Showing posts with label lapel pins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lapel pins. Show all posts

Saturday, August 23, 2014

Pink...Treasuries!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/189035250/back-to-school-crochet-miniature?ref=favs_view_3

      Hello Saturday People! :-) I'm back with another couple of Etsy treasuries, some new items I've been crocheting...including a new hat!...and some flowers! Just what you would expect from a Wug on a Saturday, right?!
      That cute turtle in the header photo, this bracelet (below)...

https://www.etsy.com/listing/122961980/silver-pearl-daisy-stretch-stack?ref=favs_view_2

      ...and my turquoise blue and white crochet necklace (below)...

https://www.etsy.com/listing/101401702/crochet-necklace-turquoise-blue-and?ref=shop_home_active_14

      ...were all in this treasury (below)!...

https://www.etsy.com/treasury/NTE4Nzk1MTd8MjcyNjY3ODQ0MA/122?index=0&ref=l2&atr_uid=

      ...along with some other cute jewelry and flowers, which you can check out for yourself if you click the link above! :-] I particularly liked the hand-decorated wedding wine glasses! :-]

      Sooo...what have I been doing with my Saturday?!...Crocheting and eating! ^_^ Eating homemade spaghetti with meat sauce, mint chocolate chip ice cream, etc. And crocheting some pink lapel pins, per request of a customer! :-) ...

https://www.etsy.com/listing/200944821/tiny-clutch-back-lapel-pin-1-inch-pink?ref=shop_home_active_3
https://www.etsy.com/listing/200944821/tiny-clutch-back-lapel-pin-1-inch-pink?ref=shop_home_active_3

      He wanted pink. But I have three or four different shades of pink!! O_O I decided to just do two. The regular pink (above), and the baby pink (below)...

https://www.etsy.com/listing/200939736/tiny-clutch-back-lapel-pin-1-inch-baby?ref=shop_home_active_2
https://www.etsy.com/listing/200939736/tiny-clutch-back-lapel-pin-1-inch-baby?ref=shop_home_active_2

      Before I made the lapel pins though, I finished this angel hair hat! :-) ...

https://www.etsy.com/listing/200947934/crochet-hat-cowboy-cowgirl-style-angel?ref=shop_home_active_1

https://www.etsy.com/listing/200947934/crochet-hat-cowboy-cowgirl-style-angel?ref=shop_home_active_1
https://www.etsy.com/listing/200947934/crochet-hat-cowboy-cowgirl-style-angel?ref=shop_home_active_1

      It's a variegated blend, with black, white, powder blue, and pink in it!! :-) ...

https://www.etsy.com/listing/200947934/crochet-hat-cowboy-cowgirl-style-angel?ref=shop_home_active_1

      The large pink button on the side was just for a focal point of interest....
https://www.etsy.com/listing/200947934/crochet-hat-cowboy-cowgirl-style-angel?ref=shop_home_active_1

      Once again, my photos aren't doing it justice. :-( It's a lot cuter in person. Or at least I think so!!...And it's really soft and warm too!!

      To continue my treasury theme, here's another one...with a different color scheme! :-] ...
 
https://www.etsy.com/treasury/MTU1NDg0NTl8MjcyNjY1ODA2NA/summer-141?index=0&ref=l2&atr_uid=

https://www.etsy.com/listing/181505493/clutch-back-flower-pin-112-inch-crochet?ref=shop_home_active_22

      My pumpkin colored boutonniere fit right in, don't you think?! ^_^

      These things fit right in too!! (below) ...

https://www.etsy.com/listing/196017101/handprinted-natural-cotton-small-zipper?ref=favs_view_11

https://www.etsy.com/listing/196845220/glass-pendant-in-orange-with-a-sunflower?ref=favs_view_10
https://www.etsy.com/listing/196845220/glass-pendant-in-orange-with-a-sunflower?ref=favs_view_10

      As usual, I had to end the post with a flower! :-) ... Unfortunately, or fortunately...depending on how you look at things!...not much else is going on around here to talk about! I've talked about my hummingbirds until I'm blue!...and yes, they're still here. And still flitting and flying about! :-)
      I've also talked about my food, my crochet projects, and my backyard raindrops. What else is there?! O_O ...Oh! I know!!...I organized my crochet items for my shop, so that they're easier to process for shipping. And I now need a long nap!! ^_^ See you tomorrow!! ♥

Artist's ROCK!

Their eyes see what their heart sees,
and in colors on canvas or in yarn.
You can see it in their photographs of foliage,
or the red and brown that's painted on a barn.

