new year's eve

Tonight I will partying like it's 1999. Oh wait, I did that in 1999. Then I'll party like it's 2009.
Actually, I don't have any plans. Yet. We'll see. My little sister wants to spend it on the beach, which I've never found to be as fun as it sounds, but Allen said he might want to do some night fishing off the pier.

What will you be doing?

In other news:
So I was a little busy yesterday.... I made oodles of cuffs!

This pink metallic leather is a perfect backdrop for almost any color!

After work, Allen and I attended Tuesday Night Movie Night where the feature for the evening was Wanted. Honestly, it wasn't quite what I expected. A little cheesy, perhaps? But it started off well and ended nicely, which is much more than a lot of our weekly features offer (think: Rad). Next weeks feature has been built up as an epic comedy classic, although the name wasn't revealed. I'll take their word for it. And soon, we'll be watching shorts of Trailer Park Boys again! Season six!

It's a CLEARANCE SALE!

I'm trying to make room in my shop for some newer items so I'm doing my Spring cleaning early! Although, I live in south Florida so seasons are a moot point anyway.
Here's a sample of some items in my clearance bin!
Genuine ostrich striped cuff bracelet - only $18!
Meaty leather Cuff - only $14!

Gold safari leather cuff with exotics - only $15!

Sunday

Why so windy?
I'm avoiding going outside to take pictures because everything will just blow away. I suppose that's for the best, since I have to go into our shop and start two custom bags and finish a custom cuff.
December is almost here and I really haven't begun the Christmas shopping I promised myself I would begin in September. Well, I did start some shopping, but once I receive the item in the mail I get too excited to wait and give it to the thought-of person early.
I think I need to start shopping around for some trades, too.
And speaking of SALES (whaa?)
I'm having a shipping SALE on my cuff bracelets until December 24th (see my last post)
Dramatically reduced shipping for everyone!

It's a Deal!

Shipping SALE for ETSY
Beginning today and ending at midnight on December 24th, I will reduce my shipping on all cuff bracelets (within the USA) to 40 cents!

Canada, don't worry I've got you covered at 50 cents!

The rest of my international friends will pay only 1 dollar!

Hooray for cuff bracelet sales!

Cuff bracelets like these:

Boom Shakka Boom

I am listing furiously online today, as I totally need the money. Allen has a bunch of wicked cool tooled cuffs that I need to put up, but here's one to start:It's a caterpillar!

I'm still working on my Monkey comic. Not as much as I should be but I've promised myself to dedicate this evening after work and tomorrow to full drawing mode. I'm probably going to have to have Allen model some poses for me to sketch, also.

I'll post the progress as soon as I have some to report.

I Need to Make Stuff

I do. I haven't been creating in a while so I will be back in the shop today! Hooray for making stuff.
And here's a taste of something new:

Goodness....

Well, I can't blog that much, as I have now have a custom cuff order to finish, a wholesale order to finish, and a custom bag to begin (hooray!) but I wanted to show off Allen's two new cuffs:

We have a couple exotics lying around left over from various custom work - so Allen went to town to make these! Originally I wanted to have lacing around the edges, but Allen went with his idea, which turned out really cool, too.

New Cuffs New Leather Things

My newest cuff is so cute. Well, cute in an icky way.
I have an old Dutch cookbook with all sorts of weird and gross food pictures that I adore. So I laminated this one and added a zipper for a wrist-wallet.
It's durable and the suede side of the leather is inside so you get a soft cushioned leather against your delicate wrist. I always line my cuffs (except Allen's tooled ones) so you don't have the rough underside against your arm. It just makes more sense to me . Especially when there's extra stitching. Who wants rug burn from your wrist cuff?

I made one for myself the other day for my night job at Friday's. I thought it would be nice to be able to have my change close for to-go orders. That way I wouldn't have to go running to my purse or walking around jingling all night with it in my pockets. Mine looks really cool. (Above)I really really like my laminated cuffs. I can't stop making these pretty things. Well, I couldn't stop, but the machine did :( - I need to buy some epoxy to fix a busted piece in it today.

All my laminations warm my heart, even the ones I add to my Buddy Bags. It makes them all... well, unique. Especially since I never use the same thing twice. And they're all vintage ephemera (cookbooks, illustrations, National Geographic pictures and ads).Come see! They're super cool.

Madness...

My stupid dreams.

Last night I was thrown into a group of people visiting a vacation house. Once we arrived we realized that strange occurrences had forced the previous tenants out. A big clue was blood dripping from the ceiling. But for some reason we decided to stay the night (like a bad horror movie where you're wondering why the main characters say things like "let's split up") and go downstairs to find jackets and blankets to keep warm. In the morning we left.
Very odd.

AND once again it's time to talk about things I want for my birthday.....
How about an awesome lucite bracelet from KolosStudio? Complete with real bugs! These are BEAUTIFUL! The colors and styles are almost endless. I need me some of these...

I think I like the yellow and green best. They even have cufflinks! and rings!
If you'd like to see more you can visit www.kolosdesigns.com