Get Ya Cab on....

To the right is one of my latest pieces. Crazy Lace with 9ct gold Ring. Going to put this one up on Etsy soon.

Anyway....staying with the theme of my title for this post...I have finally paid for about 20 cabs and am in the middle of buying more. The ones I am still buying at the mo are on the larger side. I love jewelry on the large/chunkier side of things, I like 'look at me' 'where'd u get that from?' kind of jewelry. Always have, probably always will. So I cannot wait to get my hands on the bigger cabs that I've chosen, it won't be for a while yet, but that is a good thing as I have run out of silver :(

I've been working on a piece for my MIL but it didn't work out...so I have to try it again...I have just enough silver for that. I do have a heap of scrap to send in and have refined though...so that will give me back some silver, I'm just too lazy to do it.

A New Addiction.

Oh Boy. I am trying to think of things I can sell, that I don't use or never did use.....so I can buy......cabochons. I LOVE looking at cabochons and I like touching them and admiring them and thinking of all the lovely things I can make with them.

Right now I am trying to find a really really huge one, so that I can make myself a massive ring. I love really large jewelry, so I am on a mission to find a fantastic stone that will stand out. But whilst doing this...I see many, many, MANY gorgeous cabochons that I just MUST have......

I already have about 20 coming soon....but I want more.....I am sure most of you have been or are going through the very same thing?

Going to do it!

Sell on Etsy that is!
Well try it out anyways. Think I am going to give myself 6 months...that should be long enough to see if I am going to have any kind of chance with selling my jewelry there.

Hubby has put the pressure on...I need to start selling what I have made before I make much more. I understand what he's saying. And I really don't want this fab new hobby to diminish into nothing and let all my new found skills become redundant and the only way to get more skilled and learn more is to create more. And the only way I can create more or rather can afford to create more, is to sell and use those profits to fund new materials...blah blah blah...you all know the drill.

To the right is a picture of a Blue Web Jasper Heart pendant(if I recall correctly). I originally made it for myself last week (I always make it for myself to begin with lol) but my hubs has talked me into trying to sell it on. So I will. It's a nice weighty piece (the kind I love). Just gotta give it the final touch up (clean) and it's good to go. Though I have no idea what price I should ask for it. That I think is going to be one of my obstacles. Trying to get the price just right for buyers. Go too low and they'll think it's crap...go to high and that'll just scare em right off!

Anywho...I have already got an account there and a banner and business cards and so on and so forth. All I have to do is make some more pieces and then slowly list away..........

Taking It Slowly.

in the jewelry making department anyway. Since putting my things up for sale in my mum's antique store, I feel like I can relax a bit. I want to take my time with the next few pieces I make and try a few new things out. I have a couple of ideas whirring around and I have sketched one of them out.

I am thinking of giving Etsy a go (when I have a bit of a collection made), tho there is so much competition on there it isn't going to be easy. I am buying up a heap of new cabochons on Ebay this week. I am getting some from Hong Kong again. There really isn't anywhere to buy any from in Australia. I have searched many different avenues and not really had much luck. At least with our dollar being so good at the moment, I can afford to get them from other countries.

I haven't had a very good day today. So I am sitting at the computer watching a dvd on my laptop and playing on the internet, with a nice hot cup of tea to sip. Wish I had some biscuits.....but I'm s'posed to be dieting now :(

I'm In The Shop.

To the right is a picture of my jewelry in my cabinet at my mum's antique shop! Finally! We all went up to her shop on Saturday and my husband and my dad put the cabinet together, whilst I tagged and priced all my stuff. It's so hard trying to price everything. I basically let my mum price them, but I am starting to think I might bring the prices down a bit when I go up there next.

So now I am not in a rush to get things made. I can take my time to make some new pieces. I am trying to get my hands on some new cabochons, preferably all bright coloured ones. I have many earthy toned ones and I don't really feel inspired to use them.

Several of the pieces I have put in the shop were originally intended for me...but my hubby convinced me to try and sell them...I guess I can take them back if they didn't sell.

Here are some more pendants I made last week to go into the shop.