tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67516851159080166992024-03-13T06:09:44.139-04:00Rosewind StudioA work-a-holic's struggle between business, creativity and overcoming personal limitations.Rosewind Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00310459983004230637noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6751685115908016699.post-64939776763282910072011-06-26T15:33:00.000-04:002011-06-26T15:33:39.824-04:00Has it really been that long?<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Just a quick note to let you know I'm still here...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I've managed to accomplish quite a bit in the past two months and am still working just as hard as possible. Getting caught up on tasks and projects is never an easy thing. I'm training myself to do the things I don't want to do - first. It makes finishing the project easier since I got all the unpleasant or difficult stuff out of the way. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I will be posting some new jewelry items - hopefully this week, along with links to a few Etsy Treasuries.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Until then...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Wishing all your wishes come true,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Shannon</span>Rosewind Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00310459983004230637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6751685115908016699.post-36974643004162469652011-04-25T22:14:00.000-04:002011-04-25T22:14:25.605-04:00I'll be around...<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I've been having some trouble with my computer lately. I have really good firewall, virus and protection software but somehow I managed to get a trojan virus. Some of my files - mostly pictures - have been corrupted and cannot be opened. I will have to re-take pictures of more than 35 jewelry pieces... UGH! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I'll be busy, doing something I've already done, again. I'll be around...</span>Rosewind Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00310459983004230637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6751685115908016699.post-69434237703906572362011-04-15T20:39:00.000-04:002011-04-15T20:39:30.046-04:00Imelda Treasure<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I was surprised, again, to find that one of my jewelry pieces had been featured in an Etsy Treasury.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The 'Imelda Necklace' was included in Jennifer Pride's "</span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4da793c2728b6d91d6962f34/girls-night-out"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Girls Night Out</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">" Treasury, a smart and sassy collection. Take a moment to visit Jennifer's handmade jewelry in her </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/jpridejewelry"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Etsy Shop</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Wishing all your wishes come true,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Shannon</span> </div>Rosewind Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00310459983004230637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6751685115908016699.post-39654724941334421642011-04-14T19:53:00.000-04:002011-04-14T19:53:01.365-04:00Childish Temper-Tantrum Coming On...<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I REALLY want to make something, no, <em>anything -- </em>right now! (Insert childish foot stomping here). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">There have been soooo many things that <em>have</em> to be done to get this small business on track that I haven't made <em>anything</em> in nearly three months. YIKES! Not long ago I even promised myself that I would start soldering after I had finished my website. Well, the website is nearly complete, but other things have gotten in the way of that too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I read a blog posting earlier this week on <a href="http://freelancefolder.com/">freelancefolder.com/</a> titled: </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://freelancefolder.com/it-may-be-your-fault-if-your-client-doesnt-appreciate-all-that-you-do/">It May Be Your Fault If Your Client Doesn’t Appreciate All That You Do</a>. It got me thinking about what I actually do and have been able to accomplished in the past few months. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">Here's my "what I do" list (not in any particular <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">order):</span></span><br />
<ol><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">research and purchase all materials and supplies</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">design/create/produce beaded art and jewelry</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">calculate material, labor and overhead costs to price each piece</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">maintain material and product inventory</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">packaging and shipping</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://www.rosewindstudio.com/">website</a> set-up, management, (webmaster) </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">some graphic design for printing and web</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">all business printing: business cards, brochures, forms, jewelry tags, earring cards, coupons, labels, note cards, signs, etc.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">all photography, editing, resizing, posting</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">copy writing, product descriptions, brochures and marketing materials, blog, etc.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">manage web store on <a href="http://www.rosewindstudio.etsy.com/">Etsy</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">write this blog ;)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">manage online photo albums and slide shows on <a href="http://s1081.photobucket.com/albums/j355/rosewindstudio/">Photobucket</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">manage <a href="http://www.facebook.com/RosewindStudio">Facebook</a> fan page</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">record keeping and bookkeeping</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">general customer service</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Here's my "what I've done recently" list (again, not in any particular order):</span><br />
