Made my First Sale on Etsy

Today was a holly day for Jews, it's Yom Kippur and in Israel it's a very special day. Because its a very religious day, no one drives. It's a whole day of peace and quiet. It's very special to walk along the streets and feel the silence. 

Since I’m not religious, i don’t fast like other people do, so i spend this time resting, reading books, watching TV. 

This morning I was super excited because when i opened my phone, I saw I had made my first sale through Etsy. I love Etsy but for the last couple of weeks I've had no time to visit, traveling from work to the US and the UK and I really didn't have time to make anything. 

So it was great that though i haven’t looked at my jewelry in a couple of weeks, i got a fun reminder that it's there just waiting for me.

the piece that I sold is this necklace which I love

and since it’s my first sale through Etsy i decided to add a little gift and made these cute hair pins from some buttons i bought a while back in the UK in the Nottingham market.

I had a lot of fun wrapping all of this up and i can’t wait to go to the post tomorrow morning and ship it out!!

It's all about geometry

I often wonder who are the trend setters, the people who start trends or set trends - i don’t know what to call them. I mean I was never one of those people who eagerly followed the fashioniests (is that what you call those people in fashion?), who kept track of all of the coolest blogs so I really don’t understand the process.

Is there someone who wakes up one morning and decides "I'm liking mint this morning, I think that’s what next summer will be about" Or "geometry is cool, that should be a theme"?

The reason I ask is because lately I do get to see a lot more of whats trending, being on Etsy so often, browsing through Pinterest and all the other cool places and you know what? They are just swamped with these trends. I mean every second item I see on Etsy is about geometry - triangles, squares, vintage squares, vintage triangles...

well I think trends are cool I just wonder who makes them up.

All this geometry got me thinking, I have these beautiful blue beads just waiting in one of my boxes, Its time I take them out and have a bit of geometry fun.

I seriously love this necklace, too bad I only have 1 set of these beads...