Men's jewelry

I have been slacking big time on posting my men's jewelry on etsy. I have many,
Just haven't taken pictures yet. I guess I know my plans for the weekend!!

You can still look on my Facebook page and find some or custom orders. Here is one ready to send!

Life is a blur

I will admit, the last few weeks have been a blur! I waited until the last minute for all of my Christmas preparations. Before I knew it, here it was and my family was over. By the way, I will never understand the reason I decided to start Christmas every year at my house! Well, at least it was only Christmas and not Thanksgiving too.

Oh, and for the new cookers out there. Leaving the neck in the turkey is a bad thing... Even if it won't come out. You find a way! Hah fail on my part. Oops?

Aria is sick yet again, coughing and runny nose. Her fever has finally broke, but the girl is coughing constantly. I kept Rainah from her for the first few days, but it was apparent yesterday that it wouldn't last any longer when Rainah would try to use her butt to push through the door when I would open the door to check on Aria. Then she proceeded to scream hysterically and cry calling "Aria!!" when I shut the door on her. Since her fever broke the day before I decided to give in. Now the trouble brews again in the house. =)

Besides being Dr. I have spent the last few days making some orders for clients and revamping my whole FACEBOOK page and adding to the ETSY site. All of my items on my etsy page now have a link from my facebook page to make them easier to browse and buy. Yay! Also, TONS of new earrings, and items are still on sale for the last few days.

Facebook.com/artfulparadox
etsy.com/shop/artfulparadox

A few weeks ago I was reading through my friends blog Threeblindwives.com  and saw she made a tutorial for baby leggings from pinterest. HOW CUTE! I have wanted to start trying different "Pinterest" DIY projects and blog about them. See if they work, are worth the time etc. Sooo, why not start here! I ended up using older socks that were wearing out on the bottoms and didn't want them to go to waste. Still super cute though!

Here is the tutorial.:

http://threeblindwives.com/2012/12/16/diy-no-sew-baby-leg-warmers/

Rainah with her leg warmers =)

Polymer Pendants

So I finally got some feedback on some Matte sealer that can work and got a chance to try it (well something similar to her suggestion). Here is what I made so far. They are not up for sale yet, call this a sneak preview. :)

With the fairy door and leaf/clock gadget pendant I tried the method of cooking them without the bezel then putting them in, not sure how I feel about the outcome of the fit. The last 3 I cooked while in the bezel, still didn't turn out exactly how I wanted it to fit, but was a bit better. Have a look!

New items

Lots of new items (mostly earrings) up on my etsy page! Please go look and please let me know what you think.

Etsy.com/shop/artfulparadox

POLYMER

If anyone reads this that does polymer clay I could REALLY use some help. 

Ok, as I showed in a previous post I have been working on some polymer necklace pendants. Everything was going great (though it took quite awhile to make each one) until I tried to seal them. DISASTER... I first tried Sculpey Satin finish because I really don't like a gloss finish. It looked horribly cheap... so I tried Liquide Polyclay, it had the exact same results. After I tried them, they looked like childrens art. I really want them sealed but LOVE the way they look without a varnish. I would prefer to have a pure Matte finish without any shine, but I can't seem to find anything. Oh I also tried to put Modge podge Matte over the top of one (after I varnished it) that was even worse. I am quite frustrated and need help! 

If you could direct me to help or provide me with some I would GREATLY appreciate it. =) THANKS

The Onion

Ok let me be the first (ok, so not the first) to say... The onion remedy has failed. I guess I am crazy. You know that tickle in the back of your throat? That has been me the last few nights, coughing non stop. No sleep for this Momma :( if you have any remedies besides syrup or honey let me know!

Now to the good stuff.
My paintings on etsy are 20% off for the holidays and new items are up
Etsy.com/shop/artfulparadox

This weekend we put up Christmas decor. It's so nice to see as much as I didn't want to do it. And I got to use my panoramic on my phone! It's like you are standing in my front door!
No pics of the outside yet, soon though.

Does anyone watch Sons of Anarchy??? What did you think of the finale??? I won't say details yet for those who haven't seen it yet, but I will next time so be warned! :)

Saturday Events

It has been almost a month since I have started being sick. I have caught everything from everyone else being sick. The joys of Mommyhood.

I read something about onions helping cure sicknesses. Has anyone ever heard of that??? You slice the ends off an unpeeled onion and place it next to your bed at night. I know my fiancé wouldn't be too thrilled with the idea, but at this point I'll take that risk. Has anyone ever tried it? Call me crazy but it's on my to do list.

On a better note, more items up at my etsy store! I will have even more up in a day or so. Go check it out.

Etsy.com/shop/artfulparadox