The day after a show is always Inventory Reconciliation Day for me. When I sell a pair of earrings, we just ring them up as "earrings." We don't specify that they're "capsule-shaped earrings in the Seaside Jubilee design with copper ear wires" because I don't want my helper's head to explode 😜 So, today I get to look at every earring, seam ripper, and whathaveyou, and make sure my online inventory reflects reality. It's more fun than it sounds 🙂

#PolkaDotCottage #PDCearrings #MastoArt

Here's some purple stuff I've been making this week 💜

Oh, and hey. It's been a while since I dropped by. My relationship with social media is a lot more casual than it once was. Maybe I'll be back tomorrow. Maybe it will be another month or two 🤷🏻

How are you folks doing?

#PolkaDotCottage #polymerClayJewelry

Speaking of my newsletter (4 hours later, lol) you can sign up here, if you'd like to get periodic updates from the Polka Dot Cottage: https://www.lisaclarke.net/notifications/

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#PolkaDotCottage #MastoArt

I actually got my act together and sent out a newsletter today :artpeek:

Here's a link, if you'd like to see what I had to say for this super rare occurrence: https://www.lisaclarke.net/?mailpoet_router&endpoint=view_in_browser&action=view&data=WzQ2OCwiNTEzOWE2M2M0OGFiIiwxLCJkYWJmODIiLDU4NCwxXQ

#PolkaDotCottage

I arranged my pens in rainbow order. 🌈 So satisfying 🌈

Also, I think I need to make more purples and pinks 🤔

#PolkaDotCottage #PDCstickPens #polymerClay #bicpen

Everything's coming up cornflower 💙

#polkadotcottage #polymerclay

Little shop update today, featuring seam rippers, earrings, and bracelets in a new "Barcode" pattern, which I've made in three favorite colorways: Rainbow, Olive, and Plasmatic 😁

https://www.lisaclarke.net

#PolkaDotCottage #mastoArt #polymerClay #jewelry #sewing

I finished my Horizontal Hold Wrap. I'll be publishing the pattern soon I hope, but for now, here's a sneak peek 💜🧡

#PDChorizontalHold #PolkaDotCottage @knitting

I'm on the last section. Just a little bit of purple left to go.

#17/31 #aMonthOfMaking #PolkaDotCottage #PDChorizontalHold #knitting

Heart earrings are now available in the shop 💕 https://www.lisaclarke.net/store/?swoof=1&stock=instock&woof_sku=hm-earrings

(I wasn't planning to keep any of these for myself, but I actually really love how the tiny ones look on me 🥰)

#PolkaDotCottage #PDCearrings #ValentineEarrings #HeartEarrings #MastoArt #polymerClay #PolymerClayJewelry #ArtJewelry

Today's make: heart shaped earrings for Valentine's Day 💕 coming soon to my shop!

15/31 #aMonthOfMaking #ValentinesDay #ValentineEarrings #PolkaDotCottage #PDCearrings

My work meetings are usually "camera on" but today I was able to turn it off for a bit, and that's when the knitting came out. The purple section of my #PDChorizontalHold is growing!

09/31 #aMonthofMaking #knittingAtWork #PolkaDotCottage

P.S. I can pay attention just as well while knitting something simple as I can while staring at a computer monitor. I'd knit during meetings with the camera on, if I thought it would be socially acceptable!

#aMonthofMaking days 07/31 and 08/31: making a kaleidoscopically patterned sheet in polymer clay for #PDCseamRippers, and joining the purple yarn in my #PDChorizontalHold wrap.

#polymerClay #knitting #PolkaDotCottage

[Edited to fix the dates. It was 07 and 08, not 06 and 07]

I may not do the actual making tonight because this short week has wiped me out, day-job-wise, but I am at least picking out the patterns for a few seam rippers to be right now 🙂

06/31 - #aMonthOfMaking #PolkaDotCottage #PolymerClayCane

Imperfect stud earrings, anyone? I made a mistake with the latest batch.

The thing about studs is they are very small. And while you can see imperfections in close up photos like these, flaws are much harder to see in real life!

There's nothing wrong with these, aside from the fact that they don't quite live up to my usual standards, visually. So, care to give a pair of half price misfit earrings a home? 😁

https://www.lisaclarke.net/store/?swoof=1&onsales=salesonly&woof_sku=hm-studs-

#polymerClay #resin #studEarrings #polkaDotCottage

Day 4 of this project and I'm already stretching the definition of "make" 😆

I'm making tags for these seam rippers that are headed to the Urban Sewciety shop soon (yay!)

04/31 - #aMonthOfMaking #PolkaDotCottage #PDCseamRippers

You know that feeling when you have a sudden and urgent need for a few new pairs of stud earrings? None of the 20+ pairs I have will do!! 😜

In progress tonight; a couple pairs for me, some for my shop, some to drop off later this month at the Just Jersey shop...

03/31 - #aMonthofMaking #PolkaDotCottage #PDCstudEarrings

NJ friends who want to buy handmade this holiday season: Maker's Market is happening in Westfield next Saturday! I will be there with all of my stuff, including these hot-off-the-press crochet hooks and seam rippers that aren't even on my website yet, they're *that* new 🙂

#NewJersey #BuyHandmade #MakersMarket #UrbanSewciety #PolkaDotCottage #crochet #sewing

While most of my American friends and family are sticking a turkey in the oven this morning, I am sticking jewelry components in mine 😜

I fell asleep thinking about a new color scheme last night, and what was I supposed to do? Ignore it? Never! 😆

Happy Thanksgiving from me and my new "Campfire" color scheme ❤️🧡💜

#polymerClay #polkaDotCottage #mastoART

Fun with Polka Dot Cottage filters part ten (the last in the #pdcfilters series, for now): Things you can put in your ears (aka #earrings 😁 )

Link to see more and/or to buy: https://www.lisaclarke.net/store/?swoof=1&product_tag=earrings

#PolkaDotCottage #ArtJewelry #MastoArt #PolymerClay