Their heart says: "This bead color's perfect!"
Then you see the artist's work on jewelry stands.
They recycle, mix the media and show you,
and collect a lot of now adoring fans!

Whatever medium they work in,
Whether working with their hands or just their eyes,
you can be sure they'll get some ogglers and lookers,
who, like me, will give them "Ahhhs" and "Ooooos" and sighs.

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Sometimes You Have To Listen To....."YOURSELF!"

https://www.etsy.com/listing/166407241/clutch-back-flower-pins-3-handmade?ref=shop_home_active_15

      I'll just tell you 'right off the bat' that this post is dedicated to.....ME! ^_^ Well, not 'me' so much as valuing 'my' thought process...Yes, I know you don't know what in the world I'm talking about!! LOL
      It's a simple thing really. About this time last year I was selling my crochet boutonnieres 'left and right' in my Wuglyees Etsy shop! In other words, I was selling a LOT of them!! And I was a very happy girl! :-) But I listened to some conversations on the forums that were talking about 'valuing your work' and 'pricing correctly'...and I decided that "Yeah! I need to raise my prices and value 'MY' work too!!!" So I raised my prices.
       I didn't raise the prices by a lot...except for shipping. Ugh! (The post office decided to 'value their work' at the same time I did! Grrrr!) Long story short....Uhhhhh...my sales have been bottoming out ever since!!! It's been slow...sporadic...and aggravating! Not to mention 'pocketbook depleting'!! LOL

https://www.etsy.com/shop/wuglyees?section_id=6068008&ref=shopsection_leftnav_1

      So, for those of you who are concerned with me not valuing what I do, or maybe making it harder for other crocheters to have their work valued because of pricing my work too low.......Shushy!!!!! LOL
       
https://www.etsy.com/shop/wuglyees?section_id=6068008&ref=shopsection_leftnav_1

      Meaning no disrespect, I say to you: "It's all nice and good to have your work valued...when you can afford to not eat! ^_^ But I have to eat!!!!" ^_^ Therefore, all of my boutonnieres and lapel pins have gone back to their original selling prices...$10 for boutonnieres and regular brooches...$9 for lapel pins...$11 for 3-layer brooches.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/wuglyees?section_id=6068008&ref=shopsection_leftnav_1

      Hopefully this will bring some 'cash-flow' back to my shop, because lately the only fun being had at 'wuglyees' is by the 'silence inducing' crickets in the shop!! LOL

https://www.etsy.com/shop/wuglyees?section_id=6604889&ref=shopsection_leftnav_2

    Yes, I still value my work!...but right now I'm a 'starving artist'! And I need to get some 'actual' value for my work! The kind of value you can take to the bank and come away with lunch money for! ^_^

https://www.etsy.com/shop/wuglyees?section_id=6604889&ref=shopsection_leftnav_2

     One of these days...maybe!...^_^...I'll be able to hike my prices up to some ridiculous 'brand name' kind of price. You know, the kind of price where people wouldn't care what price it was, and would pay anything simply because...."Oooooo! I have a Wuglyees original!!!!"...and where other people would ask: "Ooooooo! Where did you find it?!!!!" LOL

https://www.etsy.com/shop/wuglyees?section_id=6604889&ref=shopsection_leftnav_2

      Okay...so maybe I've been losing too much sleep, getting up at unheard of hours to watch tennis!! ^_^ But hey!.....it could happen!!! ^_^ In the meantime, I won't hold my breath!!...I'll just keep watching to see if my sales come back!! ^_^
       You YOURSELF...have a nice day!! ♥

"I Love Me!"

I love me.
I love the happy me.
I love the fact of me.
I love the silly me.
I love me.

I love the confident me.
I love the cooking me.
I love the sexy me.
I love me.

I love the cuddly me.

I love the caring me.
I love the beautiful me.
I love me.

I love the supportive me.
I love the sporting me.
I love the giddy me.
I love me.

I love the quiet me.
I love the talkative me.
I love the pensive me.
I love me.

I love the sensitive me.
I love the thoughtful me.
I love the world, with me.
I love me.

I love the patient me.
I love the stylish me.
I love the smiling me.
I love me.

I love the creative me.
And the one who created me,
because he helps relate to me
why I love me.
And I do love me!

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Just A Little Peek At My New Wedding Crochet Brooch Set!