<ol><li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">photographed, detailed, and posted over 200 items to my Etsy store since early Jan of this year</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">created a Facebook fan page near the end of March - and have 33 fans as of today </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">created this blog April 1, 2011 with one fan as of today</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">created online photo albums and slide shows on Photobucket (work in progress), started last week</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">set up and opened my website in the past few weeks </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">joined my local bead society and volunteered to be their treasurer (I know, what was I thinking, right?)</span></li>
</ol><span style="font-family: Georgia;">In retrospect, I can see that I've actually accomplished quite a bit. Although I can appreciate where I am at the moment, there are still too many things on the "to do" list. I need to figure out a way of taming the list (insert the sound of a leather whip here) so I don't feel quite so bogged down. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Major Temper-Tantrum averted (whew!). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">What's on your accomplishments list?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">That's it for today....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Wishing all your wishes come true, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Shannon</span>Rosewind Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00310459983004230637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6751685115908016699.post-81999635001884873782011-04-11T20:06:00.000-04:002011-04-11T20:06:20.212-04:00A little Monday Madness<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Things have bee rather busy around here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My Golden Weeping Willow Beaded Bonsai Tree was featured in the Etsy Treasury "<a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4da076e5bffe8eef233dd101/thinking-about-my-garden">Thinking About My Garden</a>".</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Thank you Amailo! Check out her Etsy shop <a href="http://www.mailo.etsy.com/">mailo</a>. She has to most adorable pet sweaters and her puppy is the perfect model!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Then, my Mystic Blue Wisteria Beaded Bonsai Tree was featured in the Etsy Treasury "<a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4da1b07b54c06d91b0b0d86e/wisteria">Wisteria</a>".</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Thank you </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Jonathan Highfield! You can see his vintage pieces in his Etsy shop <a href="http://www.bakerinva.etsy.com/">bakerinva</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My website is almost complete. I found out there are big limitations to posting images, so on top of everything else I opened an online photo sharing account. After loading a large chunk of photos to my website and running out of space, I'm starting over with Photobucket. They have great ratings, and it's easy to use. You can check out my work on <a href="http://s1081.photobucket.com/albums/j355/rosewindstudio/">Photobucket</a>. I'm still in the process of adding images, so be sure to check back often. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">And last but not least... just listed on my Etsy:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Neutral <a href="http://www.rosewindstudio.etsy.com/">Natalie</a> jewelry pieces created with freshwater pearls, glass seed beads and sterling silver. The necklace features a silky smooth brioche jasper slab pendant focal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I think my photography skills are improving. Good lighting makes all the difference! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">That's it for now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Wishing all your wishes come true,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Shannon</span>Rosewind Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00310459983004230637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6751685115908016699.post-49965673699543228152011-04-08T19:26:00.000-04:002011-04-08T19:26:10.989-04:00What possessed me?<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">For the past few years I have been yearning to join a beading group. The desire to be around like-minded creative people was growing but I just couldn't take that step. I've never been able to make friends that easily, and meeting new people is very difficult. I know, some of you are saying "why would that be so hard?". Well, I honestly don't know (wish I did). I am very self conscience and when I have to meet new people I become anxious, my heart pounds, I start sweating, literally get red in the face, and my mind races. OMG, what if I say something to embarrass myself? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The thought of going to a place I'd never been before and meeting new people was WAY out of my comfort zone. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Yesterday, I decided it was time to take that 'big girl pill' (or imaginary Valium, if you will) and join the local bead society. Giving myself extra time to get ready, I got dressed putting on my favorite shirt and jewelry pieces. I poured my favorite iced tea into a travel container, borrowed a GPS so I didn't have to stress on where I was going, popped in my favorite CD (Michale Buble), and off I went. I gave myself plenty of time to get there, especially considering it was late rush hour. 'Cause ya know, rushing just makes it worse. I figure if it's really that horrible I can leave and I don't have to go back, right?