Jewelery Listed & shuttle Clearance

in my shop http://www.etsy.com/shop/hajdesigns31 I have listed some of the wooden pendant jewelery and I am having a shuttle clearance in the same shop, just look under clearance obviously lol

I would love any positive or negative feed back on the wooden pendants... Are they too pricey, strange looking, odd, etc...

My kids go back to school tomorrow YAY!!!!!! now I can create in peace, that could be a bad thing lol

Night

Something New: Non Tatting

A new thing I was working on, its the wood I spoke of that I couldnt make shuttles with but it makes a pretty pendant dont ya think?

I wore it today while I was out and not one person commented on it, and I didn't catch anyone looking at it either I figured someone would have said something or atleast made a funny face at me LOL

I gone and done it.

I opened up a new shop for my clay creations

I do not have everything up that will take time the shuttles that are in my current shop http://hajdesigns31.etsy.com/ will remain there until they are gone or I decide to mark them down, but all the new ones will be on the new shop...

Tatting Tea Tuesday, Post 1 of ?? and custom shuttle to show

First let me show you this custom shuttle I made for a customer, Its clay she wanted it in grey with the initials KB ... I did a few different versions and with the crappy weather of humidity we had I bed I had to pitch about 4 of them  but here is the final one, I am so proud of the design of this, she wanted it larger than I had my own template for so I had to expand it a bit...

I have to run to the post office today I got a bunch of things to mail out including a surprise for one of my tatting friends... Gee who will it be :o)

I have more photos to take of the shuttles and stuff today, I am seriously thinking of opening an artfire shop with my clay, does anyone use Artfire? Suggestions, comments??? I know unlike etsy you DO NOT have to have an account with them.

Most of the weekend and yesterday I was busy with the thread hopefully if I get time today I will get it into skeins and be able to put it in my shop along with the other ones I been meaning to get up. Hmmmm what color(s) is it??? Wait and see.

I have also been messing with wood shapes, ovals mostly, I *WAS* attempting to make some tiny wood shuttles but it seemed to just be a  bit too flimsy and probably crack in no time, ohhhh well I tried but I am not going to stop trying.

I hope to be back later with some tatting to show, better yet I WILL be back later with tatting to show...

Friday Evening HELLO

Just wanted to drop in and say hello!!! Thanks to you all for your wonderful replies on the previous post. Allthough I am upset about it, I am going to just forget it. I have too many other more important things to do at the moment like my book
Tatted Earrings and Things book 2 is proving to be a bit more work than I had thought but its good... So far the count of designs going into this book is 42. WOW guess I was busier that I thought LOL...
I have a couple people who have offered to test tat already, IF you would like to be a test tatter I am only taking email applicants (sounds like a job interview dosent it) just email me at heathers.tats.n.photos@gmail.com You will be rewarded for your help as always, I take care of my tattings buds :D as you all take care of me :)

I love and appreciate my customers so very much. I was recently asked if I could dye a certain color of thread, matching a hair dye. I was worried that I couldnt do it, well I did I present BLUE VELVET: ultra bright blue with a bit of purple in... I so LOVE this thread, the color is just AMAZING I love it.

This was another recent request a gun metal grey and bright pink. not together but solid colors, the gun metal isnt quite as I like it but the customer is happy with it...

And another teaser with one of my new shuttles

pattern, design, copyright issue, HELP

I have a question without going into alot of detail on the issue I am far too angry well more hurt than angry i guess.

I designed a pattern, which took quite awhile to get it RIGHT, sold the pattern, and a person has tatted my design and is selling them FOR THEIR OWN PROFIT and of course I was NOT asked permission to do so. BUT they feel that if a stitch was changed here and there that its no longer MY original design... I assumed proper etiquitte would be to ASK for permission and regardless of stitch change it still shouldnt be allowed... This has me kind of upset ok really upset this happened to me (as well as others) before and it all blew up in my face, I feel I am right, as far as I know I am errrr was the only one with that particular design done that way, and before someone thinks it NO its not a technique, I know those arent copywritten.

I contacted said person and well they feel they are in the right and I am in the wrong...

THOUGHTS anyone.... Perhaps I am the one who is wrong :(

Tatting Tea Tuesday August 17, 2010...

Its been one of those days again, things go on and go hay wire you know what I mean it seems the last few weeks - month have been like that for us... Our 1 fridge may be about dead but the good thing of it is we have another, and if the one is dead I will have a free corner for my christmas tree hee hee... Nahhh I am not glad of it, because the reason we made the discovery is we had an escapee I bought my kids some new hermit crabs last week and we had one somehow get out, we still havent found the little guy :( I just hope where ever he is in the house he can keep himself alive after all we do have dogs and hermit crabs like to eat dog food and the water is always full too, I just wish I would see or hear him so we can get him safely back with his other pals in the tank... Things happen.
I have been tatting or attempting to tat I should say things have just been getting me down lately so I am not in a mood for it I start to tat and then mess up but I think I am getting myself out of my funk or atleast trying my darndest too... Today I took alot and I do mean ALOT of photos more than I have for awhile, it felt good.

