New Business Cards

Although I haven't been around for a couple days, I actually didn't completely stop posting. I wrote a lengthy opinion piece on Monday, but it ended up being far more of a rant and far less of a coherent argumentative blog post, so its hanging out in my drafts somewhere. I got some type of a flu on Sunday night and have spent the last couple days in varying degrees of discomfort, watching romantic comedies and playing Black and White 2. (And still working and going to class, but being generally unproductive otherwise.) I'd never seen Love and Other Disasters but now I'm quite the fan! Side note: I started Portlandia about five minutes ago, and I'm... I don't even.

I've been awaiting tons of packages from all my crafty impulse buys and working on small projects as the packages come to my door. In addition, my lovely boyfriend accompanied me on an extended errand/shopping day on Sunday, where I got some really cool stuff for some bigger projects I will hopefully be working on soon. My first show of the season is next weekend! Eek!

I always liked the look of the stamped metal pendants hanging from a simple cord. I'd like to get into the kind of metal stamping stuff, but for now, these go really well with my scrabble tile pendants! I have a little bit of cleaning up around the edges to complete. I got a GIANT bottle of Diamond Glaze, which didn't come with the tiny applicator like my crystal lacquer always did.

I've also been working on new business cards.

I bought a stamp from Vistaprint because I originally wanted to use scalloped hang tags. I ended up getting perforated cards from Avery, so in retrospect it would have been much easier to simply print on them. I do like the slightly varied look of stamping the cards, though. The design at the bottom is from a paper punch by Martha Stewart. I have a lot of different experiments to perform on the cards, but I'm also really excited about them as they are! I'm going to use them as business cards, but I'm also going to poke holes in some for earring cards. They will be great with the new display I'm planning because they will hang easily.

I want to try tea-dying them, to be a creamier off-white color. I'd also like to try to color-dye them - maybe with koolaid, or food coloring. Does anyone have experience with these processes? Like I said, a lot of experimenting!