Thursday, October 27, 2011

madara uchiha mask .... done

Posted to my google+ but I'll share here too. The lines are a wee bit off (I'll say it before you diehard Naruto fans start nagging me, LOL) but not too bad for a first go at paper mache!

So now back to production and I have some fab ideas and a few have been started! The first few are going to be for my Wednesday Witch shop and I'll share a peek likely on the fan page so be sure to drop in and like to keep up to date.

au revoir
xo
I

Thursday, October 20, 2011

up to my elbows...

Hiya all! Taking a wee coffee break while my first layer of mask dries and thought I'd pop on and say hi. I am coated in paste and newspaper ink but it's been great fun sofar. I have to say the skeleton I built for it could have been stronger (good to know for the next one) and I could have waited just a smidge longer to begin as the paste I used was too runny (though it thickened nicely) and I was terrified it was not going to hold it's form for the first bit. However it seems to be doing well, yay! Here's a peek...
Long wasy to go yes as there is so much detail that will need to be added but hey, it's a start! It's supposed to end up being a Madara Uchiha mask like this....
Well, that's it for me for now. As always drop into my fan page and give it a like to be sure to get the newest info and links to all my online spaces. au revoir xo I

Friday, September 30, 2011

Links time

Hello all! I realized that I never did give specific links to the items I made exclusive for Gaias. I've wanted to share the exact links to my pieces with GaiasGifts so, here goes.... http://www.gaiasgiftscrystals.co.uk/products.asp?Atn=View&pID=946 Rune set. http://www.gaiasgiftscrystals.co.uk/products.asp?Atn=View&pID=947 Greenman box. http://www.gaiasgiftscrystals.co.uk/products.asp?Atn=View&pID=944 Elf vase. http://www.gaiasgiftscrystals.co.uk/products.asp?Atn=View&pID=945 Scarab runes. Happy Friday all!

Friday, September 23, 2011

I swear I am alive and not left you by the wayside! I am very distracted in a custom mask that I am working on. Otherwise I am busy in practices with PMS and keeping up with my sons grade 8 year. New things to share and maybe a glimpse at the mask (if I am allowed) soon. au revoir xo I

Thursday, September 15, 2011

new

Popped in to let you know there's new listings on both MsNovemberTuesday and WednesdayWitch Zibbet shops.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

back to school

Back to school here means that I get to get back into production on a much more serious level since I have a few free hours on a regular basis alone again. It also means that I begin to stretch myself beyond limits since I'm juggling my son, every aspect of my creating (from design, production to sales & web stuff), my classes, my practice schedule for PMS, all the housework and anything else life tosses at me. It's always takes a week or two to get it sorted and today has started off as one of those days where multiple small annoyances gang up on me all at once. Not bad for day 2 I guess!
au revoir
xo
I

Friday, August 19, 2011

OMgeebus

What a week it's been!
I was almost finished a few creations and somehow I turned the heat to 365 not the 265 so that batch is no more. Ug!! I will have to remake remix redo as close as possible to the idea. I managed to get an deviantART link up both here and on my fanpage though, still no luck on finding a zibbet. My artfire accounts are no more, well they are still existing as a buyers account but any selling I do will be on Zibbet, Etsy or deviantArt from here on.
In unrelated news I am in my last week of training with PMS clan. If you don't know, they are an all female gaming community (though they now do have a male/co-ed clan in H2O). I chose my big sis yesterday!! Think of this as a sorority idea created to support and mentor. What a great group of people I've met so far!
Well, I need to upload some new stuff and get cracking on carefully baking some more creations. I'll be back to check in soon. And as always drop in and like my fan page to keep up to date on things.
au revoir
xo
I

Friday, July 29, 2011

artfire update

So, effective today there is no stock in either of my artfire shops. I will not be restocking and they will both be gone August 15th.
Please visit my zibbet and etsy shops for my adornments and enchantments. Please visit my deviantart for my photography.
Links are to the right in my I'm on the web section or through site specific links found above.
Thanks for dropping in!
aurevoir
xo
I

