New choker

I am working on a new choker.  It's not a custom made one, but it is a one of a kind.  It's black velvet of course.  I'm adding a pretty crocheted border to it right now.  It's going to have a black and gold snake pendant on it with some gold chain, and I'm still working out the rest.  I'll be posting a picture of it soon, once it has more done to it.

I'm adding more pictures to Artfire.com as soon as I do some tweaking to the photos I took.  I still have plenty of product left so get yours while you can. :-)

More jewelry made

I had only planned on finishing one necklace today, and I ended up making a necklace and matching earrings.  I'll be taking pictures of them tomorrow to post here and on artfire.com where I'll be selling them separately.  I'm still working on my woven beaded necklace.  I ran into a small snag with one of the bead choices I made, but I'm now back on track, so the entire piece will be done by tomorrow evening.

I made this!!

These are just a few of the things I have made, and they're all available at Artfire for under $20. :-)

Choker Update

This is what the choker for J looks like since I added the edging to it.  I need to put the ends on now and decide what else is going on it.  I was supposed to get with J tomorrow to go over some ideas, but she's ill so that's going to have to be postponed. If my other friend, Hollie, comes over, she may help me brainstorm some ideas since she helped me with Shiloh's choker which turned out so cool it's ice cold! :-D

Choker Update

I finished putting the edging on the choker I'm making for J.  I don't know if I posted about it on here or just over on Artfire since I finished it in the wee hours of the morning this morning.

By the way, my gift shop is over on Artfire.com, and it's called Griffin's Gifts if you want to go check it out.  I have almost a dozen things on there now, and I'll be adding some more just in time for a little Black Friday sale so please go have a peek if nothing else. :-)

As for the choker, I'll be adding the picture I took of it tomorrow after I get home from work.  It's just how it looks with the edging on.  I haven't added anything else yet. :-)  I'm getting with J on Monday, supposed to anyway, to discuss some of my ideas and see what she wants to go with.  I want her to like the choker so I'm allowing her some input but not a lot. :-)

Anyway, see you guys tomorrow!!

Edging Project

is still ongoing.

I ended up having to do some other things besides work on the edging so it didn't get done either yesterday or today.  I hope to have it sewn onto the ribbon tomorrow.  I had to order some more ribbon as well because once I cut the two pieces of ribbon I need for the current choker project, I only has two inches of ribbon left. :-)

This means I have to wait a week to get the ribbon.  Happily, my second client is willing to wait because she knows a rushed job will not be as nice as one that was well thought out and executed, and she knows those types take time.

I'm still going to post the picture of the edging once it's added to the ribbon so you can see how nice it looks before I add things to it. :-)

Today's Project

Since I have to work today, my project for today is simple and fairly easy to do.  It still takes time, but that's not an issue.

So, what am I doing?

I'm crocheting the edging for one of the custom ordered gothic chokers I'm making.  I found an edging I liked and am tweaking it to fit my purposes.  You can find the exact same edging at the following link:

http://crochet.about.com/od/edgings/ss/Lacy-Vs-Edging.htm

I am altering the pattern only a little bit, but it's enough to fit my needs.

I'll post a picture of the edging once I have it on the ribbon I'm using to make the collar. :-)  That's tomorrow's project since I have to work then too. :-)

Artfire Studio

I now have an Artfire studio so I can start working on selling the things I make.  You can go to the studio at the following link:
<a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/GriffinsGifts" style="color:#333; font-size:18px; font-weight:bold">GriffinsGifts</a><a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/GriffinsGifts" style="border:none; display:block"><img alt="Holiday - ArtFire.com" title="Holiday - ArtFire.com" src="http://static1.artfire.com/images/banners/holiday/holiday_widget_195_1.png" width="195px" height="195px" style="border:none"></a><a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/gifts" style="color:#333; display:block; font-size:14px; text-decoration:none">Find Gifts on ArtFire</a>

I've added just jewelry for right now, but I will be adding more as I get pictures taken.  Speaking of pictures, below is a picture of the first gothic style choker I've ever made.  It was a custom order so it's already sold, sorry.

I think I did very well for a first try.  What do you think?