i need to in order to remain positive.  trusting the Universe to take care of me and knowing that life always and only gets better – despite appearances!  will use the ‘extra’ funds to get everything as current as possible and hope i can handle the final payoff arrangement.  otherwise, it’s bankruptcy time for me.  ugh.  oh what the heck – just one of those things i’ve never done and used to consider the ultimate shame.  just another life lesson. it’s all an illusion anyway! ^_^

so, stay tuned for what’s new.  this is creation time – new designs for applique and who knows what in beads.  definitely more pins to be made as i have two places to send them to be sold on consignment.  one in sisters and the other at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles!  yea!

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thurs 10/8

hi again!  been gone a while from here.  didn’t want to just keep putting ‘bad’ news out, so did the ‘no news is good news’ approach. ^_^

i’m still here.  that’s the good news.  made it past the big #70 and lived to tell the tale. ^_^  and am now preparing for my first true ‘craft’ show where i’m taking only the jewelry.  it’s an outdoor, big event in sacto (so i sound like a native ^_^) at cal expo.  called  witchapalooza!  200-300 vendors.  it’s planned as a ‘family outing’.  don’t know what to expect – first time for the show.  promoters saying 15-20k visiters.  we shall see.  am doing with my (new) friend, ron, who is also a jeweler.  he does sterling and turquoise.  talked him into coming out of ’show retirement’ to do it.  it’s just sat and sun, but long hours.  goes till 8 pm.  for me, it’s all about cashflow at the moment!  and, if it turns out to be a good show – always good to be in the first year.  even if it isn’t what they are promising – if i can see that it shows promise – i’ll do again next year.  while we must use the EZup, rest of setup won’t be bad.  not taking any quilting stuff.  so, only tables required.  we won’t put the jewelry out till the morning of.  however, we are required to decorate the booth in halloween attire – as well as oursevles.  colette from ’sew many quilts’ in tracey sent me a witch’s hat to wear!  yea!  other than that, i’ll just wear basic black. oh, and let my hair down!  that’s enough in itself!  instant witch!! ^_^

so, here are the silly pins i made just for this show.

 

 

 

and if this doesn’t make you smile, nothing will! no, not the pins, the picture below! forgot to position it, so can’t type anymore after it.  so

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yea!

did a long shot and it worked out!  so, i will be in plymouth this weekend and will (i say) make enough to save the old rv! ^_^  life is good!  more than one vendor this past weekend asked me if i was going and kind of indicated there might still be room for me.  as it turns out, i was able to get a half booth – what the heck, i deal with that in houston!!!  no reason i can’t make it work here! ^_^

so, come on down! or up! or over! ^_^  there’s also a big wine festival in the area, so you can really have a good time!  and here are some really silly pins i am going to be selling.  making them for the big witch show in sac mid oct, but will take them this weekend.

  

now aren’t those just too stupid silly! ^_^

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one more

here’s the latest pin i just posted on artfire.  also put the pink one on yesterday.  oops, just remembered – i meant to make matching earrings before i posted.  dang.  hate it when that happens. ^_^

 

 

 

 

and that’s about all the news for today.  just one week before i head up to walla walla for the next show.  oh how i pray it’s a good one.

 

new set

here is what i just posted on artfire – a full set!  it’s a pin that can be worn as a pendant and the necklace and  matching earrings are included.  i also include the adapter that allows you to convert the pin to a pendant – my own design.

     

 

 

one down and 3 to go – pins or sets in process, that is.  having a really good time with this. ^_^  however, next week i must get my act together in the other part of the business!  get ready for walla walla!

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final form

here is the purple pin as it is in final form and i am about to post it on art fire.  wish me luck!! ^_^  cupboards getting bare!  (name in art fire also jrixman)

 

 

 

sometimes even i like what i do, and this is one of those times.  sure hope it appeals to someone else as well!  i won’t  be providing a necklace with this one, but as i mentioned last time – easy enough to make your own conversion with an extra long chain.  just double it and put the pin thru the two loops and close it.

love and beauty     www.artfullyapplique.com   http://jrixman.etsy.com