Ahh Summer Weddings-Customer Appreciation Photo

Hey Family;-)

You guys know I LOVE weddings and am no stranger to creating something for a beautiful bridal bash. As an admirer, I am inspired by the true glow of love and joy in a wedding couples eyes and hearts. Whether in person or captured on film or print.

As a seller, it is truly a humbling experience and honor for any purchase that comes from either one of my Etsy shops to be included a one of the most life changing and loving experiences in ones life.

Paula & Chris July 6th,2010 Photo By Colby Classic Photos

Here is a recent pic from a blushing July bride from Upstate New York with her handsome hubby. Besides their gorgeous smiles, I love the beautiful peacock feathered bouquet and accented lapel. These are the same blond bombshells that are sold in my feather section of my shop. WOW, they look stunning!.......oh yeah, the feathers are nice too;-P

Congrats to the both you and many long and happy yrs to come! Thank you for sharing this with me. OK, I'm getting misty-eyed..seriously... danggit, I hate when that happens;-)

Seasons Greetings

I want to wish all bloggers worldwide who graze across this blog, my readers from Blog Catalog, and followers a very Happy and Healthy Holiday Season!

Happy Holidays,

Ny

The Weeks in Review

Hey Family,

just wanted to stop in and show you a few of the things I've been doing for the past few weeks- I have more to post but right now I'm on dial up at my mom's house and uploading is a chore!I finish the rest on Tuesday.

First, I made 10 pairs of Rose Quartz earrings for a Texas bride, and 8 Calla Lilly Necklaces for a Colorado wedding last week.


Finished the Mother of Pearl earrings for the New York Bride this week.. She choose style 1, I liked style 2;-) but it's not MY wedding now is it?? lol!!

Spent some time with the local wildlife- these Canadian Geese have long stopped migrating to the South for decades after the locals started feeding them.

Don't worry they still nibble on all the grass here -trust me we see how well they are eating by the - umm - "presents " they leave behind lol..great fertilizer though ..ok, that's gross;-P

moving on....I helped pull some weeds from a neighbors floral garden

Made some more new jewelry, you know I just HAD to make some feather earrings in purple! Sold the first pair a few hours later. You can find all these new pieces in my Etsy shop

I choose a new wood background for my new and older listings. Gotta re-do your pictures sometimes to keep them fresh.

These acrylic leaf earrings are my favorite. They remind me of the changing of leaves in Autumn.

I've been hearing my use of natural elements make my pics too busy and distracting. Maybe, maybe not..but I love to use natural elements in my pictures. I just can't ..no, wait WON"T do the one color/plain background. It's just not me. The color, textures, seasons, ..all these things I think about when i make a piece or photograph them because these are the elements that inspire me.

From the cotton in our shirts, flowers and trees, the slight breeze,to the metal in our chairs, or the wood bench , patio or tables where we sit. Nature makes us beautiful every day.

How was your week??

Thanks for visiting,

Be Well,

Ny

Weekend Sale and New Listings

Hey Family, how are you today??

I have been added to this weekend Etsy's Weekend Deals Gift Guide;-) This weekend my "Salvaged Continuity"Necklace was posted as the feature pic for my shop- very cool.

Now I don't know if all participating shops are added to the guide but I guess, I 'm so sillypunch-happy to be in a gift guide again period!- And yeh um I made "sillypunch" up;-) Who knows, maybe next weekend I'll make the Etsy Find's Spotlight" artists list;-) I'm getting close LOL!

I'm having a "Weekend Deals" Sale today and tomorrow August 9th, 2009. I offering 25% off with Free Worldwide Shipping on all Jewelry items in my shop's "Weekend Deals Sale" section -

So if you or your friends have the shopping bug stop in and say hello;-) Or just saying hi is cool too. BTW, I have been working really hard on my photo quality lately, the photos posted are some of the new listings I have added to my shop. How do they look??

Hope your Saturday is going well. I'll be back to blog new posts Monday;-)

Happy Weekend

Ny

Organic Art- A beautiful "Ask Me to Stay" treasury

I found this gorgeous treasury titled "Ask Me To Stay" created by Etsy Artist Scarfmaker. The collection of artisan art works and pics are stunning and so well color contrasted to a classic white/grey/black theme. So much talent! Excellent taste Scarfmaker! You can find her treasury here: http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=35883 stop by her treasury and post a comment. Note: Treasury expires Thursday January 29th.

Thanks for visiting,

Ny

Simple Sunday

Snow- Something about the snow makes pictures look so surreal even jewelry photos:)

Sewing- I tore apart my old jeans and finished sewing the pockets closed to make jean mini-purses out of them--up cycling is so fun..I'll have some more pics tomorrow showing what I did with them. These will be sold in my Artfire shop
Sentimental - I just listed these two cards in my Etsy shop. These can be given to a loved one ANYTIME and great for family and close friends.
Although the cards are tagged for the holiday, not everyone celebrates Valentines Day..so I wanted to offer cards that are good to express love any day, by adding "non-traditional and "sentimental" tags as well.

How was your Sunday?