I got an amazing package in the mail last week one day I think it was last week anyways... Georgia Seitz and I decided to barter isnt it fun ;) She wanted all my books on disk for a price BUT I said would you like to trade a shuttle AND / OR set of picot gauges. She agreed and instead of just A shuttle and A set of gauges I got all this.................... *WOW* how generous I am still in awe over it all... Thanks again Georgia

And (sorry no pic) I got my book from Martha **More Critters on the Block** I cant wait to work on some but that will be saved for the kids first day of school (I cant believe I am saying that already) They go back on August 30...

Hmmmmmmmmmm??? Wander what these will be for? and NO they arent painted.

One of my new shuttle ideas, PRETTY huh?

And last I am tatting with this magnificent thread that was hand spun for me by Raven she wanted a custom color of thread for a fair project. We made a trade, she hand spun it just for me :) Its pure silk hand spun thread and allthough very soft its wonderful to work with and its not white its more of a cream color I love it and I may have to experiment with dying it too ;) I believe she told me it was a 3ply but its a very VERY strong thread... I just cant imaing all the time and effort that goes in to hand spinning I had (at one point) wanted to try it but I am already into so many different things I think seriously my husband would try to kill me with my tatting needles and shuttles or smother me with the thread or drown me in the dye if I got into anything else LOL 

Well I am off to do who knows what... Night

Tatting Tea Tuesday August 3, 2010

Wow this is like the first TTT post in awhile from me. Just been too darn busy not just busy but crazy busy... I need one of those easy buttons from Staples it seems mine is defective :(...

I didnt get to tat yet today, but that will be this evening. I will show you though another creation for my latest book in progress... Its called Midnight Raven. I love the set I am half tempted to keep it for myself but It will be listed in my FB Payvment shop I do not have it open yet but will soon.

The kids made crystals grow yesterday from a kit I bought probably 2 years ago, they look like snot, well colorful snot that is lol

Here is a bit of the clay pendants and beads that I been working on which will also be available in my shop sometime soon.

And I got the designs together that I want to add for the book ummmmm there are just a few... the page with the long pendant thing is the last page and there are about 20 pages and sticky notes in front of it...

I decided to kaleidascope the crystal pictures and I think its pretty you are welcome to save it and use as a desktop image if you wish.

~UPDATES~ clay, tatting & general blah blah-ing

I cant believe its already August 2nd, where ohhh where did the summer go... School will be starting on the 30th for my monsters, YAY!!!! I am so glad its coming then maybe I will have some time where I wont have to run for Nates appointments and such constantly.

We had to get the electricity worked out and all it took was a new wire cap. A total bill of $45, Thank you Martin, I like our electrician he is so nice and funny, gosh we were laughing the whole time he was here, telling the kids silly jokes and riddles I loved it. We are still without the satellite dish but I dont care I can deal with that, its driving my husband crazy which is why I think he is torturing me with watching scary movies like Nightmare on Elm Street, Saw etc...

I have been for the past few weeks messing with clay, trying new things, and creating... I am not showing everything yet because I need to take the photos and we all know how trying to take photos of un-coopeative and un-posable things can be LOL
I have been experimenting with beads making beads with clay and pendants and such, its turning out well and I am satisfied its quite a bit of work but the end result is wonderful. I have recently discovered decoupage too its something I have been wanting to try and I did and I love it!

My latest book will be Tatted Earrings & Things book 2. I am taking my time, I will not have tunnel tatting vision (i wander if that really exists) in other words the book isnt my main focus at the moment if I am working on the book and I get an idea for something else I will go with my idea, usually if I ignore it I wont get it back or I end up forgetting what I was thinking about.
Here is a sneak peek at a pendant for the book and I even used one of my new clay pendants. Its called Karma, for 2 reasons I was listening to my newest CD Jerrod Niemann a song called I hope you get what you deserve, there is a line in the song that says "Karma has a funny way of settling all the things we do" I believe in karma and seriously cant wait for some people to get what they have coming to them. LOL

Back to the clay I know I am jumping around, I must have ants in my pants or something... Here are some decoupaged ones I did they turned out pretty well I need a bit more practice with certain things but its fun.

My favorite are the little lady bugs they are too cute.

On Friday evening I cut my foot on a porcelain sea shell bead that Shannan left on the floor I initially thought it was just a cut until Saturday evening, it felt like I was walking on a ball or something it hurt. I made David dig at it and I was right that darn thing was 1/4" wide going down to a point and the point was in my foot WAAAAAAAAAY in there talk about OUCH!!! it felt better after that still sore but not as bad, last night there was still another piece he dug out, hopefully there is no more. On top of that being sore my other leg muscle or something was hurting bad I couldnt walk up stairs or hills or down stairs, I talked to one of  hubbys relatives who is a nurse and she questioned me and here I did it to myself, it was called an Electrolyte Embalance pretty much I was dehydrated, it causes muscle cramping in the legs, so finally today my leg feels good.

I did take a few pictures over the weekend not many since the weather has been so weird, hot and humid, YUK!!!

and this is how I caught Ned and Ginger this morning, I had to take the picture fast they were ready to run when I came in the room LOL

What little stinkers.