Spring Bonza.

Yesterday afternoon, I launched a Spring Bonza sale on the That Vintage Imprinted Clay Earrings - in designs that aren't available in stores or online!  Boy, it was one heck of a bonza, the different colour and print combination sets got snapped up super duper fast!
There are only two sets remaining, so I decided to put them into the Etsy store and see what happens... if they get snapped up relatively quickly, I might bring back the Bonza for another event!
It is so nice to be working with colour again, now that the winter blues are subsiding...

Art Deco, Lace and Valentine Kiss.

 

I completed a stock count earlier this week to work out what I needed to make the most of for Finders Keepers next month and to my surprise, I have been chipping away in great amounts and not realising it!  The wooden range is completely full - I really do not need to make anything more to take with me, this is yet another one of those high-five moments.
Reflecting on the last two market events of 2012, it is without a doubt that the item being snapped up the most at the market stall is the That Vintage Imprinted Clay earrings. 
These come in a huge rainbow of colours and now, seven different prints!  I have just finished working out three new prints to add to the range, which are pictured above: Art Deco, Lace and Valentine Kiss.

How do these prints come about, I hear you say?
I roll out the clay, mix up the chosen colour - in this case above, this is Sage Green, a mix of a mossy green with a smidgen of white.  I then use the wooden pieces that have been laser cut with the That Vintage designs and press the print into the small balls of clay.  This works well as the clay rarely sticks to the wood; when the wood starts to get a build up of clay residue, I simply wipe the wood clean with a damp cloth.
I don't use any rubber stamps or anything like that - these imprints are all part of the That Vintage range, in which ties together the wooden range with the clay range.
You can find some of the earrings for sale in the Etsy store.

When An Accident Is Actually A Good Thing.

One day last week, I was in one of my normal "mad-dash around the shops in a really short time frame, picking up supplies and getting out of the city centre as quickly as possible" moods.  I am sure some of you can relate! 
I had to pick up some more clay colours, a simple task. 
Making a bee-line for the stand of clay, I grabbed a packet of Sunshine, White, Cherry Red and then... I thought I picked up "Peppermint" - but instead, I actually grabbed "Emerald" and did not realise until I went to unwrap this new wad of clay yesterday.

I sat for a moment, pondered the situation, dug around the studio for the receipt of that purchase, weighed up the pros and cons of another trip into the shops and then I proceeded to dramatically throw my hands up in the air!

What the hey!  Emerald it is.
And I don't regret it - she is a beauty - the deepest of calming greens, that dazzling jewel, the heavy leaves carpeting the thickets of jungles... it really is a magical colour!
And Pantone think so.
So I'm going with it... Hello Emerald!

Who Doesn't Love Colour.

 

I am a sucker for colour, I mean, who isn't?  I swing between neutrals like khaki and fawn, to bright licks of chartreuse and watermelon, oh and of course my colour crush of fresh mint and the occasional hint of mustard.  My wardrobe sometimes looks like a rainbow threw up in it (nice visual huh!) but I almost always wear black on my bottom half.  Yep, keep it simple down low, go nuts up top - and it works; not only does something always go with a pair of black skinny jeans, but tops are relatively a lot cheaper than bottoms!

So, with this intense love of colour and experimenting with mixing hues together, I have finally... yes, finally, finalised the complete colour range available with the That Vintage Imprinted Clay Earrings.
The list of colours:
Cement Grey, Mustard Yellow, Sage Green, Sunshine Yellow, Tangerine Orange, Electric Blue, Caramel Brown, Sky Blue, Lipstick Pink, Fresh Mint, Lavender Purple, Musk Pink, Cherry Red and Baby Blue.  Phew!
And available in four prints... for now...
Sweet Dove, Morocco, Valentine Vine and Fan.
I believe this range will grow shortly... *hint hint*