Vive la Productivity!

I have been having a spurt of the most amazing productivity for the past week or so. Even with the hectic holiday recently past I've still managed to create a nice bunch of collars, cowls, and scarves, which is great since I will be doing the Indie Market http://buffaloindie.blogspot.com/ on Dec. 14th. I think the collars, cowls, & turtles are going to be very popular.

I joined a new marketplace!

Last week I joined 1000Markets! I read about it at a Yahoo group that I belong to and the moment the page loaded I had a good feeling about what I was looking at. So I joined immediately, well, it's juried so I applied immediately. It's still very new and "in the works" even, but it looks great, has a nice professional feel to it and I suspect it will be the on-line hand made "place to be" very soon!

http://www.1000markets.com/users/tamarandesigns

The 5 a day project

Well, having your model also as a family member doesn't, (unfortunately), put them at your beck and call and mine,(the lovely Stacy), is a busy woman whom I've not been able to get together with for over two weeks now. So, I've come up with a stand in for her until we can set up a shoot. I will probably use this acceptable model for stand in use from here on in. I will however be photographing all of these things on the lovely Stacey as well as soon as possible.
That being said, I've decided to try to post about 5 things a day to see what it does for sales. I will probably stick with this plan for only 2 or 3 days however because it really is a lot of work. So we'll see how it goes, I'll keep you posted.

The New Face of TamaranDesigns

I've been thinking for a very long time now about changing the look of TamaranDesigns, even before I decided to totally change my direction into fashion accessories, (of course once I decided to take this path a new look was even more desirous to me). Well, I believe I've finally come up with some concrete ideas, (now to actually implement all of them into one cohesive look). I've been using the services of the lovely Stacy for a few shoots now and have been very happy with her look. She has agreed to become the face of TamaranDesigns! Yay! She is also a member of my family so she's easy to get ahold of.

A new place to buy my work

On November 22nd the beautiful new Burchfield Penny Art Gallery will be open.

http://www.yournewburchfieldpenney.com/

Some of my work will be available for sale in the gallery store. This is very exciting as well as validating for me because, well, it's the gift shop of an art gallery.

Above are some of the pieces that will be there.

Rag-A-Muffins

I finally got some great pictures of my rag-a-muffins on a lovely model. Now everyone can see how versatile and fun they can be!

The Rag-A-Muffins

I've been working feverishly on my new fall/winter work. I'm trying to move away from all jewelry and into more accessories. I still need to photograph my new creations on models, (you just can't get a good idea of how something is going to look on someone any other way), but I wanted to share something now. So I've taken some photo's without the benefit of models, and here they are. The TeenQueen tells me these will be popular with the youth population so I'm keeping them a little funky, (I recall thiving on funky when I was her age).
Well, I'm off to make more rag-a-muffins and so much more for this upcoming fall/winter season.

Rag-A-Muffin Tie Dye

I am crazy about circles! It is by far my favorite shape, so it just seemed natural that I somehow incorporate circles into the rag-a-muffins. And what a better color scheme to use than a deep, saturated almost tie dye looking variegation.

Rag-A-Muffin Roses

This one gets a little fancy for a rag-a-muffin but I just kept seeing roses as I was working on it, so roses it was. And I'm very happy with the whimsical outcome!

Rag-A-Muffin Faded

This was the first rag-a-muffin, I love the pale, almost washed out color look, as if it's allready been a favorite of someones for a while.

Simple Earrings

In an effort to A: Have some items that fall into the category of impulse buys and B: Just plain make more earring, (they seem to be a favorite with almost everyone) I recently made and put in my store a few pairs of simple semi-precious earrings that I hope will catch someones eye. I don't wear earrings much, although I used to all the time. Earrings and really high heels seem to be two fashion items that I just lost my taste for. Now don't get me wrong, I still love them, but on other people.

Skwiggazine

I've belonged to this NING group for a while but really thought it was just another "etsy love" site and although I do like etsy, really I do, I belong to enough of those. However, I stopped by the other day just to do a check-in, (I like to do this with the many networking sites I belong to), and discovered that it is very much about all else that is out there too. Color me happy!
Here's the link and I will add it to my list of favorite blogs, well, maybe not because technically it's not a blog and I don't know if I can put it in that list. Hmmm.... I'll figure something out. But here's the link for now.
http://www.skwigglekreationz.com/

And the lucky winner chose...

The contest featuring Tamarandesigns has ended and the lucky winner chose African Turquoise! This is one of my favorites too and I love the whole line that I call "fishing nets". I hope they are as happy with it as I was making it.

Congratulations!

No new pictures.

I've been working on my fall line for a few weeks now. Artists block is plaguing me, but I'm sure it won't last. There are a few last minute summer goods that I have to get photographed, fortunately on the WWW it's always summer somewhere.

Exciting!

I'm partaking in a giveaway contest at a sister blog "Handmade Showcase"

Above are some of my favorites that will be available to the contest winner.

Good luck to all who enter!

http://handmadeshowcase.blogspot.com/2008/07/giveaway-contes-tamarandesigns-jewelry.html

There's an interview with me and some lovely photos of my work. This is all very exciting.

Two of my Pretties

These bracelets are a rarity in that they are exactly as I saw them in my head when they were a mere inspiration.

Hip Hip Hooray!

I finally had a lightbulb moment, thanks to the help of some wonderful artisans at Etsy, and now I know how to work in my own blog. This means I will probably be posting on a more frequent basis. Zippity Doo Dah!

This is one of my favorites, it's so feminine. I used a very old pattern, (mid 1940's) from a booklet my grandmother gave to me a long time ago. I also used vintage crochet cotton.