Bracelets

Sam and I went on an adventure yesterday and left with a basket full of beads- More me than her.  I spent my night creating some charming bracelets of different shapes and sizes and colors and stones, etc.

Jasper & Agate with black and white glass beads

Rose Quartz and pink glass beads

Amethyst with various purple glass beads

It's not quite Halloween yet, but it's still close enough.  I came across this pendant yesterday and had to put it on a chain.  It's totally goth, totally creepy, totally me!  HAH.  I actually really hate spiders, but I suppose one made out of metal can't hurt me, right?

Here's a necklace I made for the shop.  I decided to separate my shops, so now I am rebuilding both.

New!!

Today I am going to stock on some beads and work on this amazing design for a necklace.  I'm extremely anxious to share it with you!

Necklaces

These are some of the necklaces featured in my shop.  I am still trying to get it going.  I don't want to do too much promoting until I am satisfied with the amount of items I have listed.

Hurricane Irene

Brian and I decided to drive around and take some photos of some of the damages from the hurricane.  We mostly saw fallen trees, and one case of flooding.  There were a lot of houses with no power, including Brian and most of Massapequa.

A fallen tree & wires in Massapequa

A fallen tree in Levittown

A flooded backyard on Sal & Doug's block in Seaford

Shop

My etsy store is finally up.  I don't have as many items as I would have wanted to by now, but I'll be adding more soon.  I can't decide whether or not I want to set up lights and photograph the items without a model or not.  Hmm...Maybe I'll do it without the model, but replace the images when I get a model.  Decisions, decisions.  All I know is that I can't really do anything until I get my chores done.  We are expecting a pretty bad hurricane this weekend and I need to get everything done before I run out of time!  I guess I shouldn't be sitting on my computer updating my blog...

So I will leave you with some photos from a couple of shoots I did for the shop...And remember to visit is at www.historyshopny.etsy.com!!!

Welcome Back,

I tend to ignore my blogs every now and then.  I'll try to stop doing that.  I'm opening a vintage shop on Etsy and have been crazy busy getting it set up.  I've been unemployed for about two months now and got in touch with my inner creativity.  I made a few necklaces that I really am proud of.  Here's a photo of one that will be sold in the shop:

Turquoise Howlite Peace Necklace - w/ feathers

I was supposed to have a photo shoot later today with Kara Anne, but the weather isn't looking too promising so I may have to postpone it until Monday (it's supposed to be stormy all weekend).  I really need to get these clothes listed in the shop so I can have a grand opening!

Brian left for Vermont for about a week.  I still have yet to go!  I'm thinking about going in the fall...Maybe around Halloween.  I'm dying to walk around different markets, take pictures of the scenery and just get a feel for such a beautiful, relaxing state.  New York is a little too much sometimes, even for a native New Yorker.

I've been wanting to move to (or at least visit) Portland, Oregon, however I was talking to a friend last weekend and he was telling me about Washington DC and how it's very vegan/vegetarian friendly.  I would love to visit before the winter.  If I want to move away, I'd love to at least live somewhere close enough to drive home when I want to...For now, at least.  I guess I'll have to do some research.

Well, I'm going to get ready to officially begin my day.

-Bean-