Journey to PhD program is underway.

Crack Down Time

I finally managed to list my latest creation to my shop.

Hopefully this summer I'll have more time to create and to breathe. I'm really getting tired of this whole rushing around thing. I feel as though I scarcely have time to even sit down and enjoy a meal some days of the week and it shouldn't be that way.

Oh well, not too many more weeks of school.

Spring Break

Was absolutely wonderful; I'm not sure how much time I'll have to make jewelry until the semester is over though. This sort of saddens me ... but oh well. I did end up listing some new star earrings to my shop.

I guess I am looking forward to spring

I can't stand anymore of winter.

I need to get out of this cold city.

Finally listed a new item

I guess this just represents my need for a tropical vacation and how much I miss summer so much. Summer is definitely the time I come alive. So check out my new earrings if you have the chance.

www.summernightair.etsy.com

Even if I should feel like I'm helping people

I never feel as though it's enough.

Weary

I'm a little worn out at the moment and I'm not sure if I'm in the best frame of mind to be volunteering on the hot-line tonight.

I'll see if my mood changes when I arrive there ... that should help determine whether or not I decide to take a call.

Creative Outlets

I'm taking a break from college homework today since it's my birthday

I'm planning on creating a few more jewelry pieces so!! Keep your eyes on my shop.

Also... I hope to carve out some time in my schedule to just paint. I know I haven't really gotten any techniques down or anything, but painting seems to relax me, and that's something that can definitely help me through this semester.

I have a short story that I hope to revise and submit to a literary magazine this summer.

I also have a few chapters of a book started, so that's exciting. I feel like I've made some progress

www.summernightair.etsy.com

Please stop by!!

Winter Break!

Happy Holidays to everyone!

I'm at home now, in PA, which means I've had a lot of time to create. Here are some of my recent pieces which will be listed in my Etsy Shop, if they haven't been already:

WoW!

Everything has been so crazy with college and now with finals... I've had so little time to create!

But here is a bracelet that I managed to list recently:

It can be found in my ETSY SHOP

Do keep checking my Etsy shop throughout the Winter. After this week I'll have much more time on my hands!

And as always, thank you for looking :]

Things have been nuts

with college and everything ... but I have managed to create a few new pieces this semester:

Hopefully there will be more to come soon.

Hello Again!

I'm pretty much settled in my apartment style dorm in Chicago. I'm starting to create again on a steady schedule (hopefully it will stay this way).

Success!

A few of my pieces are now featured in the cases at Pas Jewelry in Cranberry, PA.

If you're familiar with the area, you should definitely check it out. The jeweler is the sweetest man alive and if he isn't super busy, he'll gladly talk to you. :]

I feel so accomplished.

Polymer clay use

Lately I've been trying to get more detailed with my polymer clay creations. I think I succeeded with one of them.

I made the shape of the fish and it took a while to make all of the little small pieces into scales, but I think the effect was worth it. I really enjoyed making this, so I hope it does well in my etsy shop.

Opportunity!

My father bought my mother and I gold bracelets for Christmas one year and we've kept in contact with the jeweler because he is the sweetest man in the world. He owns his own jewelry shop not too far from my parent's house. Anyway, we dropped by the other day because I said I would give him a poem that I've written.

While we were there my mom jokingly showed him a bracelet that I made and he told me to bring in some more of my pieces.

He might put them in the cases of his shop.

I don't remember the last time I've been so scared/excited.

He has been doing this for 30 years and he actually complimented me on my work. It'll be interesting to see how this turns out. It could be the start of something for me- besides just selling on Etsy.

Wish me luck all of you out there in blog land.

- Natalie

I've fallen in love with little polymer clay rings ... I'm sure there will be many more to come.

I was experimenting with rolling the clay and saw that it looked sort of like the center of a blossom... and before I knew it I came up with this

I'm pretty happy with it. I mixed a few colors so it's swirly. I put it up on my etsy... the flowers are really fun to make. Expect more :D

I'm a sucker for cute things with buggy eyes

Such as Wall E ... but also, I've recently made some polymer clay creations that also have buggy eyes (chickie earrings etc). Now I also have a ring.

Polymer Clay Spree

It's true... many people have told me that polymer clay is addicting. I didn't believe them and now it's too late!

I purchased some ring blanks off of etsy ... I'm hoping to create some nice rings by attaching polymer clay blossoms. This should be interesting.

Fall is just around the corner!

And along with that comes my favorite holiday: Halloween.

So I thought I would get a jump start on that and I made some pumpkins out of polymer clay. They turned out rather nicely so I made them into earrings!

These cuties can be found in my Etsy Shop