I love Alice!!!!!!

So, I took a few days off work (on etsy) and spent some time doing what I truly love.... design! I have been working on these for quite a while, but couldn't get them to look right-or-Aliceeee enough. I wanted them to match the books, for others to display in their 'shrine' but wanted them to have an Alice feel... I kept painting them, then sanding it off, cuz I didn't like them.... and I searched and searched for something to look like a crystal ball, but couldn't get the size right... then I finally found something and adjusted it to look like I wanted it to.

(thanks Dad for having a wood shop and for teaching me how to use the saws!)

I need to also thank Karin, one of my etsy friends. She gave me the idea of these to begin with. She is awesome!!!

I made a few other things too, they will be in my etsy shop this week! yay!! so much fun!

UgH!!!!!!!!

I have been so busy and so I hired a woodcutter to cut my new bookends.... I went to pick up my order (super excited) and they were cut wrong!!!! Half the apples were carved on the wrong side and the bases for the apples and chess pieces to sit on were TOTALLY wrong!!!!! so, they are now being fixed. I was all excited to get them all done this past weekend (24 sets) and put in my etsy store and some sent to Forks,,, but NOOOOOOOOOO! Hopefully they will be ready in the next few days! I am going to pick them up and if all is good, I will get busy painting!! yay

Anyway, I think I am feeling a little burnt out too, last month and being Vendor of the month for Twilightmoms, was seriously awesome.... but it ended up being SO much work too. It has been amazing to have such interest in my stuff, so I am not at all complaining. I am just tired! lol

Any ideas on how to get past my 'funk'???

NeW bOoKeNdS

These will soon be in my shop!!! I am so excited to make them as my 'sample' was fun and i love how it turned out!!! I just need to get caught up on orders... and get my stuff ready to send to FORKS, before they replace me!!! Wish me luck and have a great weekend!!!!