Headpinterest

If any of you have been glancing by my Etsy shop you may have noticed that I've been trying to stock it with crusty headpins... so much so that I this is as close as I've come to "real job" with my business.

I even ran out of my wire and had vowed not to make the big long trip to the city to get more.

It's 200 miles round trip and I made a challenge to stay home  for a few weeks.

Luckily my husband had some copper covered steel wire squirreled away so I was able to a keepa goin'

I'm doing my best to keep up but there's only so much torching I can do day after day when my body tells me take a break... so it's the matchsticks' turn this week over at NuminosityBeads

Trying to keep a good assortment coming

I thought I'd entertain you with my first attempts at sculptural beads I did way back when I first started.

I never did get the ears down but they did have a Simpsonesque quality about them

Doggedy

I decided animools weren't my thing

neither were snouts apparently but he's got attitood... we'll give him that

Here's a WIP that became a finished piece

Oh yes and I've been trying to beef up my vintage and supply shop in the meantime

over here

OK, I lied about taking a break from headpin making.

I made some *oober long ones

* yes I really did see someone seriously spell uber like that in the Esty forums recently

( of course I'm not savvy enough to figure out how to put the dots above the u)

and did someone say shiny?

No, no one did but these have Double Helix Glass spots all ethereal 'n' stuff.

They don't show up too well when I crustify them

this is my half crystal shape style that you may not have seen much of.

Barbecue lava longies part crusty with spots of shine.

I'm telling you about this here because you deserve to know first so you can have the first ones on your block...or in Germany, Australia, France or Canada

or the midwest US

Please convo me via Etsy if you have request for other colors or shapes.

Thanks, Kim