1 post tagged “crafts”

At the moment, due to the economy, not only is my current job only scheduling me for 4 or 5 hours a week, but nowhere else is apparently hiring.

Consequently, I am forced to get creative in my ways of making money on the side.

(No, not like that, you pervs.)

I have been experimenting with unique jewelry.  Once I get enough sample pieces, I hope to open an eBay store, maybe sometime in the next couple of weeks. 

Here are a few that I've come up with.  I welcome honest opinions, both positive and negative:

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This is a Labyrinth-themed necklace I made a few months ago, mostly on a whim.  In case you can't tell from the substandard picture, it includes miniature portraits of all of the main characters, plus charms of significant story elements.  This would be a more expensive item, considering the cost of the materials, the time investment, the fact that there are several of the pieces that I will never have again, and the fact that the audience is a limited one.

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I call this the Shadows and Light ring - hematite and glass strung with fishing line.  This would be a mid-to-low priced item.

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Gargoyle earrings, pretty self-explanatory.  These would be somewhat more expensive than the ring, since the gargoyle beads came from a non-local specialty shop that does not do online orders, and so would be hard if not impossible for me to replace in the near future.

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This bracelet is a work in progress.  I'm trying to figure out various fun things to do with computer chips and electrical wire, and I like this idea but it would have to be considerably tidier for me to consider selling it.  In any case, it would  be a low-priced item.

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Coffee and doughnuts!  These would be low to mid-priced; they are very simple to make, but the beads were expensive and came from the same specialty shop as the gargoyle beads, so I could not replace them.

Thoughts?