Come See Me at the Art Shows in September!!!

Why?
Well, there are two (main) reasons.
1. Some amazing talent shows up for these things, and
2. I will be selling some stuff that I don't sell in the shop!

For example, these really cool leaf pendants will be making an appearance:

The leaves in these babies were made by Mother Nature herself, so no two are alike. They are coated with some kind of wonderful silvery/gold metallic substance that looks really rad with the silver wire, if I do say so myself. I love how delicate they remain, though. You can still see all the veins and beautiful intricacies that Nature puts into her work. I carefully cut and grind the glass to reflect each leaf and its unique shape. I'm proud of these pendants, if you can't tell, and they are even better in person.

So! If you live in North Alabama, or near(ish), you should mark your calendars for the second and third Saturdays in September and come experience these art shows. I made a full post about the shows, here, and that post includes links to the websites which offer more details. I'll be sure to mention the shows at least one more time before I hit the road for Alabama, as well. You know, just in case anyone misses these posts.

Happy Hump Day! Have a lovely rest of the week! My parents are in town this weekend so you probably won't hear from me until next week!

Slinky Chain Dangle Earrings

With Peridot

With Sapphire

Simple. Elegant. Light-weight. Dress them up or wear them with jeans and a t-shirt! And probably the most affordable pieces of jewelry I've made in a long time.

Both of these can be found in the StudioFinn shop as we speak!

Mythical Feather Earrings

The first of the earrings are showing up in the StudioFinn shop today. You can find the Mythical Feather Earrings here.

Fused Glass on the Brain

Delicate Double Pearl Nacre Necklace

Nacre Necklace with Pearl

Dainty Reflecting Pool Necklace

Tiny Reflecting Pool Charm Necklace

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I've been so tired this week. Every morning has been a struggle to get out of bed and I don't know why. Perhaps I'm still recovering from the visit back home. Perhaps it's the unusual heat we've been experiencing here lately. Who ever really knows. What I do know is that I'm ready to have my energy back again!

I managed another shop update this week. Four necklaces, all featuring fused glass. If you click the names under the photos, the link will take you directly to that necklace in the store, where you can read the details on each.

Have a lovely weekend!

StudioFinn Shop Update

Crescent Moon Dangle Earrings

Rustic Metal Shards Earrings

Tiny Nature Charm Necklace

Nacre Pendant with Genuine Pearl

Forest Floor Charm Necklace

All of these will be appearing in the StudioFinn shop over the next few days, if they're not there already! Etsy's photo uploader is being extremely slow, so I'm listing things as my patience allows.

I think the Crescent Moon Earrings are my favorite : )

Cloth and Glass

Art isn't the only thing I sandwich between glass.

My cloth and glass creations can be found for sale here.

I Almost Forgot!!!

The ever popular Glass Bundle Necklace is back in the shop as well!

I have two listed that are ready to ship!

I'm quite proud of this design and can't believe I haven't blogged about it before. This necklace has made it to the front page of Etsy several times and rivals my tree pendants in popularity. Each piece of stacked glass is meticulously cut and ground. These beauties are painstaking to make, as I hope you can tell from the photo.

Give 'em some love! And happy Hump Day to you all!

New Stuff in the Shop!

As promised, new items are up in the shop!

This Violet Branches Pendant can be found here. And in case you were wondering, yes I did take that photograph. I obviously have quite a thing for trees.

I also listed some other fine art print pendants, which can be found here. All of my fine art print pendants include either prints of original drawings of mine, or original photos of mine. You won't find them anywhere else.

I haven't listed a hand-painted grey tree in a while. This one can be found here. If you are interested in other tree pendants in a variety of colors, click here.

I'm happy to have some paintings listed as well! Right now there is just this turquoise tree painting and a green tree painting in the shop, but I will be listing more later this week. You can find them here.

Recycled Cardboard Jewelry Cards

I've been working on some recycled jewelry cards/holders for the upcoming Dunwoody Art Festival this May 7th and 8th. Jewelry cards make it a lot easier to keep track of your inventory, because you are looking out for a 2 1/2 inch to 3 1/2 inch card instead of a tiny little trinket that can easily get misplaced. I find the benefits are really worth the effort put into making these, esp. since they are recycled and help with branding.

I make mine out of recycled cereal/frozen pizza/cracker boxes. Any type of thin cardboard will do. I use a papercutter to cut them into uniform sizes, fold them over, staple them, and personalize them with handmade stamps.

The cards shown here are still in progress. The final step is punching holes through the cardboard, so that necklaces can be put through them or earrings hung on them. The hole punching part is not necessary, though.

I hand-carved my stamps from a tree design that I've been wanting to use as a logo for a while now. I learned stamp carving and basic printmaking in college, but you can find a really awesome hand carved stamp tutorial at Geninne's Art Blog.

Some views of the recycled-ness, from the side. I choose to fold my cardboard over for a more uniform look, but you could always let the print show through. Customers usually really appreciate that they are reused.

When I have some more time I plan on posting a full tutorial on this if anyone is interested.

Petal Pendants with Vintage Lace

You will be able to find these at KeelyB shortly. Have a lovely weekend!

A Few More Trees

EDIT: Right after I posted this, I realized that my Etsy Mini is indeed working and updating! How funny. Just when you complain about something it works. No complaints here! I am leaving the links up to make browsing easier anyhow. Enjoy.

Since my Etsy mini (to the right) doesn't seem to be updating itself like it used to (maybe Etsy changed that? Do they not show your most recently listed items anymore? I don't know...Etsy is changing so rapidly that I have a hard time keeping up with it. If you happen to know what's up, please feel free to tell me!) I decided to share a few more tree pendants with you in case you didn't realize I've been listing new things.

All of my hand painted tree pendants can be found by clicking here.

A super mini blue tree pendant. For sale here.

A red winter tree, here.

And another blue tree on torn paper, which will appear in the shop shortly.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful week thus far! I am anxious for my week to be nearing its end because my sister and her boyfriend are in town this weekend! I am filling my time with productivity in the meantime. Happy Tuesday.

Trees!

These, along with a few others, will be available in the shop shortly!

I think the red one is my favorite. The heart-shaped leaf concept is one that's been occupying some space in my brain for a while now. I might make a proper (as in big) painting of it some day.

New Listings on Etsy!

I've been busy adding new things for sale at StudioFinn. All of these can be found at my Etsy shop! More to come later in the week as well : )

Nacre Necklace

Nacre Necklace

Nacre Stud Earrings

Recycled Silver Pebble Pendant

Winter Berry Earrings

Winter Berry Necklace

Tiny Leaf Post Earrings