Thursday, July 31, 2008 No Comments
Today was a very productive day – it is also the day I decided that I will be going to the Harley Festival in York, PA on September 25-27 so if you happen to be in the area come check me out!
The only photos here I’m actually happy with are the amethyst ones – [...]
Category: Behind the Scenes
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 No Comments
This time around, I want to have a common theme uniting the various collections that I make – this will both make them easier to organize, and it lets me do my bead shopping in waves, which helps to lessen the impact. So here’s just some random notes of collections I want to do as [...]
Category: Behind the Scenes
Monday, July 28, 2008 No Comments
So I’ve never really meet anyone super cool in this area that wasn’t friends with my boyfriend already – so I was shocked when I saw how many people are in Central Pa and on the various craft sites. I was super stoked about that, and I’ve already meet some people nearby that I will [...]
Category: Behind the Scenes
Sunday, July 27, 2008 No Comments
It’s incredible just how many different ways the square knot can look – take a look for yourself. Please note that these test knots are done with a lower grade of hemp – I have it laying around but it’s way too bunky to use in production pieces, but it does well here!
Here we [...]
Category: Behind the Scenes
Saturday, July 26, 2008 No Comments
So I’m attempting to take some custom order photos – yeah that is becoming yet another epic fail. There is some random setting on the camera that has not gotten set or was reset or something, so now it won’t focus correctly in macro mode. This is making my head hurt These are [...]
Category: Behind the Scenes
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 No Comments
This is my first hemp necklace up for sale over at the Phat Hemp Etsy store. It is $20, features the marvelous lampwork beads that I mentioned before, along with some of my new multicolored hemp. The colors in this one are dark brown, white, natural, and black, done in a fishbone pattern. I’m [...]
Category: For Sale, Hemp Choker
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 No Comments
Now that I can take pictures worth a crap – well, compared to the webcam ones at least – I set up my Etsy store. I’ll try to get a piece a day up in there, but it all depends on my work schedule and my ‘I’m going insane’ schedule. You’ll find all of the [...]
Category: Behind the Scenes
Sunday, July 20, 2008 No Comments
The different type of hemp is mostly desginated by the lb number. This is the amount of pounds of weight it can take before snapping. The most common is the 20 lb hemp, which is the type you’ll see in 90% of hemp jewelry. This type has a 1 mm diameter. The step smaller than [...]
Category: Make Hemp Jewelry
Saturday, July 19, 2008 No Comments
The hunt for the transfer cable has still not been completed. At this rate I’m going to get the DSLR cam long before I find the cable for the cam we have now. Anyway, here are a few more creations that I had a chance to complete this week – I really need some more [...]
Category: Behind the Scenes, Hemp Bracelet, Hemp Necklace
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 No Comments
Epic fail. This is gonna take awhile…
Category: Behind the Scenes