Friday, July 22, 2011

touching base

So hello! Yes, it's been quiet here but not on the fan page, lol. I have been neglect in posting updates here....sorry. I do still love it here but as I was sucked into playing games with friends on facebook I am often there and it's just a hop over to the fan page and well....!
So here's the scoop gang... effective Aug 17th (I think) Artfire is shutting down all it's free accounts. Now this doesn't affect my MsNovemberTuesday shop but it will shut down my WednesdayWitch shop. I have decided that because of lack of sales (though I've had a bunch of features from other sellers) I am going to be shutting down both Artfire shops on Sunday July 31st. I am keeping my etsy, zibbet and deviantart shops. My deviant art will be the place to look for any photography work that I am showing (and there is a lot with much more to come). My zibbet will become my main adornment shop with etsy as an extra shopfront. I wanted to let you know in advance (and you are the first to know on this one) so if you dropped in on artfire and saw few or no things that you would know what's going on and where to find me. As always of course there is my fan page http://www.facebook.com/pages/MsNovemberTuesday/243211214678 where you can like and keep in touch. I will be doing a special giveaway there just around fall time so be sure to like and keep your eyes open.
I as of yet do not have a google+ page. I passed up the offer when it first happened and I guess I am being punished for it now as I can't even get in by invite, lol. When I am able yes I probably will but I will let you know.
As I mentioned there are more new pix up for grabs on my deviantart page http://msnovembertuesday.deviantart.com . There are new shots that should be up within the next few days as I still have to grab 'em off the memory card. As always I will keep you updated.
For now I am going to update my links to include my deviantart and then off to link the fan page to this posting, so I will chat with you again soon.
au revoir
xo
I

Monday, June 27, 2011

postal info

So dear friends, it appears the mail strike/lockout here in Canada is going to be over tomorrow. Actually today but it's tomorrow when they will start wading through the backlog of mail and begin to deliver it again. YAY! (I think as I have not heard what the terms were that the government legislated them back to work with.) Anyways, it's going to take a while for them to get caught up on it all and as I am waiting for components that are stuck somewhere in there I'm going to wait to reopen until July 1st in celebration of mail again, Canada Day and Pride festivities here in the GTA. (No I am not a lesbian but I do have more than a few friends who are LBGTT and the view is quite nice too.)
Thanks for hanging on with me during this delay! And as always, keep updated here and on my fan page (don't be shy to like).
au revoir
xo
I

Saturday, June 25, 2011

blog name changes

In case you were wondering… I am in the process of switching all my personal accounts to loreleybee (or my real name) and saving MsNovemberTuesday / msnovtues for my business brand. I hope this doesn’t screw anyone up too bad! I’m in the process of updating links so if you don’t see it changed just substitute loreleybee for use with my twitter and tumblr.

Oh, I also deleted my myspace account! I might make a new one and I will let you know if I do.

All my business accounts/shops (artfire/etsy/zibbet/deviantart) as well as my fan page and this blog are unchanged.

Thanks for hanging in on the ride!

au revoir

xo

I

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

well folks

I was hoping to not have to make this decision however, Canada Post is now in the process of sealing all mailboxes after locking out their striking staff. What does this mean? Well the short version is that there is now no mail delivery and no mailing anything out. Shorter version.... if you rely on the post you're fucked two ways Tuesday! I guess I'm going to have to shut the shops down. My only other option is private courier which the price point on a lot of my stuff just isn't worth it. Or letting customers know they can buy but I can't mail until this is done and it could be 2 days or 2 months and keeping people waiting is just not acceptable to me so I guess it's vacation time. This sucks! I'll keep you posted (sorry for the pun).
Now I have to go let the shops know.......
Oh and did I mention aside from the mail, Air Canada is on strike and it's looking like my municipal workers are going to be doing the same on Saturday?! Can i fire 'em all and hire people who really need the job?
au revoir
xo
I

Friday, June 3, 2011

so strike

Ok so apparently they are on strike at Canada Post. Right now it's rotating cities (mine is next) for a 48 hr work stoppage. How in the end this is going to affect things, who really knows. They say it's business as usual unless it's your city affected but um, from what I keep reading not so much. For now as long as it stays a rotating strike, I will keep on business as usual. If they truly start striking I will be switching to a courier as my delivery service and or taking a short holiday from the shops. Here's hoping it's business as usual since I have a few packages on their way to me! I'll keep you posted....lols couldn't resist.
For now I've got to go write up a blurb for the shops informing them so...
au revoir
xo
I

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

news

So I just wanted to pop in and just let you all know there may be a postal strike here in Canada tomorrow. If this should happen I am not sure of what delays or disruptions to shipping there might be. I will keep you updated and post notices in my shops if need be. I will consider using a courier company which would be increased cost but guaranteed but I won't make any decisions until I know if the strike is happening and just what it will affect.
Otherwise I have been in design and create mode with a few new things in my shops. I am slowed down right now with a finger injury but don't expect it to be anything too disrupting. How are you liking my new banners? The fan page is slightly different in layout but I think these are the best yet and like them (if I do say so myself).
For now it's late and I'm off to do some reading. Yet another Andrew Mayne book, who if you haven't checked out on Amazon.com kindle .... well you should.
au revoir
xo
I

