Treasure Bracelets

Just listed on Etsy: new Treasure Bracelets!
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What is a treasure? It is a collection of prescious things, often considered lost or forgotten until being rediscovered. A fitting title for this line of bracelets, as most of the components are reincarnated here.
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This one is called Harvest. Just lovin all the autumn tones... gold, amber, honey, cream, cinnamon and bronze, even some reddish hues... delish!
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Luscious mixture of glass, wood and resin beads, mostly reclaimed and upcycled. One of my personal favorites, this bracelet goes with EVERYthing.

Business Cards

Just ordered my business cards! Woo-hoo! can't wait till they arrive!

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The driving force behind this action was attending a friend's Stamp Party. It's supposed to be for scrapbooking, cards, and the like. Not really into all that. Mostly because I can't justify the proportionally large expense of all the material and supplies for a relatively small reward.

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So after a few glasses of wine, I was struck by lightening. I can use this stuff for business cards! I quickly found a single bold image, orange ink, and selected an embossing plate. Didn't find a name & address stamp I liked, though.

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When the fog lifted from my brain this morning, I composed a very plain business card from 123prints.com, added a fancy font for the Reckless Desire name, and submitted it.

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My overall plan is to use my simple text template, and hand stamp the orange image, then emboss over that to create a "wow that's a nice card" effect.

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Can't wait for all my goodies to arrive! So excited to see if my vision really works, or if I just made a big mess.

Just like Charlotte's Web

Look at this big spider that lives under the floodlight on my deck!

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I am constantly amazed at her skills and persistence. She is certainly thriving here.

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However, I know in the back of my mind that her days are numbered, summer is beginning to wane in New England. It's just a matter of time before we start getting frost at night.

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I'll be sad when I don't see her anymore.

Launch!

OMG I did it! I just listed my first item on Etsy! Check me out at http://www.etsy.com/shop/RecklessDesire

Now comes the hard part (for me): Self Promotion. Why list things in a shop if no one knows about it?
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I'm asking my good friend the RockStar for some of her famous advice. Her brainstorms always inspire me!