what i made this week ... and a 2-day backache

1. 9 pieces of new pendants

it all began when a friend kindly invited me to share her stall at the thursday open air bazaar. as of now, i am supposed to be sitting at my stall with my stuff on display, but as you can see, it didn't happen ...

i was really looking forward to the bazaar and so at the beginning of this week i wanted to make a few more things to fill the display. after a thought, i decided on something vintage. so i browsed around etsy to see if i could find some collage papers on vintage ladies :) i did find some in my lovely friend and teammate, maggie's shop MagpieMine. as the night went on, i continue to browse for more vintagie stuff ... but i suddenly had a naughty thot. i was visualizing some beautiful topless dancers on a pendant! well, in the end although it wasn't dancers, i did find a collection of the most beautiful topless vintage ladies in itkupilli's shop!

and so i have this new batch of pendants ... "courtesan"

inspired by one of maggie's collage sheets, i added some writings over the images of the ladies. at once i felt the sense of aching romance. it felt a little poignant, i dunno why ... it's like love notes written over the lives of these ladies ... made me wonder, did any of them find true love in their lifetime? sad isn't it ...

the base of these are made with polymer clay, the image is transferred onto the clay and then given a thick layer of resin. i really adore these ... tho it does bear a sense of sadness for me ...


2. orders!

this week i also received an order of 4 bookmarks and 2 handphone pretties from a friend, cecilia. YAY!! having the stall to think about, i thought i would make cecilia's orders in stages ...


but my rebel muse decided otherwise ... she wanted to finish all of these in one sitting! and she also made me create 2 more bookmarks on top of these ... her excuse ...

"hey sweetheart ... since you're at it anyway ... just make 2 more for the shop before you put those beads back into the box ... common!!"

well, these are now in my etsy shop - pimp & paint :)


3. new boxes

and as if you think my muse was gonna let me escape even if i told her my back is starting to ache from too much sitting ... she said excitedly,

"yo luthien ... i have an idea for a new box design ... for your bookmarks. common... let's give it a try, it's quite easy to make not like your normal old ones. these will be really pretty and unique ... common, pretty please ... just try one box ... one box and i'll let you rest that back"

one box? ya right! ... we ended up making 15!!

and i spent half of yesterday lying straight on the bed! and i had to tell my friend that i dun think i'm up to setting up a stall today at the bazaar. and i'm glad i didn't, cos my back is still aching today! i kicked the muse in the butt and asked her to stay out of my way, cos i wanted to rest and watch ghost hunters on youtube!!


4. the "luthien" stamp

well, i didn't make this one, but i'm quite stoked with it ...

so this is gonna appear on the back of my future pieces :) cool isn't it?

happy pimping! :)