Sunday, May 1, 2011

items waiting

All the 4 exclusive items for Gaia's Gifts (www.gaiasgiftscrystals.co.uk) are photoed/described/priced/sent and awaiting listing. I'm excited to see how they will do in her shop (I hope well of course) and I am so inspired to make a few more exclusives for her. I need to get my own shops sorted and new listings too, lol. I am not sure if I shouldn't have pointed it to my Wednesday Witch as opposes to selling it from MsNovemberTuesday....perhaps I should say f*ck it to the whole concepts and just begin using my own name. Perhaps I should be putting this much attention to my creating instead of tiddling about on this minor part. I need to make some $$$ as I really want to go to do an investigation with Steve & Tango in Buffalo. I need to get my spot like yesterday so.....! Strange motivation to really kick things into high gear but hey, what ever works.

au revoir
xo
I

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

confessions & craptasticness

So I have a confession to make.... I've still been buying my polymer clay and a lot of my extras at retail and mainly at Michaels. I know, I know there are many other options and after tonight's little fiasco I am going to be looking into them. I go in as I need matte and gloss acrylic paint sealer and a wee bit more clay. I discover a container for my newest set of runes and a Buddha charm on sale and head to the checkout. Now to preface this I have been overcharged or mischarged the last 2 times I've been in this particular location and NOT noticed it until I got home. So tonight over comes this chick with bunny ears to her cash. She serves the lady in front of me and then says to me next. Ok I go up and she scans in my stuff and I see the container is $1.29 when it was supposed to be 99¢ and ok won't sweat that. But I do notice the Buddha charm is $4.99 NOT the $2.69 on the tag and I nicely say "um, the Buddha charm was on sale". "What?" she replies to me snottily. I explain the charm and she whips around the register screen and digs with a huff through the bag. She then finds it and eyes me over up and down then the tag which apparently was a second sales tag like I'd actually switch tags. I'm thinking well fuck you but I'm not going to be rude. She grabs the supervisor as she's passing to void, sweet as sugar to her. Then as she walks away to the other cash to do a void there my salesgirl looks at me like I've got shit on my face and proceed to ring everything in again with the register screen STILL facing away from me. As she waits for the debit to process she notices the supervisors signature and says across to her sweet as fricking sugar again how cute her signature is and then as my receipt processes turns back to me with a sour look tosses the receipt at me. Um, excuse me I felt like saying do you know how lucky you are to have a fricking job?! How dare you be rude to a customer who did nothing to you to deserve it. I wanted to tell her to return it all and go fuck herself but as I needed it all swallowed it and set it aside. After this we go to the drive through, and it's a freaking really windy night and it's rain mixed with hail and snow and what do you think....the girl in the window is SO freaking nice and she's basically in the elements and getting cold and wet when the window opens. What excuse does the bitch inside pretending to stock shelves have to be such a freaking troll?! Not amused am I. And I will be looking into alternatives for purchasing materials. I don't believe you need to kiss a customer ass but I do believe in common courtesy.
So sorry to unload that on you all but I am tired of busting my hump to give good customer service, being accountable to my potential / actual customers and have to deal with fools who hardly do anything and feel like the world owes them everything for nothing. Customers are important to a business folks.
Ok well next time I will be coming to share new items! Oh, and don't let me forget to mention the wonderful customer service I got at Home Depot tonight... this guy was on the ball and knew what he was talking about. I guess excellent service at 2 out of 3 wasn't all that bad right.
au revoir
xo
I

Thursday, April 14, 2011

whats in the works

Am working on something I hadn't planned to be but it just seemed to want to happen. It's kind of an offshoot from a plan I have for a OOAK exclusive piece for Gaias Gift that I am working with. I'm going to give them first dibs on it so I'd better get my bunions back to work!
Oh did you want a peek?!

au revoir
xo
I

p.s. If you're on Facebook please go become a fan on my MsNovemberTuesday page! Just use the link on the right.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

news

Still going over contracts with the jewelry retailer but I have other news.... You will soon be seeing my work in Gaias Gifts www.gaiasgiftscrystals.co.uk!!!! Thanks Tumblr for letting us meet and be able to do this. Jess is an awesome gal and really great to work with (and her shop is lovely). Ok so now with 5 shops to supply and a 6th on the way.....back to work on blending clays and getting more new items ready. It's going to take a few days to adjust my schedule to it all but I'm so happy to have the chance.
au revoir
xoxo
I

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

excited

Much going on and I hope to have more news to share with you soon. I am working on descriptions for new items and shrinking down photos for the listings as we speak. I'm also buried in books for my latest assignment and trying to get this unit ready to submit which is leaving me slightly scattered but determined to fit it all in. Be nice to each other and I'll be back soon. au revoir xo I

Monday, March 28, 2011

what's up?

