Weekly update. . .September ends

Well September is nearly over, I had a nice Birthday, my ring order finally arrived. 🎉 I have continued to fail in the whole finishing off the art photography project, but other life stuff and weather just keeps complicating things. 😏 

When I pulled the package out of the mailbox, I saw the tears and was worried that some of the stuff may have escaped, luckily it was only the outer paper that tore, and all my stuff was inside. 

I double checked and counted everything against the invoice to make sure it was all there, a task in itself considering the number of different but similar things. 😅 Rings and scales in various sizes and colors.

I also did something that some people may think I'm crazy for doing. . . I ordered "mixed" color rings, instead of buying a large bag of each color I sometimes buy bags of mixed color and sort them out, you don't get as many of each color but with certain sizes that I don't use many of it is cheaper to buy a couple of bags of mixed color than to buy more bags that are more expensive. I know lots of people would not want to spend hours hand sorting rings by color, but it actually makes my OCD happy. 😁 

The bad news for the dragon on the bench is the longer it lays there the less I like it. 😒 The good news is I think I finally picked a pattern flow for the taper and now I have the rings to do it. Hopefully it goes well and I like the way it looks, otherwise me and this thing are gonna have words, likely curse words. 😅 She doesn't have a name yet so if this goes poorly it may be a naughty name in the end. 

Weekly update. . .still waiting

I am still waiting on my ring order, but I at least have a tracking number and some idea of when it will finally be delivered. 😏 In the meantime I'm still not really happy with the new dragon's tail, I did remove the mobius rope section and tried again, then removed that and tried a modified byzantine. It's ok, not ideal but I may just go with it to get this one finished. 

The art photography project is still on going, slow but progressing, I may be at it until the end of the year though. 😅

I am mostly happy with the shots I'm getting, but there is a limited window of time each day when the sun is right and the kitten often decides that is when he wants to play. 😏 The other day I had to stop because he tried to eat the cactus.

Ok so it's a "succulent" not a true cactus but still spikey and not really cat friendly for chewing. 😑 Plus for continuity and consistency of website photos it would really be best if he didn't eat my photo props. 😕

Weekly update. . .weird week

Times are weird and things are hard, here's your weekly blog post. 😅 That's a joke based on an old Christmas card if you don't get it, I'll understand just know that I'm laughing.  😉 

It has been one weird week and ended with a dental cleaning, so you can probably guess, not as productive as I had planned. I did photograph some paintings, but I haven't added or updated listings yet. I did work on the new dragon but I'm not liking the tail. 😒

it may sound crazy, but I am thinking of taking the last few inches off, I'm just not happy with the pattern transition, actually not happy with the pattern either 😏 

I think I will likely remove the rings in between and just take the mobius rope off the end and extend the boxchain portion a bit and try transitioning to a different pattern. It would likely be easier if my damn ring order would arrive, so I had the right color in the in between size I need to do the taper properly. 😔  I placed the order about 3 weeks ago, normally it would have arrived by now, but it hasn't even shipped yet due to. . .well let's not get into it (tariffs). 😶 

On a happier note, my birthday is coming, I'll be 49 and my big plan is to do . . . Nothing. 😆😅 That's right I chose nothing, my husband spent weeks asking about various plans and trips and what I want to do, and the truth is I don't want anything. I don't want to go anywhere, travelling with 3 cats is not easy but I'm not leaving for days and leaving them home. I don't want anything; I have everything I need and I'm not really a materialistic person anyway. 

Oh, sidenote he lost his iphone the other day and when he found it, it had been run over. 

so, if you have ever wondered this is what the inside of an iphone that has been run over by a semi looks like 😂😆

Weekly update. . . September!

Another week gone and minimal progress has been made. 

She has scales, but the wings are not attached, and I haven't decided on tail patterns and length. 

My shoulder has been bugging me which makes me work in shorter intervals and is slowing me down. 😒 

Hoping this week will be more productive. 😉 I am a bit frustrated with myself, the weather, the needy kitten and all the other factors involved in the art photography project not getting done. I can't believe it's September and I still haven't finished. 😔

Weekly update. . .is it fall?

Well technically it's not September until tomorrow and actual fall is still weeks away, but this shifty weather has it feeling a bit like fall already.  It's been another week of just doing the same things, photographing art and working on the new dragon project, neither have progressed as quickly as I would have liked but I also have cats. 😅

Little Merlin has been a bit needy of late, wandering through my photo shoots and jumping on my workbench, he's a great little distraction. 😏 His demands for attention are often very poorly timed and thoroughly unhelpful to me actually getting things done. 

But he is precious and adorable and I do love him, so when he shows his butt and demands I hold him, I do stop working and love on the baby, if I don't give him the attention he wants, he gets petty and destructive, walking through my rings, knocking things over. 😅  That being said I did manage to get a few paintings relisted and have photos for a few new listings too. 

Some progress has been made on the dragon project

There are wings and a body now, I just have to attach the head to the body through the scale fringe, then ya' know add a tail and cover it in scales and . . . finish it.😅

In business news: I have removed all art from MakerPlace and it is now exclusively available on goimagine.com also I removed all international shipping options from my etsy shop. 

Weekly update. . .what's next?

Well, this will be a short post, another week has passed, and I have continued to add art to the website, even though the weather has not been helpful in trying to shoot photos.  Since my workbench has been "cleared" I am now starting a new chainmaille project. 😎

I need to order some more scales and rings. I want the large scales in more colors, and I am running out of rings in a certain size, so I'll have to start a list. 😉 For now I'll just end up with a few red scales in a mostly pink dragon. 😅  

I have eliminated all art listings from MakerPlace and I plan to remove the Canadian shipping from my etsy. These steps to shrink my business are part of my plan to focus more on goimagine.com which is now the only place the art is listed. Also, I have never liked international shipping, the costs, the forms, the delays, so I'm just going to stop doing it. 😐  

Weekly update. . .50!

Well, it is mid-August, so it has taken months longer than I planned, but I have made serious progress on re-listing the art. There are now 50 paintings available currently, I have photos ready for more, and I'm getting ready to activate the framed vs unframed categories very soon. 😉  

I'm actually happy, I'm starting to feel like I'm finally getting somewhere. 😇 Although, I do have a bunch of art still to go, I think I'm close to halfway. 

I have also finished restocking several styles of bracelets, including all 4 chain patterns in all 4 house colors. 

Now that my workbench is clear, I am looking forward to starting on something new.