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I arrived a little early, but plenty of ladies were already there. There was a presentation that evening and the presenter brought lots of Swarovski Crystals and products to sell, so I was able to blend in a little. (The bling distraction was a good thing... ooooohhhh sparkly things... oooohhhhh). It helped to get out of my head and chat a bit. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I sat in the back row with one other lady during the meeting, not sure why, the only thought was "looks like I'll be out of the way here". Things took on a sense of ... um... well, normalcy. Old business, new business, newsletter deadline, etc, and my heart rate calmed and I started feeling more comfortable. They stared talking about board elections and apparently one lady had already agreed to take over as Secretary, and then asked if someone would be Treasurer. I looked around the room and no one said a word, just small shakes of the head as to silently say 'no'. No one wanted to do it. The President asked again, "No one?" ...silence... Then before I realized it, my hand was in the air and the words that came out of my mouth were "I'm new, but I'll do it." The President looked a bit surprised, and everyone applauded. That of course made me shrink back in my chair a bit. And as the meeting progressed, I'm asking myself, "what did I just get myself into?" Like I don't have enough on my plate already?</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Georgia;">As it turns out, I'm no worse for wear. I actually feel better knowing I took the step. Not only was it not horrible, but now I HAVE to go back. I'm choosing to see this as a good thing, sorta forcing me out of my comfort zone, even if it is only once a month.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">You never know what you can accomplish until you try. (My new motto.)</span><br />
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</div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Wishing all your wishes come true,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Shannon</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">(Northern Virginia Bead Society Treasurer) LOL!</span></div>Rosewind Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00310459983004230637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6751685115908016699.post-82968656031121868572011-04-07T00:17:00.000-04:002011-04-07T00:17:23.797-04:00Lovely Irene<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Listed this today too...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The lovely Irene Necklace: </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/71651626/irene-necklace-j0911n"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">click here to view the listing</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">more later, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Wishing all your wishes come true.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">-Shannon</span>Rosewind Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00310459983004230637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6751685115908016699.post-23125362946209895052011-04-06T23:15:00.000-04:002011-04-06T23:15:08.064-04:00Baby steps... that's still progress, right?<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Not too long ago I joined a "street team" on Etsy, called CREST (Capital Region Etsy Street Team). What a great group! I contacted as many as I could through their Facebook pages, and many replied in kind. I am now able to have a short url (instead of a really long string with way too many numbers) for people to use when looking me up on Facebook. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">(YAY! I'm doing a little happy dance in my seat.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My new url address is <a href="http://www.facebook.com/RosewindStudio">www.facebook.com/RosewindStudio</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Here's my latest listing on Etsy:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Lily Beaded Flower Candle Ring with carnation, primrose, and Boston fern on a bed of philodendron.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/71647190/lily-beaded-flower-candle-ring-f0140d"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">or Click Here to go to my Etsy store</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">That's it for now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Wishing all your wishes come true.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">-Shannon</span>Rosewind Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00310459983004230637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6751685115908016699.post-85479598288958458562011-04-05T20:00:00.000-04:002011-04-05T20:00:54.718-04:00The Sacred Blue Lotus was featured in an Etsy Treasury!<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Needless to say, I was quite surprised today to find that one of my beaded flowers had been featured in a Treasury collection on Etsy. In case you are not familiar with Etsy or Etsy's Treasuries, here is a basic description: a group of 16 items from various Etsy stores usually fitting within a theme or concept created by members and sellers alike. My 'Sacred Blue Lotus Beaded Flower' was chosen to be part of the "Easter Lillies in Blue" Treasury created by Lori of <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/KiltedWoman">KiltedWoman</a>. Thanks Lori! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Here's link to the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d9aae1290848eef3607147c/easter-lillies-in-blue">Treasury</a>. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Here's a picture of my 'Sacred Blue Lotus Beaded Flower'</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">close-up view:<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgriUNrC6MQmKX0gT7oeSaYT0YDUTPg5GfwHfztEkLaA-PSW7d8NPkmgLN0QSZZVu_2R2KqmezetQ09JpTzjd2nmmAQPYwbNLo6QBv1aKJ-Y6oiPbPYFjoMCynWvlZ__o2EcE2g0QA2MgA/s1600/LotusBlueCloseHalf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="273" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgriUNrC6MQmKX0gT7oeSaYT0YDUTPg5GfwHfztEkLaA-PSW7d8NPkmgLN0QSZZVu_2R2KqmezetQ09JpTzjd2nmmAQPYwbNLo6QBv1aKJ-Y6oiPbPYFjoMCynWvlZ__o2EcE2g0QA2MgA/s320/LotusBlueCloseHalf.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">full view: <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQJdDc6JfmFcaeu4b9BWI9iFRHL-Lj4ndI2F1SoQ7rOA_RU9FugnRDRxrKWZKSgucOXbRWw4SLO1jj5PeT5BOI70xRuA1TtKw-gOk_W6omCFJ5k4eA3_0rshdGaryxnxctF9UzeeMcrAY/s1600/LotusBlueHalf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQJdDc6JfmFcaeu4b9BWI9iFRHL-Lj4ndI2F1SoQ7rOA_RU9FugnRDRxrKWZKSgucOXbRWw4SLO1jj5PeT5BOI70xRuA1TtKw-gOk_W6omCFJ5k4eA3_0rshdGaryxnxctF9UzeeMcrAY/s320/LotusBlueHalf.jpg" width="309" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">view of lotus and pad pieces separated:<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUs8yPlZJ8Hbv4CSBmdMylMHaoNAZ9F-bgPZ5M1bRui_J_d9A1reoLcFQ-Mvr4xE7d-91zvBFzBalEPK4yxNKCX3nQ1VajbS-4g6YQHOCV6XYk9SoEzi6UsngizI3k5n9vzTzQnCgqVrU/s1600/LotusBlueSepHalf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUs8yPlZJ8Hbv4CSBmdMylMHaoNAZ9F-bgPZ5M1bRui_J_d9A1reoLcFQ-Mvr4xE7d-91zvBFzBalEPK4yxNKCX3nQ1VajbS-4g6YQHOCV6XYk9SoEzi6UsngizI3k5n9vzTzQnCgqVrU/s320/LotusBlueSepHalf.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><br />
