And After a 6 Month Hiatus...

Greetings!

I've missed you my friends. :) Let's see, what's been going on... The holiday season went awesome and now it's time to research and relax a little for the warmer months. I'm still living it up in the ATL and I've found the lid to my pot, my partner in crime, better known as The Love of My Life! We're very in love and I'm thrilled about it! Yay me!

On the crochet side of things, I've been forced to slow down now, because my hands are mad at me for overworking them. This just gives me time to read up on all of the articles I've been shoving off to the side. You know how it is... You have all of these ideas in your head and you just want to bang em out and get them shown and you can do all the non-creative business side of everything later. Looks like now is later!

Inbetween fights with my hands, I've still managed to do a little work. The idea here is headbands! Great for warm and colder months. :) 

I plan on sewing on some ribbon on the ends that way it's a 'One Size Fits All' kind of situation. So far this is one of two prototypes. Not sure about these yet, so we'll see how it goes. What's your opinion on headbands. Is it a yay or a nay?

In other news... I'm excited that I've gotten a new order for this swirly necklace!

I've been given creative freedom on colors and I'm thinking that purple will be the main color, but I have no idea about what other colors I want to use. Orange? White? Yellow? Who knows for now, but I'll make sure I let you know when it's in the works. I think this necklace is an awesome piece for street style, and I look forward to seeing it worn.

So what are you working on currently? Let me know!

~Peace~

A. Sparkle

Nobody Told Me...

Greetings!

Nobody told me..... that it would be so hard to build an empire and take over the world! But I digress... I went balls to the walls making necklaces and bracelets over weekend and it felt damn good. I've been so focused  (in otherwords stressed) on the business side of things, that I hadn't given myself any time to create new sparkle babies. I think my poor yarn stash was feeling neglected!

But not anymore! I've picked some bright and beautiful colors for the summer and I'm very excited about them. So I made a few 'Dope Ropes' which are my new lines of necklaces, bracelets, and many many many many bangles.

Dope Ropes

The many many many many bangles

The Bracelets

There is much more, but I figured I'd give you just a smattering of what's to come! Some bracelets and bangles are already photographed and are for sale in my Etsy Shop, so run and check it out! I'm geeked about the new additions and I have personally tested and worn my own stuff, so I can tell you with all honesty that they are not itchy and will not make you hot despite the fact that it's yarn! So that's all for now kiddies!

\\Peace//

A. Sparkle 

It's a Triple T!

Greetings friends and Happy Mothers Day,

I'm not gonna lie to you.... I want to show off my new necklace today. It took forever to finish, but I feel like it was worth it. I've come to the realization that a lot of people have never seen a necklace totally made of yarn. All my necklaces are though. I think necklaces made from yarn only, are very unique and whimsical. Me having long hair, it's also great that I don't have to worry about my hair getting gnawed off by a chain or clasp when it inevitability gets caught. It's like being on an all yarn diet, and who doesn't love that?

Afraid that it's itchy? It's not. In fact it's soft and oddly comforting. Really light weight too!

I'm not sure why, but one day I was just bopping around doing whatever, when a picture of this tic-tac-toe necklace popped up in my brain. I wasn't trying to think of new ideas.. I was just doing something random like unloading the dishwasher and then BING! in it came and I was like, 'OH! Yeah that would be a really cute idea.' So a necklace was born, and it's name is Triple T! This might turn into a new line of products.. I guess you'll just have to check back to see new updates. :)

Anyway, the reason why this particular necklace took so long to make is, because I had to keep redoing stuff, which by the way....... I really................REALLY hate!! However.. you live.. you learn.. and then you just make the damn thing already and cry tears of joy while you rest you wrists after it's finished. So that is the story of Triple T. Ta-Da!

~Peace~

A. Sparkle