      I just have to apologize right off the bat this morning to any of you who are just sick to death of hearing me talk about my new crochet boutonniere and brooch set....Sorry. :-) But here we go again!!
      I'm almost completely done with it, and I needed to do this post as a reference for anybody that wants to look at the whole package in my shop on Etsy. Etsy only gives you five slots for photos, and this big ole 'baby' needs to be seen in more than five photos! ^_^ 
      First, let me show you the bride's brooch (on the right below) again...sitting alongside the flower girl brooch! (on the left below) :-) ...


      The bridal brooch has an extra layer of petals around the outside, and is a little larger. But I figured that whatever little girl the bride chose as her flower girl, she would want them to look as special as her that day. :-)

      And I also figured that the bride would want her bridesmaids to look beautiful, and feel special, too! Not to mention be unified, while they're by her side that day! :-) .... So I made these three bridesmaid brooches (below) for them! :-) ...


      Now, men...generally speaking...don't like huge flowers on their lapel! So I grappled with how to make the groom look special, and stand out, without sticking a huge flower on him. :-)) I asked my hubby for suggestions and he said: "Make his white, but put some blue or silver in the middle.....Nah!...Not silver. Put BLUE in the middle!" So that's what I did...but in 'turquoise', not plain blue!! (groom's boutonniere on the left below) ^_^ ...


      The tiny lapel pin on the right (above) is a ring bearer lapel pin. :-) ... Hey! Little boys have to look kinda special too, don't they?! ^_^

      Speaking of boys...I also made three groomsmen boutonnieres (below)...
      

      Hubby suggested that the groomsmen boutonnieres should be the opposite color design from the groom (turquoise, with white centers). {Of course, when people order them 'MADE TO ORDER' they can choose whatever colors they want!!! :-)

      That's the package! ^_^ 

1 Bride's 3-layer Brooch 
1 Flower Girl Brooch
3 Bridesmaid 3-layer Brooches
1 Groom's Boutonniere
1 Ring Bearer's Lapel Pin
3 Groomsmen Boutonnieres
(Plus 2 FREE Mother's Brooches...for the mothers of the bride and groom)



    All of the brooches, boutonnieres, and lapel pins can have either a brooch pin, a button, a foldable pin fastener, or a button clutch pin on the back, to wear them...depending on the customer's preference...


      I've made a few with the new clutch pins on the back. Hubby really likes them!!...
 


      By the way, I'm also gonna be adding an extra couple of brooches to the package as free gifts! ^_^ Two loopier, slightly larger brooches...for the mother of the bride, and the mother of the groom! :-) ...

     The above brooch is one of the mother's brooches that I started last night. It's sorta like the groom's brooch...but bigger...and loopier! ^_^ ... The mother of the bride's brooch will look sorta like it, but with a silver center. :-) I may add them to this post later.

       As of right now, the whole package will be about $110, plus shipping. I think a wedding is worth that, don't you?! ^_^ ... By the way, if you want to make the wedding package your own way...customize it!...here are the prices:

-- 3-layer Brooches = $11.00 each (add $1.00 for specialty threads, like the silver shown above) 
-- Regular size Brooches and Boutonnieres = $10.50 each
-- tiny Lapel Pins = $9.50 each
-- Mother's Loop-Style Brooches $11.50
-- Bridal Necklaces = Add $1.00 to the price of any brooch (All of the brooches and pins can be converted and made with a leather cord, or a gun metal ball chain and bar necklace.) 

      Just give me your order by going over to my Wuglyees Etsy shop and leaving me a message in the "Contact the shop owner" section. Each package will be MADE TO ORDER within 2-4 weeks! (Sometimes shorter, depending on how busy I am at the time.)

     So there's my 'PEEK'! :-) ...



      Now I'm off to get that mother's brooch finished! :-) Have a good day, Everybody!!

New Marriage

Congratulations, You two!
Your new life has just begun.
Each other you may have known,
but what was two, will now be one.

One in your love for each other.
One in your mind and your heart.
One in co-operation.
One in this new life you'll start,
as married folks-never apart.

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Look What Popped Back Up!!


      If you didn't see my post the other day, about what happened when the thunderstorm 'pow powed' my backyard, this post will look like just a story about goldenrod. :-] Well...actually...that's what it is! A story about goldenrod! Ha! Ha!...
 

      ...and about bees who love goldenrod. :-) The bushes have been full to the brim with bees!!! In fact, if you look close at the photos you'll see them...
 

      I don't have a camera with close up enough to show you, but each bee looks like he has saddle bags hanging on his legs! Ha! Ha! ...Pollen...*cold shiver*...Ohhhh! The sneezing of my brains clear out of my head I would be doing if I was out there!!! ^_^ ...
 

