Eggadelic Egg Ornaments

I've added a bunch of colorful, hand painted Eggadelic Egg Ornaments to my Etsy shop.

I blew out the contents of real chicken eggs, cleaned them, painted them with acrylics, sealed them with a clear coat, and attached ribbons for hanging.

I tend to have a hard time with proper pastels so my eggs are a bit brighter and crazier than your traditional painted Easter eggs. Each one is unique and one-of-a-kind.

Check out some other adorable items I found while browsing items tagged "Easter" on Etsy.

Little Pumpkin Faux Fur Guinea Pig Plushie by Zygopsyche:

Bella Bunny-Salsa by urastarhouse:


Homely Little Chickie by humblebea:


High Flying Easter Bunny - Pink by BlissForest:


Pop Garden and Bijoux by Heather Baily Cloche Hat by lilyandrose:


Kitty Egg Molded Crayons by kittybblove:

Primitive Shabby Bright Color Paper Mache Eggs by thebrokenhouse:


Blue and Apple Green Chalcedony Earrings by bellabeadstudio:


Yellow Easter Egg with Trees and Birds by astashtoys:


Goose Egg by starless:

New animated web ad!

Check it out - my first fancy animated web ad! I had it designed by a great Etsy seller, sugarelli. It was cheap and fast and she was very helpful and willing to work with me and make lots of changes as I requested them.

This is something I've been wanting to do for a long time but I finally went ahead and did it when I saw Lana Kole's facebook post about offering free ad space on her new interior design blog. So I went for it! My ad is now up on nterior.typepad.com. I'm excited. Now I finally have an ad that I can use to do some more outside advertising.

Lana Kole makes really cool vinyl wall graphics like this amazing chandelier:
Leave me a comment and let me know what you think of my groovy new ad!

Some Orangey Goodness

One of my favorite blogs that I love to read from time to time (I really don't have as much time to spend reading blogs as I'd like) is called How About Orange. It's awesome. So, yesterday, I took a brief break from lying in bed dying of "the plague" (as I am doing right now) to catch up on this groovy blog, and through it I discovered a great flickr group called Orangey Goodness. I immediately joined and tossed some of my orangey photos into the pool.

This led me to discover this awesome coffee cup from Peacock Modern, which I am coveting:

I actually have several cups like this one - four green ones with psychedelic oranges on them, an orange one with cherries, and a blue one with a pear. They are so cool!

Let me tell you that Orangey Goodness was exactly what I needed to cheer me up after being sick in bed like this. I missed work yesterday and even had to miss Sister Diane's class at Trillium Artisans on "Attracting Customers Through Social Media." I'm bummed. I'm now going to go eat a nice juicy orange and go back to bed.

Giving stuff away on Posh Mama & Green Earth Journey

My Roman Record Cuffs were featured last week on Posh Mama (a social network) and Capitola Girl for their "Friday Findings" post. The theme was "Wearable Music." Jamie Daniels' necklace from the Trillium Artisans shop was also featured.

I also decided to sponsor their weekly giveaway, and just found out the winner is Shelly from joyfulgirlnatural. I'll be shipping here one of these Basic Black Bracelets:

I am also sponsoring a giveaway over on Green Earth Journey. It will be happening on March 23rd. Check out the blog for more info, you could win a Mod Mandalas Coloring Book!

Some pictures from the Buckman show

That's what my set-up looked like at the Buckman Art Show and Sell this last weekend.

I was actually sick in bed all day Saturday and couldn't be at the event (luckily it's the type of show where you don't have to be there, but I probably would have sold more if I had been).

I'm still feeling under the weather but am off to work today anyway. In other news, the Etsy class at DIY Lounge on Thursday night (co-taught with LeBrie) went really well. I am still teaching the blogging class once a week at Duniway Elementary. It is pretty cool. I have to use typepad for the blog in order to make it password protected, and I just really am not liking typepad! Oh well.

Suzie went to the Virgin Islands and is due back tonight. We are trying to recruit Emie to become a Vignette, because Kat's work schedule is, unfortunately, making it hard for her to come to the gigs. Our next show will be April 11 at the Ash Street, Chuck's third annual birthday bash. Also playing: Cootie Platoon and the Oblivion Seekers. Mark your calendars for a great rocking night!

Rings and Things

Here's a sneak peek at a brand new product I've been working on - rings made from recycled vinyl records! I'm thinking of calling them Rock 'n' Roll Record Rings. But I'm not married to the name so I'd love to hear ideas if anybody has any suggestions for a cool name.

Anyway, I bought a ring mandrel from a seller on Etsy (it was a total impulse buy, she was promoting it on twitter) and have been playing around with cutting up bits and pieces from my scrap pile of broken painted records.
I've been collecting all these scraps forever and just waiting to find a good use for them. Rings are perfect, they are so easy to make, it's ridiculous. And with the ring mandrel, I can make them in the proper ring sizes. I am thinking of selling them for around $10 each. I would love your feedback on the pricing too!

I'm taking a batch in to Tender Loving Empire today, and they will be the first venue to try out the new product. I haven't even listed any in my shop yet, but I plan to make more and get them listed within the next few weeks, so stay tuned. I love feedback so please let me know what you think of this new idea! Thanks!

Buckman Art Show and Sell - March 6 & 7

I am excited to have my work at the Buckman Art Show and Sell for the third year. I hope you can check out this great event!

Buckman Arts Focus Elementary School
320 SE 16th Avenue in Portland

Friday, March 6, 5 pm - 9 pm
Saturday, March 7, 10 am - 5 pm

I will have a good variety of Eye Pop products at the show, and there will be work from more than 120 other local artists, and it's all for a good cause - to support the district's only arts-focus elementary school.

(Click here and here to see photos of art camps I have taught at Buckman too!)