The lotus is 11" tall, the bloom is 7" in diameter, and pad is 9" in diameter. <br />
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To see all photos and information in my Etsy shop, <a href="http://www.rosewindstudio.etsy.com/">click here</a>.<br />
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Until next time folks....<br />
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Wishing your wishes come true,<br />
-ShannonRosewind Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00310459983004230637noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6751685115908016699.post-17067597110685975282011-04-04T16:12:00.001-04:002011-04-05T18:35:55.073-04:00Again, really?<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I recently set-up my website </span><a href="http://www.rosewindstudio.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">www.rosewindstudio.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> using a free software that came with my web hosting. I've used the software before, more than a while ago, on a different website which I closed back in December 2010. I was rolling along, creating, editing, customizing and making it mine. I finished most of it and hit "Publish". Voila! Website. I viewed the site from a live "new eye" perspective and noticed somethings that were not what I had "published". After trying to "fix" what didn't look like was "broken" in the software, published again and then I went back to the live version to verify. No change.... ugh! Instead of getting too frustrated, I decided to move on to something I hadn't finished yet, my photo galleries. I couldn't remember how to create albums so I started searching the help menus. As I'm reading, I'm seeing things that just don't make sense. Now, I'm rather computer savvy. I've never taken classes or lessons to figure out software programs. I just jump in and get going. So, as I'm in the help menus I realize that they are talking about a completely different (yet similarly named) software. <SIGH>. Ok.... deep breath. After a few minutes more I realize that the software I was using, is not even being distributed for web hosting anymore. (I hear a loud high pitch scream in my head... like one's you hear in a horror movie.) OMG! All the work I've done over the past few days... useless. ...deep breath... I have to start over with the new software. New formats, layouts, commands and less functionality as far as I'm concerned. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Ok, enough complaining! It's not going to design itself, so off I go...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Wishing your wishes come true,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Shannon</span>Rosewind Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00310459983004230637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6751685115908016699.post-50095270408754866222011-04-02T19:51:00.002-04:002011-04-02T20:01:39.183-04:00Digging deep to finish....<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Well, it seems as thought my Etsy store is getting some traffic, but no sales yet. I had one sale back in January, but I think that may have been a fluke. I am relieved that people are at least finding me there. Here's the link if you like to check out my store: <a href="http://www.rosewindstudio.etsy.com/">http://www.rosewindstudio.etsy.com/</a> . The traffic has prompted me to work on my website. It will be a basic site, with info I can't fit on other venues. The best part is that once I'm done with the basics I will finally get to dig out my PMC (precious metal clay) supplies and a torch. That's right, I said it... a torch! I'm gonna set some stuff a blaze... well, I'm going to attempt soldering and sintering at least. I can't wait!! Once I get the soldering and sintering groove I'll be making some Autism Awareness jewelry. But that's for a later post. Back to web designing.... <sigh>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Wishing your wishes come true,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">~Shannon</span>Rosewind Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00310459983004230637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6751685115908016699.post-90678113398826308672011-04-01T15:54:00.000-04:002011-04-01T15:54:19.658-04:00Me.... a blogger?<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello and welcome to my new blog! Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Shannon, I live in Northern Virginia, and I am a bookkeeper by day and a bead and jewelry artist by night. Growing up in a creative family, I've always been active in arts & crafts starting at a very early age. I've been involved with many different mediums including: cross stitch, polymer clay, candle making, graphic drawing, beaded Christmas ornaments, just to name a few. Although I've been creating jewelry and beaded flowers for over 10 years, I recently turned my favorite hobbies into a genuine business called Rosewind Studio . </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I would never characterize myself as a writer, so I'm stepping out of my comfort zone to blog and try to connect more on a personal level with others. I'm hoping to learn, inspire, relate, create, and connect with like minded people. I know you're out there! I'm looking forward to meeting you.</span>Rosewind Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00310459983004230637noreply@blogger.com0