      As you can see, the goldenrod that had been in a 'laying down' position, due to the thunderstorm 'sock-in-the-chin' it took, is now standing tall again...and thriving! :-) The bees are loving it too! But I don't think they're gonna last long, because our temperatures have changed drastically....*brrrr!*...I think you could even call the weather "brisk"...or... "chilly", especially early in the morning.
     I think Fall (Autumn) is finally gonna come...and stay! I can see clues all around now...not just the dropping temperatures either. Our lone hummingbird has been missing for a couple of days now...and the leaves on the trees in the area are starting to change to pretty golds and reds. :-]
      Pretty soon the only green that's gonna be left is the green in my Wuglyees shop! ^_^ Or should I say 'blue green'!...
 

 


     I just made these yesterday. I just realized I had this thread!...I don't know why I never made these before! I think they're a great 'manly' color, don't you?!
     As of today, I'm gonna be working on a couple of wedding sets in the shop. I'm thinking maybe a groom's boutonniere, 5 lapel pins, a ring bearer's pillow, and who knows what else! ^_^ I'm still mentally working on it! Ha! Ha!
      Right now I think I'm gonna work on getting me a few more Zzzzs! I woke up around 3:30 a.m. and haven't been able to go back to sleep!! Ugh! I just love my surges of hormones!!!!....N-O-T!!!! LOL
      Have a good day, Everybody! :-) You know what day it is, right?!....Hump Day! ^_^

I Think I Need To...

I think I need to change things up,
flip the script, change direction;
I don't want to lose my love
for that which I have so much affection?

I think I need some brand new eyes,
to see things a different way.
Because the way that I've been seing
really isn't gonna pay.

I think, because it's me, I need
some creative inspiration.
Some sketches, markers, ball point pens,
and some Disney animation.

I think that this may take some time.
It seems a lot for me to do.
So, maybe I should change my mind.
I'll let you know and get back to you! 

Saturday, September 7, 2013

Saturday Plans?!......Hmmmm....


      I know that Saturday is usually the day that most people are looking forward to doing stuff...You know, mowing the lawn, weeding the garden, going on day trips with the kids, inviting friends over for a meal, doing grocery shopping, visiting grandma, etc.
      But, for me, Saturday looks like almost every other day...A day for reading, writing letters and cards, tennis, crocheting, and napping! :-) And, Oh Yeah, an occasional conversation with the hubby about silliness. ^_^
     And today is no different in that regard!...Hubby and I had a silly conversation this morning about why we do silly things...like why I insist that my breakfast items...scrambled eggs, sausage, and grits with cheese...be on my plate completely separated...COMPLETELY!...and then when I get ready to eat it I mix everything up...COMPLETELY!...before I eat it!! LOL...It reminds me of that 'loading the spoon' scene from "The Mirror Has Two Faces". ^_^
     But he's no better because he has this thing about not finishing anything completely. That's why after dinner there's always a spoon of this, and a fork-full of that, that ends up as leftovers in the refrigerator! LOL...Leftovers that get found in the refrigerator months later and has to be thrown out!! ^_^ ... He also has a thing about walking around the house with his zipper undone...and I'm not talking about a romantic issue here...just comfort...but that's a whole 'nother' issue I'm not ABOUT to get into online anyway!!! LOL 

     So, what does your Saturday plans look like?! :-] ...Spending time with your elders?!....


    ...Taking a little 'nappy-poo'...or two?! ^_^ ...


      ...Going on a picnic?!...with the pets?! ^_^ ...


     ...Or doing a little dancing?! ^_^ ...


      Whatever it is....have FUN!!! :-)

     You know I'll be having some fun.....crocheting! ^_^ ...



     (These new lapel pins will be in the Wuglyees shop later today.)

     Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!.....Saturday! :-) 
 

Weekend

Weekend Folderol;
Lollygagging, having fun;
Makes working up to Friday
worth the paperwork you've done.

Your job, all week, came first,
but now it's time for a little jaunt;
or to lay around the house
and just do nothing, if you want!

A little this. A little that.
A bit of fun had out of doors.
A little weeding in the garden.
And a little bit of chores.

Some weekend folderol,
all alone or with your friends.
Or some chit chat with your neighbors,
new acquaintances or kin.

A Weekend that's all planned,,
or simply finding things to do;
Because every Monday will be back
and you'll need something to look forward to!