Etsy & Embroidery! Plus...

Here is the status of my Hello Kitty: This is 4 days after starting, I think I worked on it about 3 of those days. It's not much progress, but I guess I'm almost half way done! I can't wait for the bow, I think it will be so adorable.

You can see my current manicure: Cherry blossoms inspired by the Arizona Tea can. I saw this design a couple weeks ago done by several different artists and I had to do it as soon as I could. It's on my toes too!

Since I'm on the subject, here is the manicure I had before this one. This was my first attempt at a newspaper transfer. I didn't have a nude color so I used a sort of mauve color and I think it looks really great. I used a comic picture for my thumbs. I'm surprised that no one has ever used the funny pages before, at least not that I've seen.

Today, while watching the 1st part of the second Godfather movie, I began my father's day present. It seriously took the entire movie just to do this! Hopefully I can get it done in one week... That's when I see my dad! My puddin' is also meeting my father's side of the family for the first time then so I don't want to mess anything up!

I also added a new listing to my etsy, some super creepy-but-cute Zombie Brain Taper Gauge. I'm wearing them right now! The cupcake icing from my cupcake gauges broke off of one so I am going to remake those, and in their place I made these.

This is my first time painting the clay like this, or at all. Usually I just leave it as it is but I love how this came out and I will experiment with painting more in the future.

Thanks for reading!
Love,
Lily

Things I Made Monday, New Gauges

I feel very silly, and I know I was too eager to bust out these gauges. I just wanted them so bad! I couldn't wait to roll them 10 more times to a smaller size... I just sort of guessed and they turned out too big.


Only gives me a reason to size up!

These zebra-patterned gauges are my favorite! Maybe that's just because every new design I make is something new and better from the last. A schoolmate of mine, Saundra, said something a while ago suggesting I do a zebra patter, and finally I took the time to make them (not enough time though...). I can't wait until I can wear these out!

This is a really terrible picture, but I figured I might as well put it up because I made these two on the same day. As I said, these are really bad pictures, plus I forgot to put a lacquer on them (because they didn't fit). They are super cute in my ears, I swear! They look just like studs. My left ear can fit these, but not my right. Is that normal for people gauging up, that one ear is easier than the other?

I will post better quality pictures as soon as these fit in my ears! Hopefully that will be soon, they aren't too much bigger, as I said they fit the left ear already! Currently my ear holds about a 2, I don't have an exact measurement. These are probably zeros, then. I need to find a way to measure them properly, especially if I want to sell them.

Trying to sell my designs on Facebook didn't work, so when I get some money I will post these and several of my other designs on Etsy.