Getting the hang of this!

Moonstone and name
Originally uploaded by Serena Coulson Designs

Here is the moonstone necklace in all its finished glory....

Uploading pics.....

ok I am adding updated nice pics of the moonstone necklace and the green and pink jade pendant to Flikr.   Then I am giving up for the night. I might put them up on here tommorow....  I rounded up about three quarters of our chickens and gifted the garden detroying monsters to my best friend T.  Two of the ducks too.  Now my barn yard should be a little more manageable.  My feed bill too~  But  catching 30 or so chickens to sort them all out is exhausting work.  So I dont have the energy to do much else....   

~Serena

Changing over to the new blog site!

I have the new blog setup and started.

http://serenacoulsondesigns.blogspot.com/

I will try to keep this site updated while working on getting it all up and running. Had my first booth at the Downtown Art Market this past weekend and did well. Looking forward to the August market. I even have a custom order for a pair of earrings to match a pendant I sold.

~Serena

Slowly changing things over...

I got my Flickr badge added just now. Still working on getting this up and running. Still have alot of things to do and very little time to do it. I need to work on getting my Etsy shop badge on here next. Of course I dont have anything listed on Etsy right now. Since I am planning on returning to the Downtown Art Market in August I'm not sure if I should put anything in my Etsy shop or not.

The peach moonstone necklace posted yesterday is emerging and possibly complete. I am itching to get it done and start some earrings. I need to make a few more pairs of earrings to replace what was sold this past weekend. I also need to work on another horse bracelet and coiled copper bracelet, both sold. Quite a few things I havent had time to photograph sold! The sun is shining today so this evening I plan to take pictures of quite a few pieces. I want to make sure I have photos before anything sells now! After that I need to make quite a few more headpins to get started on some more pieces. The August market is Saturday the 8th so I have to get a lot done! Plus plan and get Wyatts birthday party done! The chaos never stops! But I love it!
~Serena

Getting a groove on!

WOW!  The Lubbock Downtown Art Market went amazingly awesomely well yesterday!  For me at least!   I sold about half my pieces!   Even sold a piece I had made for myself that I really didnt intend to sell....  I will have to work on recreating it though...  I had been thinking lately that it I needed to make a similar piece but more earthy for me.    My mom only sold two peices.  She was kind of dissapointed,  but she is running with it and going to try new designs like the ones she sold.    It was miserably hot though.  I considered skipping August except a few people that came by and bought from us, requested we come back so they could come buy more...  cant skip now!!   We had a cheapy awning and it was a royal PIA.. we are planning to invest in a nicer one AND folding tables.  My big tables are horrible to load and unload.  The wind kicked up just a bit and our awning tried tobecome a kite... even tied down.  We are learning from every bit of it though!    When it was over we headed to restock some supplies for some designs I had and I was on cloud nine,  sadly though while we were there I got a phone call from a friend of my husbands that his mother had died.  He was trying to contact my husband to let him know.  It was expected,  but still hard on them of course .   We watched their youngest two kids today while they were making arrangments.   Those two kiddos are real sweethearts and I laughed when they picked them up because my husband didnt want to give there little 9 month old girl back...  he wanted to keep her lol.   He is such a softy and loves babies.  I forgot how much FUN babies are and how snuggly.  If they werent soo expensive I would want a couple more haha.   

I worked on a new piece during the market and got it complete,  A green Jade pendant with a cluster of pink and green jade at the top.(The colors came out a little dark in the pictures.)  Today I started on a peach and rainbow moonstone necklace that is really coming together....   My pics are a little sucky because the camera battery was pretty much dead.  I tore the house apart and FINALLY found the charger... did I mention I destroyed the house Friday night looking for the charger too...  Today I cleaned up THAT mess haha.    This pic might be a little more close to real colors:

Counting down until the Art Market....

Wow...  2 more days to go until the Lubbock Art Market.   

I've been working on my earring cards and packaging.  Decided on a logo to use for now. Simple and sweet.   Ill be working on incorporating it into my blog header soon if I can get the time.  Im worried about the weather this weekend... we are in the middle of a horrible heatwave.   The bank signs were reading 106 on the way home... Im hearing different forcasted highs for tommorow... 106,  109...etc...  scary hot.   Of course the blower motor on our house ac chose this evening to die... Mike is planning on taking it in tommorow and getting a new one... hopefully quickly!  I planned to keep the dogs inside tommorow... now Im not sure what to do.  Luckily we have a small window unit in our bedroom(we like it COLD at night)  so will stay cool to sleep.   Might have to drag the dog crates in there tommorow and hope they all fit(uggg... Im dreading dog HAIR in my bedroom). I wrenched by back this weekend and its still bothering me horribly...  Sitting is misery... so I'm not going to linger much longer.... I've been sitting for a couple hours already working on stuff.   I DO plant to start posting pictures soon,  just need to find the charger for the camera darn it and figure out where I put the picture cards....   Hopefully we dont roast this weekend... 

~Serena

Getting started!

So here I am!  If you are wondering who the heck I am check out my old blog at Wynd Fyre Designs 

I will be trying to move some of those old blogs over to this one and a ton of other things.   So bear with me.   It seems like there aren't enough hours in the day to get it all done.    July 11th I have my first booth at Lubbock  Downtown Art Market.   I am hoping it goes well.    I still have packaging to get done and a zillion other things... so I better get moving!

~Serena