Time is going by swiftly and all of a sudden, another summer is upon us. I have been really busy with my family, singing, teaching and working at Elmcroft. And I am also working on more crafts for my Etsy shop.
I am making another wedding album to send out tomorrow. I have sold three wedding albums so far and really enjoy making them. My tatting is added as trim around the album, along with vintage lace and trim. It is so enjoyable to make things for weddings! They are such joyous occasions. Recently, I had a friend come into work and announce that she got married the night before and had on a beautiful wedding ring. Now, that was a shock! She had been single for many, many years and into her '50s, and she found the love of her life--someone she had known way back 30 years ago. I hope they have many more years of happiness together. This July, it will be 45 years for Terry and I. How many people can say that? Well, back to making my wedding album. I have posted one that I have sold on here.
I am having fun lately working on a new wedding line for Little Lace Lady by Linda. A local store has asked me to create pieces for a line for their store and I am coming up with all kinds of ideas. My latest is a bridal purse to add to my other purses. Each purse is one of a kind because I use vintage lace and each lace is different. Much of the lace is hand made and I add my tatting to the items and it seems to blend very well. I am also going to work on jewelry to go with the line for brides, bridesmaids and flower girls. They will be pearls combined with other beautiful beads. Hopefully, this will all work together. I just created a wedding album (and I have added pictures of it on here) and am working on a larger version with a pen attached. I will let you know my progress and show pictures as I complete my line. I am also putting these items on Etsy. Just having fun in the winter months!
Oooh, I have sold another one of my cuff bracelets to a bride-to-be! This is just too much fun! She sent me a picture of her total bridal outfit and she had a dilema. Her accessories were all shades of lace and they didn't blend together at all. So she saw my bracelet and it seemed to have all the shades of lace that were in her clothes. And my bracelet had many shades of lace to pull them all together. So, I think it will work very well for her. This is working very well for me.
I got my first order from a bride-to-be! She wanted me to make bright yellow bracelets for her bridesmaids and an off-white tatted bracelet for her. So, I went to work and made them all. It was fun thinking about how they would look on everyone, along with their beautiful dresses. I have been the soloist for many weddings, and they are always a happy occasion--so I had the same feeling as I tatted these bracelets. I hope I can do more in the future for bridal parties. I have sold quite a few bracelets on Etsy because it seems that lace is the "in" thing right now. I have also included a picture of one in light pink with crystals added. I stiffened the yellow bracelets, but the pink one is not stiffened. They both work on the wrist since they are tied together with the satin ribbon.
I have some great news this week! I have been featured in a beautiful crazy quilt magazine called "Crazy Quilt Gatherings"! Pat Winters has graciously included my tatting in the Spring issue of her beautiful magazine. You can see her magazine if you go to her blog at the following address:
http://www.gatherings100.blogspot.com
I also received a nice order on my Etsy for six tatted bracelets for a wedding! She wants five of them in bright yellow for her bridesmades and one in off-white for her. That will look so pretty, won't it?
My music is taking up most of my time lately. I have had to sing at two Valentine shows so far this week, and another one on Thursday night. My students have also increased lately. I have almost 20 at the moment. They are mostly voice students with a few piano students in between. I guess all the music shows on TV lately concerning singing have really helped my business, which is just great!
