Clinkscales Arts

Today didn’t start off all that fabulous. Monday mornings always mean payroll at work and too many hormones floating around my office this morning got on my nerves. But then I came home for lunch and B was here. He didn’t have to work today. We had lunch and as we sat there eating, I was struck with the feeling of how lucky we are to have what we have and how hard we have worked to keep it. I smiled at him and said, “Do you realize how lucky we are to have each other?” *Smile* Answer: “Yeeeees, I know.” Dripping with the sarcasm I love the most.

And then…I got back to work after lunch and Carol had sent me a message saying my earrings were on the front page of Etsy. I was featured in a beautiful Treasury List made by SimplyTess. You just can’t buy the kind of advertising that being on the front page can bring. I got well over 300 views on just those earrings, and picked up about 31 hearts for my shop and 25-30 on individual items.

Then I got home this evening, took a little cat nap because I couldn’t keep my eyes open, and cooked supper for B and me. I bought some gumbo mix and shrimp at the grocery store Saturday and that’s what we had tonight. It was pretty good if I do say so myself. But then again, all I did was follow the directions. Reheat some leftover green beans from last night and toast up a big pan of garlic bread and it’s all good around here.

Aimee over at Aimeeroo.com is hosting all types of pink giveaways to promote breast cancer awareness in October. I donated a pair of sterling silver pink and brown crochet earrings and she has bundled them up with a bunch of other fabulous pink items and is giving them away on Tuesday, October 23rd.

All you have to do to enter is comment on her Pink Giveaway post. Don’t forget to include your email address she can contact you when you win all of that pink goodness!

Sterling silver hoops - Grey & blue, originally uploaded by ClinkscalesArts.

This week, I’ve listed two new color combos in my shop. I have these gorgeous gray and blue earrings and a fabulous pair of brown and red. These were made for a wholesale order, but I loved them so much, I had to list them in my own shop.

Sterling silver hoops - Brown & Red, originally uploaded by ClinkscalesArts.

This is a sneak preview of new color combo that will be available in my Etsy shop this week. Watch for updates!

I just listed these crochet earrings in my shop. I found a wonderful new sterling silver hoop to use as a base and it really gives the earrings a presence.

On a side note: I still haven’t listed my bear or quilt. I can’t get a good picture of the two together, but have great shots separately. Maybe they just weren’t meant to be a pair.

Back to the earrings at hand:

I’ve been working on a new design for my Crochet Earrings. These are more open and lacy. After working with the bright colors for the consignment order, I needed some soft, muted tones to calm me. I’ve done these in Sky Blue & Linen, Cafe Pink, and Sage Green. They will also be available in Violet, Butter and White. They are now available.

I’ve been meaning to post for a while, but I didn’t realize it had been almost a month since I updated my blog. Life gets in the way! I’ve been busy getting a consignment order ready for Paper Boat Boutique. They had contacted me and asked if I consign my Crochet Earrings. I’ve never done consignment but decided to give it a try. My problem was they requested ‘a variety of bright colors’. Bright colors are not my style at all, but I decided to step out of my comfort zone and create some for them. The earrings turned out pretty good.

Jen Wallace featured my sage and pale blue earrings on Indie Fixx today!  I was so excited to get the message from her.  Thanks so much, Jen!

 

Now that I’ve been on Indie Fixx, I feel famous, so for a week I’m offering 20% off of any item in my shop.  I’ve even decided to include custom orders on my Crochet Earrings.  Just put FAMOUS20 in the message to seller box when you checkout.  I’ll send you and adjust invoice to pay from. 

Here’s a kitten I made as a custom order on Etsy.  I picked out the yarn and it was a bitch to make!  It’s a good thing it turned out as cute as it did - it was waay too much trouble to wind up being ugly.  Click for bigger pics.