Be Well,

Ny

Work in Progress with Infivision- Phase Two

Hey there! Here are some more sample photos of the new pieces I will be selling in my Etsy Shop next week..Photos were taken by Adam@Infivision.etsy.com . I am in love!...with the photos of course ;-P. Can you believe these are test shots? My pics never looks this good lol! Adam is a serious perfectionist and I appreciate his work. I will receive the final shots soon.

Copper Heart and Faceted Crystal Pendant

Chalcedony Teardrop Spiral Necklace

Ring of Fire- Faceted Carnelian and Red Glass Earrings

For me personally, these photos are a big improvement. If you take a look at my flickr page by clicking on the slideshow-alot of those early photos were taken with a WEB CAMERA and no photo-editing software. I didn't get a digital-camera until the Spring of 2008.

After I accidently broke that one... ( I sat on it and broke the lens.....hey, thats not funny- ok yeah it is!!)I got a Kodak PhotoSmart-it works ok..but I can't seem to get that noise reduction out of the shots. Take a good look at the photos in both my Etsy and Artfire shops from October-to the present..and compare the clarity, definition and quality of these pics. Even to the un-trained eye you can see a BIG difference.

I consider this great investment. Please stop by Adam's Shop to take a look at his other works and offers at now two locations:
Infivision.etsy.com
Infivision.artfire.com

feel free to leave a comment:) - Thanks to visiting,
Be Well,
Ny

Work in Progress with Infivision-Phase one

I am very excited to work with Infivision, creator of EtsyFeeder , awesome hubby of SoapDeli@Etsy and proud new Etsy seller! Not only did I have the pleasure of interviewing him for my indie feature blog, MyIndieLove. Even though I have improved my pics alot from the days of using my web cam to take pics, I still see some that even I say,,"ooh that one..kinda sucks right there":-P

I am excited to be Adams' first customer..I have sent him five pieces to work with and so far here is one set of "test shots" on a pair of wire-wrapped earrings.


Again, these are the early test shots..I personally love the background used in the second pic. i am excited to see the rest..Just thought I would share this with you and yeah..plug Adam a bit too...But if you really want to see his work visit Adam at http://infivision.etsy.com or check out my interview with him at Myindielove.blogspot.com

Will keep you posted...

Thanks for visiting, Ny

Triple Tuesday

On Triple Tuesday I find three things that catch my attention and categorize them. Today's themes are Change, Colorful and Classic.

Here is my favorite tree that I look at every morning when I wake up. She has changed to a complete goldenrod yellow. She is kinda shy so I only took a small pic of her..I wanted to get a full shot of her from outside at street level or from my fire escape but my neighbors across the street don't particularly care for folks taking pics with their windows in them..they literally come out and bark you out!! LOL!!...Oh well:)

This was a very pretty haystack that was created for the kids in Bryant park in Manhattan. The

bright purple and yellow blossoms and warm orange pumpkins gave me lots of colorful design inspirations..

This is my favorite..A little piece of Carnival in the city. The Bryant Park Restoration Corporation addition of the beautiful "Le Carrousel"fits so well with the park’s French classical style. It has fourteen 14 resin animals, replicas of classic carousel creatures, a few chariot-style benches while revolving to French cabaret classics such as 'La Vie en Rose''.

Despite the rain earlier in the day, for the short time that is stopped, it was a great afternoon..:) How was your Tuesday??

Be Well,

Ny

More than a pretty picture

Hi there..I listed these new picture jasper earrings and bone bracelets in my shop a few days ago....but there was something else that I been thinking about...How much I LOVE taking pictures.

Over the past year since I signed up with Etsy ..I have always looked for new and creative ways to photograph my jewelry...but then my mind as I take the pics starts to wander off and I imagine my photos in a photo art gallery ,,,or an ACEO print....I have even though of becoming a Jewelry Photographer..hmmmmm

I fell in love with this picture before I crop it to advertise my earrings...it was completely unintentional how these herb leaves fell into the wood squares. As I was making these earrings, the crisp autumn air was blowing gently through my window.. the tree outside my window finally turned a full golden yellow. Everything was so warm and earthy the Picture Jasper's and the gold chain looked perfect together...As I laid them down to photograph between the squares i knocked over some dried red clover flowers i had In a bowl to grind up later to make tea..in that instant, the wind caught them and dusted them just as you see them.

I love to add details to my photos to give them an edge...a personality....i guess i try to find backgrounds and scenery that reflects what is the feeling or theme I had when i created the jewelry design.


I have received lots of compliments on this photo below...another beautiful accident. I was just trying to get a shoot that captured the details of the brass component AND the color if the stones in evening light...Then a scene plays in my head..............

I thought of a woman who was sitting outside on the deck of a ferry boat reading a book, that caught the attention of a handsome man who admired her from afar....as he approached her she looks up in his direction and the sunlight just lightly glides across her face catching the light green/hazel in her eyes.

The man..in awe of her natural beauty says "Your earrings are beautiful"
She replies, "Thank you, these are my favorite pair"
He smiles with an adoring smile..."Yes" he says, I can see why"............

Just a few thoughts I wanted to share
Be Well,

Ny