i love the art of packaging and am quite a nerd about it. i have finally found a sweet and simple way to package my pieces that i am happy with when i drop them in the mail. i am hoping to find the little clear containers in a large size for necklaces. i know i can get brown craft boxes as well that would work nicely......i'll be on the hunt. i always try to use recycled bubble wrap and bubble mailers that i have received when i purchase things online to try and reduce the amount of waste that's floating in our little world. i have been considering trying to stain our paper shred a color to use in the packaging of certain pieces. i guess i could use it white...i have done that before, but it's not as nice if it were, let's say, orange!!!
earring sale....act now!!!
a big huge hug and thank you for all the interest and support for my first ever earring sale. to those who purchased a pair they will be in the mail to you on thursday, friday at the very latest. thanks so much....hope the rest of your week is swell.
IF YOU'RE NOT ON THE MAILING LIST AND DIDN'T RECEIVE THE EMAIL, READ BELOW FOR DETAILS TO PURCHASE : first come first serve!!!!
IF YOU DID GET THE EMAIL SCROLL DOWN TO SEE THE PICTURES
i'm winding out the summer with my first ever sale. all my resin earrings are on sale now until the end of the day tuesday, september 9th. they are on sale for $74 (regularly $130). i will no longer be making these as part of my regular inventory. although, a pair may sprout up here or there just not in quantity, like they have before. i have 14 pairs listed.
all the earrings are numbered and listed with dimensions and materials.
what to do if you would like to purchase:
1. send an email ( to info@jaimejofisher.com or potter78721@sbcglobal.net) with the # associated with the earring you would like to purchase. please include your name, mailing address & paypal email address. so i can send you a request for payment. the earrings will be sold on a first come first serve basis.
example: earring#4 jaime jo fisher 5609 steven creek way austin, tx 78721 info@jaimejofisher.com (this must be your paypal email address)
2. i will respond to your email and let you know that they are available along with a total bill via paypal. if the earrings you email about have been purchased i will also let you know that as well.
3. all purchased earrings will be shipped out at the end of the sale, once they are all packed up......by friday, september 12th at the latest.
4. throughout the sale i will mark SOLD on the earrings that have been purchased. i will update this information at least twice a day. i will remove the picture of the pairs that have sold.
5. to keep my 1st ever sale running smoothly please be prepared to pay promptly once you receive the bill from paypal.
6. all sale items are final.
hurry, look below. it's first come first serve.
below are the remaining pairs.....
i found...
the rings i have been dreaming about in my sleep........molly proctor makes fabulous, completely handmade vintage inspired resin rings. BIG YEAH!!!! i have been looking for solid colored rings with a clean and simple design made out of plastic for far to long....with no real success. most of the plastic and resin rings have a design of flowers or stripes which have never appealed to me. BUT, molly's rings are perfect in every way, the shapes, the colors, the whole kit and kaboodle :O)
mike sieben's commercial
look at this great commercial by austin artist mike sieben. he is super talented and just about the nicest and most laid back guy you would ever meet. mike teamed up with adidas and created the graphics for a new shoe design. here's the commercial........
recycled handmade cards
these whimsical and incredibly clever cards were a gift from my best friend, trisha allen. she uses recycled and repurposed containers left over from household items to inspire and house her handmade cards. this "throw away" prescription bottle was given a new life with a brand new and personalized label. the handmade cards that resemble pills are tucked inside the container. these little guys are coolest cards ever. trish will soon have an etsy site at www.badfruit.etsy.com
love....
ms. peach and mr. duck
good friday......
uber yes, uber fun.....etsy, etsy, etsy. i woke up and checked my email and then went to the etsy home page(yep, my morning ritual).......viola, i'm featured on the home page thanks to beth (eliwill). thanks so much girl.....what a way to start off the friday. i love the black paper lace and the acid green leg warmers. do you make things? do you wish you made things? would you like to sell them? do you wish you had an online presence to sell you funky, cool handmade goods? etsy is the inexpensive and easy answer. they have made it so simple for you to create a profile, and upload your images. it's free to set up your profile and .20 cents to list an item and they take 2 or 3% of the sale price but only after it sells. if you would really love to do this and have read the info and are still stumped, email me and i can walk ya thru it. it's worth it if your interested in selling a few things, or have a deadline, goal or motivation to make things. believe me, if i never applied to my first art festival at laumeier sculpture park back in 2001 i would probably still be working at the bakery decorating birthday and wedding cakes :O) you may be thinking, what's the benefit there are a gazillion crafters and diy's on etsy? i have sold to several customers out of the country to europe, japan and canada. my point is, those customers probably would not have found my www.jaimejofisher website. it's also a feel good time to be part of a completely handmade community. the site is super clever in design.....your images are picked and put into treasuries (which is how you get on the home page), people everywhere are looking thru all the time. you can even go and look at a treasury and see how many other people are looking at the same time. so give it a whirl if your at all interested. okay, that's enough of my etsy infomercial and no they don't pay me :O) i just looove that site and what i represents. here is my etsy page for reference.
well, i'm off to yoga!!!! good friday, sweet peas :O)
pass the doughnuts, grass, doughnuts
what the frick are these (insert more appropriate word). i had to post these crazy moeffers :O) the label on them reads "krispy kreme", "what gives"???? these could only be more hysterical if flowers were growing up between the big and second toe.
okay, apparently these are really being made and only available in london now and soon to go worldwide. my mom's friend janel looked into it and said that they will last up to four months but you have to take care of them, watering them and all. do you have to mow them too??
shell collection
here is the whole pile of shells that i brought home :O)
above are just a few of my favorites. i found 3 white limpet shells which was a huge highlight. one of them is pictured in the lower left corner, the second shell in. it's white & oval shaped with a hole in the top. the ones i use are really blue green, aqua in color. this will make my own personally found and collected limpet reach 6. the first three were at stinson beach in california. yippy!!!! the white branch coral is my other big favorite. i found quite a few of those, but most of them to small for rings......which is what i really like to use the coral for.