So hiya! It has been a busy weekend for me and I am avoiding work for today and well, thought I'd drop in to say hello to everyone. My custom button order is done and now with it's owner in prep for being added to their knitted sweater. I am so excited to see the final results! I am taking a breather to enjoy and decide on my next move. I have an idea of which shops are getting new pieces and when but I'll confirm it for you as things go up. Spring is just not wanting to say hello here and we have had yet another day of minus degree Celsius weather and snow still on the ground! It is good for the water table I know so I won't complain. And it is pretty to look at as long as I don't have to shovel it, lol. Ok my kettle is done and I am off for a cuppa....well something, not sure yet if English breakfast tea or ginger latte. Love you much. Play nice with each other. au revoir I xoxoxo

Friday, March 11, 2011

thinking

Cannot find the words to express my thoughts and sadness at the chaos going on. To those of you in it or with loved ones in the midst I can only send my thoughts and hope.

Monday, March 7, 2011

guess what I did today....

So yep it was a busy day and my hands are tired from 5 hours of cutting black spots (4 per button) for 20 buttons. The end result I am so happy with and I hope my customer will be as pleased! I still need to buff/sand but I'm almost done. Here's a peek (in case you haven't become a fan on my page yet)......
They are cooling now and I am going to take advantage and spend time with my son.
au revoir
xo
I

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

catching up

So today the items finally went out in the mail to my OWOH winners. Sorry about that delay but I have been miserable with some freakish cold that teamed up with my sore back and kicked my arse on Thursday night and is just beginning to let me feel slightly human today, though I still can't breath through my nose, lol. I hope everyone will be pleased and t o those who got the glow in the dark (either beads or light switch plate) all you need to do to charge them is expose 'em to sunlight or just room light will work.
I wrote one exam on Thursday morning and will be looking forward to another by June. The fun never stops :-) So I really want to nap like a kitty in the sun for just a few minutes and I will be leaving you now to go soak in some sunshine and rest my eyes. That truly is the perk of being a freelancer....as long as you get your work done you can pretend to be a kitty for brief moments, lol.
au revoir
xo
I

Sunday, February 20, 2011

this weeks news

So after drawing numbers and posting winners to OWOH I've been busy creating. Of course work continues on my custom order and somehow with my back still being a bear I've managed to make a new necklace and 5 sets of magnets!!!! I have pictures done of a few and you should be seeing them in one of my shops (either artfire or etsy) before the week is up. I do have to write an exam on Thursday so I will have to take some time away to review.
Remember to drop in on my fan page and say hello!
au revoir
xo
I

Friday, February 18, 2011

OWOH winners

Winners are baglady, beckie holso, kimberly r, aimee jeffries and joeyandalthea. It will be a mystery as to who gets what as after I took the photos I sealed up each ready to mail, lol. I have just finished sending emails to let them know and if for some reason I don't hear back from them I will let everyone know and pick new numbers on the 22nd. I hope everyone had fun!
I am dashing off for now.
au revoir.
xo
I

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

redos

Tinkered a bit with my artfire and here. Not sure how I feel about it all but I'll let it sit a few days and see. In other things, I am busy with my order for the short times I am sitting. My back comes and goes so I am used to it and it is more often good to me than not so it's not so bad.
Can't believe tomorrow is the end of OWOH! I have visited many but will have to have a peek again tonight and try to get to visit with a few more. It's been lovely being able to do this.
au revoir
xo
I

Friday, February 11, 2011

phew....

Okay, I just finished adding all the items I'm offering for OWOH. A total of 5, one for each year. I hope y'all will like them and yes, it's okay to say which you prefer but I plan on random number generating the winners so depending on the number of people who want one thing the chances of me matching what the random number generator gives me and what you want out of the 5 might be difficult. I promise to do my best with what the numbers give me, lol!
In other news my back injury is flaring up again so it is really uncomfortable to sit for long so I'm going to leave you for tonight. Please remember to comment on the correct post and if you have any questions please let me know.
au revoir
xo
I

Thursday, February 10, 2011

OWOH 2011

Almost let the date slip by me and would have kicked myself! However here we are again in the final year of OWOH, One world One Heart worldwide blog event!!!!

