A Productive 1st Quarter

I started out this year by setting myself a list of goals. I decided to only extend those goals through March, and then my plan was to reevaluate them. Why did I do things this way? Well, I firmly believe that one of the important things about goals is to be flexible. You never really know what's going to happen in life, and in 3 months things can change a lot! You can also learn a lot in that span of time. I'm currently in the process of revamping and rethinking my goals, and over the next week or so I'll be talking a lot about what I have or have not accomplished in the last quarter, and what my new goals are for the next quarter.

I've been keeping track of my goals (sometimes more faithfully, sometimes less so) using the site GoalForIt. One of my sets of goals has been "Crafty Goals." So today's post is about what I've accomplished in that area!

Crafty Goals: Accomplished

~ Elements Series - Wind Dancer - Number 2 in my Elements Series. Available in my Shop! $50.00


~ Create Purple and White woven earrings and bracelet for consignment - Currently Available in my consignment shop, custom requests are welcome though:) Earrings are $10, Bracelet is $25.


~ Create another woven bracelet for consignment - Currently Available in my consignment shop, custom requests are welcome though:) $25.00


~ Create orange and White woven earrings and bracelet for consignment. Currently Available in my consignment shop, custom requests are welcome though:) Earrings are $10, Bracelet is $25.


~ Elements series - Swiftly changing Waters - Number 3 in my Elements Series. Update: Sold! 4/5/09 Custom requests gladly taken - $40.00


~ Learn a new macrame knotting pattern. I must admit I'm not entirely sure how well I learned this one... This looks great, but I've been having troubles making a second one! Available in the shop I share with my Mom. $5.00


~ Heroes bracelet for Theresa - This was a custom order. I'm more than willing to make another one in any color scheme you might prefer! $25.00


~ New Geekery bracelet - Bracelet says "Etsyholic." Currently Available in my shop. Requests for custom sayings gladly taken. $25


It's been such a productive quarter I decided that I'll have to continue this post tomorrow! Until then my friends :)

All about the jewelry

First, a pretty necklace made by Gwen of Silver Soul. She had this necklace available for an auction at her workplace and I'd say that a bid of around $100 is the sign of a successful design, wouldn't you?!

So I've been thinking about doing up a few more tutorials. Anyone interested in a blog freebie tutorial for the Autumn Maple earrings above? Maybe it's because submitting projects to magazines means you need to be at least a season ahead, if not two or maybe it's because the weather here has been super sunny but with a cool breeze that makes me feel like it's fall. Thank goodness it isn't though! I'm so ready for summer! (again, sorry to those of you in the snow, I realize that someone in Southern California probably just shouldn't comment on the weather at all!)


Last but not least, a sneak preview of a project that I plan on getting a tutorial for up on Etsy- hopefully tomorrow if all goes well! As always, I'd love feedback on it, I hope it is as popular as my wire wrap ring tutorials have been.

Coming tomorrow, a picture of the knockout pendant I received from Gaea as a part of a blog giveaway she held...