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Earring displays for Cangames.

An assortment of earrings inspired by steampunk themes, horror movies, gaming, and my current video game obsession (Stardew Valley), with some random pretty things for good measure.

This is also earring display prop take... I’ve lost count... I may hate this one the least of all the ones I’ve tried. It’s less messy than the last one and much more stable than the first one many moons ago. I still don’t love how it looks of course, but at least it’s somewhat practical. I’m going to poke at it some more post convention and get some siggybeads branded earring cars if this ends up being the one. 

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Cangames

Come see me at Cangames this weekend (May 17th to 19th) at The Rideau Curling Club, 715 Cooper St in Ottawa!

I’ll be there from noon until 7pm on friday, and 9am until 7pm on saturday and sunday!

Hope to see you there!

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Cangames Recap

Cangames was great!

 It’s the best I’ve done at a show yet. I got several business cards out and got some very kind and encouraging comments from some of my fellow vendors and makers. I’m certainly going to try to go back next year.

My bestseller was sort of ironically was a style of earrings I made a few pairs of on a whim. I need to make more and see if they do just as well elsewhere. 

All in all a very positive experience!

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It’s my friend’s daughter’s birthday in about two weeks and I wanted to make her something special.

With a little input from mom regarding colours I came up with this trio of fun, cute earrings!

Blue bugs, green faeries and peace signs with ruby crystals for a july baby.

I’m still very much on a ‘make all the earrings’ kick, but I finished up a few necklaces today as well.

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Rather than going to bed at a normal time like a rational person, I stayed up way too late to finish this off.

The first image shows my inspiration, the Land of Heat and Clockwork, from Homestuck.

The next shows the full necklace, made from glass beads, decorative gears and silver plated findings.

The final two images are the focal point of the piece, one in artificial light and one natural to show the intricacy lost in the flash. 

All those little jump rings give the piece amazing movement when worn, even if they were totally frustrating to deal with as I made it.

I am not 100% happy with the red-orange dangle. The colour is perfect but the shape isn’t, so I’m going to keep an eye out for something I like better.

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Right now I’m trying to do my version of fan art. I can’t draw, but I can usually make a pile of beads, findings and other things into something fun and wearable.

I adore a weird webcomic type thing called Homestuck, and I’m currently rereading it. I was inspired by the first image, from the webcomic, and after digging through my supplies, I’ve started creating a necklace based on it!

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These  brightly coloured wooden shapes caught my eye while out shopping earlier and immediately screamed to be made into some fun summery earrings. 

Some silver plated finding and a few peridot nuggets later I came up with these.

At just over 4 inches long they aren’t quite suitable for everyday wear perhaps, but great for a day at the beach or an afternoon on a patio with a cool drink.