Item #1
I am offering one of my handmade pink Princess crown dog collar/purse charm/key fob/zipper pull (or whatever you can think of to call it) up for grabs, no strings attached just for coming here and leaving a comment to this post. One comment per person please!


Item#2
A glow in the dark double switch plate. It is a regulation plastic switch plate cover that I have made a custom polymer clay cane for. The bonus of this is it glows in the dark!!! It is OOAK. Please remember only 1 comment no matter how many of the items you might like.


Item #3
A set of OOAK beads ready for stringing. These were custom blended by me in polymer clay and nobody else will have any like them. Shades of gold, purples, translucent and grey. Please remember only 1 comment no matter how many of the items you might like.


Item#4
Handmade necklace! Cording is some sort of jute twine material with faux rose quartz and honey amber as well as various seed beads and a pendant made from polymer clay and stamped with love in kanji. Closure is goldtone. This is a OOAK piece as well. Please remember only 1 comment no matter how many of the items you might like.

Item#5
2 OOAK beads ready for stringing. These were made from a bit of the same custom polymer clay cane I used in the switch plate so, yes, they glow in the dark too! Please remember only 1 comment no matter how many of the items you might like.


At the end of the event (February 17, 2011 after 6p.m. e.s.t.) I will randomly draw comment numbers (1 for each item) and the winners will each get 1 item at random. I will post winners here and contact winners privately on the 18th.

I will contact you through email so you MUST leave a way for me to contact you if you are the winner. Please ONE comment/entry per person. The event began at midnight January 30, 2011 and ends 6p.m. February 17, 2011 and to enter all you have to do is leave a comment to this blog entry. No cost or anything to you but your time! Otherwise I think that's it, so leave your comment here and use the link to visit others participating and or find out how to join in yourself!
Thanks for popping by!
Play nice with each other.
peace, blessings & furry kisses
xo
I

p.s. here's the link to all the info besides the one in the sidebar
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revised at 10p.m. on Feb 11th to include all items available (total of 5)

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

today I did....

So today I did a little more work on my MsNovemberTuesday artfire shop. I'm in the process of cropping and changing my item photos and it isn't as easy task as one thinks. I'm not complaining since the light was lovely that day and it's just a pain to be resizing them for artfire but it's not so bad. I'm also tweaking and revising my plan of attack for my custom order which i will be starting this week. How does that go about the best laid plans.....lololol.
I just wanted to check in and now I'm off to crop a few more photos for tomorrows go at it.
au revoir
xo
I

Friday, January 28, 2011

another feature

Yet another of my creations is featured in an artfire.com collection.
http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=collections&op=details&cid=12767
This is my 6th separate feature! It's always amazing to be picked by another artist.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

hiya!

Things are going well so far in the custom order. It is almost official I just need to tweek a bit on the pattern and I think it'll be official within a few days. they are happy with what they've seen but I want to adjust the design to be exactly what they want before we sign off on it.
I still have my etsy in limbo. I keep hoping that my artfire will start taking off because I find it's services and pricing much nicer. So far though it's etsy that gets sales and artfire that gets features.
I have a few new items in the planning stage. Actually I'm a little confused as to which way I want to take them so there may be a collection. We'll see once I get this custom order sorted and can spare more brain cells for it, lol.
Ok, I need more coffee before I can function any more today so, I'm taking off.
as always...
peace, blessings and furry kisses
xo
i

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

guess who?

Darn it...yep, it's just me.
So my etsy shop is down right now. I had been working on new workroom space/setup in hopes of making my creations a wee bit easier but that has hit a speed bump. I am currently waiting to hear back on a custom design that I've been working on. So far it's just at the here's what I want and I've just finished the sample and submitted pricing. I am so hoping it will come through! I'll keep you posted and if you're curious there's a few pix in my picasa somewhere of it.
Beyond that, I am at the design phase for a new OOAK item. It's just starting where I'm going to get my hands dirty so I'll share that ASAP though I will tell you it's something for your neck, lol.
In sad news last Monday my dear furry girl Sam was walking out from the kitchen and all of a sudden her back legs just stopped working. She didn't get better. Tuesday morning I took her to the vets and after some tests they found she had a tumor that had pressed against her spine and it wasn't going to get better so I had to make the hardest decision ever to have her put down. It has been a week today and I am lost without her. She was at my side for almost every moment over this last 5 years and she is missed beyond words. She was just over 5 years old and just too young for something like this! I am glad to know she didn't suffer long though I'd never have believed I'd be without her so soon.
Ok I need to try and sleep.
Go hug your furries and give them kisses for me.
As always....
peace, blessings and furry kisses
xo
i