"sweet wishes"
i am a huge mark ryden fan. his work portrays a skewed twisted variety of childlike imagery of plushie pets, slabs of meat and youthful angelic subjects. i love the sweet composed with the odd and somewhat disturbing. enjoy his first ever children's book and movie "sweet wishes" by this international art icon.
front page excitement
yeah, i am on the front page of etsy this morning. yippy! thanks monicaj. i just got back into town from st. pete beach with chris in the wee hours of the morning. what a yippity thing to wake up to. we went there for our best friends jade and robert's wedding. it was such an amazing and beautiful time with many laughs, cries, & a rug cutting, feel good time. we were pretty tired when we got home but it was so worth spending the extra time with the gang yesterday and a bit more time collecting shells on the beach. i have three bags full of goodies to use in my work if the mood suits me. it felt good all the way down to my toes to splash around in the water and kick in the sand. i'll post some pics in a bit. thanks again for the front page treasury monicaj!!!!!!!!
oh if you have never searched etsy before.....quick, go check it out. my etsy page is here. i am so happy to be part of etsy. it is a wonderful online, handi-craft community.....everything from DIY to high end craft. they truly have something for every one.....and apparently to many things just for me....hahahahaha!!
ann arbor, thank you...
YEAH!!! ann arbor was great and i so enjoyed talking with curious patrons, customers and all my art fair buddies as well as making some new ones. thanks to all of you who dropped by for a visit. i hope to see you all next yeari have a few pics from the show......
my booth
my friend ben playing "99 red balloons" on his brand new (to him) vintage accordion....it made me think of my mom-in-law, pat. she used to play one :O)
some sweet little girl came in my booth and talked with me about visiting her aunt in new york and helping her make jewelry. she had on these great little ice cream shoes and i couldn't resist snapping this photo (with her mom's permission). she was carrying around a little cup of pretzels and just talking away. she was too sweet.
on another note, a woman came in my booth later that day with a schnazzy pair of black sandals on and a fabulous pedicure in a color scheme that i used growing up. each toenail was painted a different color....all pale pale opaque easter egg colors: pink, yellow, green, blue, purple. i was so excited when i saw them that i jumped up with my camera and ask the woman if i could snap a photo of them. i could tell by the look on her face that she was afraid of my request and she high-tailed it out of my booth saying "no thank you". i really didn't mean any harm. i cracked up!!!
my friend charity's booth with some of her ceramic pieces
one of my customer's dog's, tiny
some street performance by a mime
my favorite sockie-doodles
a dog i remember seeing last year and oh so loving that sweet face
my friend ben couldn't resist using the pillows i just made for some eyes above my burn.....
oh, it's so good to be home...i've had a long nap (since i got up at 4:00am to catch my plane home), drank some kombucha, ate an enormous salad with my fave balsamic vinegar dressing and am feeling the comforts of home. it was such an incredible adventure in ann arbor, but i am a happy girl to be back home. i'll feel even better tomorrow after i go to yoga. i've had a week off and my body (AND MIND) are missing it :O)
hope you had a great weekend too.
ann arbor art festival
if your in ann arbor this week swing by my booth and say hi. i am in booth B209. the show runs from wednesday, july 16 - saturday july 19 from 9a - 9p. i'll be there rain or shine. heart, jj
dirty laundry
what to do with that dirty laundry.........wash out those greasy grimey gopher guts and hang it out to dry. i was inspired by my friend marianne when i ran into her a couple weeks ago. she told me that her and her husband had given up using their dryer. i have been thinking about the whole dryer conundrum a lot lately...whether it's really necessary or not....seeing marianne was just the push i needed. line drying clothing is a lost art and with the movement of becoming more and more "green", i hope it is making a come back. marianne said that the energy it takes to dry two loads of laundry is the same amount needed to run your air conditioner in your home for 12 hours. take your pick folks, we can't have it all...give mother nature a break that she deserves.
bonus: i have found the line drying method to be relaxing.....you may too.
one trick i have learned....hang shirts upside down by pinning the bottom edge of the shirt on the line to prevent stretching and noticeable pin marks. the same with cotton pants or as chris likes to call them "quitters". he has always teased me from way back when i would put my comfy pants on in the evening "you, feel like quittin",
another thought.....all the chemicals that are put in our laundry detergent to make our clothes smell good after they are dried in an electric dryer will naturally happen by using the old fashioned method of line drying. are you worried about your skivvies being broadcast all over town. well, your neighbor needs a good thrill too :O)