From all my years in New York, I developed a fondness for black clothes. And my favorite accompaniment is a splash of pink! So I was actually considering keeping these Pink Circles on Black for myself. Yet I demurred and added them to the Etsy shop instead. And now I’m off to see if I have an outfit to match. Hmmm . . . it might be time to g shopping!
I can’t decide if this is more lemony or limey. But it was fun to take the photos — this was one of several sets this weekend that did not want to show up against the first several backgrounds I chose. While I'm not convinced this is the final version (and the colors look better on Etsy than they do here), I had the best luck when I fell back on trusty old magazine covers, from the one magazine I never throw away! Here’s a raised glass of the cool beverage of your choice. I refuse to acknowledge that summer is waning!1% of the sales price for these items (and all my Etsy sales) donated quarterly to earth-friendly nonprofits.
In my continual quest for interesting backgrounds, I remembered that a few Christmases ago my mom gave me a lovely book featuring women painters of the 19th and early 20th century from our state. The prints are beautiful, and I also really like them as colorful backgrounds for my latest glass bubble magnets.
There’s some tongue-in-cheek irony here, since 
I use upcycled images from fairly prosaic sources — here product inserts and grocery coupons for a newspaper ad for dorm room comforters in the Flower Marché magnets (above) and a newspaper ad for dorm room comforters in the Watercolor Pastel magnets (right). Yet these very quotidian 21st-century images felt like they wanted to be paired with their fine art cousins!1% of the sales price for these items (and all my Etsy sales) donated quarterly to earth-friendly nonprofits.
For years I’ve been receiving China Radio International (CRI)’s reader newsletter, as well as very pretty calendars and delicate paper items, all because I sent them a QSL (listeners’ report) card years ago, when I was spending time listening to shortwave radio. Most stations send a postcard back in response — I have lovely cards from 42 countries, the last time I checked. But CRI also sends beautiful die-cut items a couple times a year. The listeners’ newsletter is more straightforward, mostly station news and contests for English-speaking listeners. But I’m so drawn to pictograms and Asian-themed items, after my black and white CRI bubbles sold, I decided to take scissors to another issue before it went into the recycling bin. This one was a program calendar printed in pretty lavender and pink (with the results above, of course available on Etsy). As always I’m not sure what the characters say, but I’m confident it’s G-rated!
Speaking of pink, I tried my hand at my first solid-colored bubble magnets (Fuschia Loves Pink, left). I love the colors, although as per usual I actually think the color worked better here on Blogger than it did in my Etsy shop.
1% of the sales price for these items (and all my Etsy sales) donated quarterly to earth-friendly nonprofits.
Sounds nicer than pink with some orange, no? I had fun today practicing for an Etsy treasury. Goodness knows when I’ll ever be able to snag one, but I found a beautiful group of items. I don’t want to give away my theme, but if I don’t have success soon, I’ll post a sneak peek here.
My newest items for sale in the Etsy shop: a summery yellow set of Sunflower Marble Magnets (currently in the gallery in the right sidebar). I’m also quite happy with the way the Tangerine Pink Marbles turned out, pictured here.
1% of the sales price for these items (and all my Etsy sales) donated quarterly to earth-friendly nonprofits.
I can’t decide if this is more lemony or limey. But it was fun to take the photos — this was one of several sets this weekend that did not want to show up against the first several backgrounds I chose. While I'm not convinced this is the final version (and the colors look better on Etsy than they do here), I had the best luck when I fell back on trusty old magazine covers, from the one magazine I never throw away! Here’s a raised glass of the cool beverage of your choice. I refuse to acknowledge that summer is waning!
I use upcycled images from fairly prosaic sources — here product inserts and grocery coupons for a newspaper ad for dorm room comforters in the Flower Marché magnets (above) and a newspaper ad for dorm room comforters in the Watercolor Pastel magnets (right). Yet these very quotidian 21st-century images felt like they wanted to be paired with their fine art cousins!
Speaking of pink, I tried my hand at my first solid-colored bubble magnets (Fuschia Loves Pink, left). I love the colors, although as per usual I actually think the color worked better here on Blogger than it did in my Etsy shop.
Sounds nicer than pink with some orange, no? I had fun today practicing for an Etsy treasury. Goodness knows when I’ll ever be able to snag one, but I found a beautiful group of items. I don’t want to give away my theme, but if I don’t have success soon, I’ll post a sneak peek here.
