Photos of some items from my shop

Toby & Sophia my new kittens

Two new friends came to live with me over the
 Christmas holidays. Two 8 week old kittens. They are 10 weeks now and sooo adorable!

As much as I love hemp jewelry, they do to. I think I made the mistake of letting them have  a few beads to play with.  As soon as they saw my container of beads and my box of hemp they were thinking they were in kitten heaven!  I had to sacrafice some feathers , about 8 to distract them from crawling up my back and legs because they were trying to get  some of my jewelry. 

 I threw the feathers in the air and  happy and distracted they were playing with the feathers. It was worth the sacrafice.  Mabey I will make a kitten toy for them to play with with the feathers. 

I decided to name them Toby & Sofia. They are simply adorable.  and definatly will be so spoiled.

Messily creative !

I love getting new beads! How exciting.  When I get then though I take them out of the package and mix them all in a giant container. Some would think that this would lead to a state of the caotic, but in my case I find that it helps me to come up with new ideas and designs. 
   Mixing them helps me to see which beads go best with each other and totally inspires me to be fully creative.  I think I've gotten some of my best ideas by just  having a large pile  of beads laying infront of me on a table waiting to be chosen.

Turtle Hemp necklace

 This necklace I mixed black hemp and brown hemp together, I really  liked the effect.

Peace Keychain

Peace is the answer right. I plan to make more of these keychains. Fun!

Morocan/ Indian style necklace. Something new!

 I decided to  try some thing new. I came up with this design. Its  sortos a morocan / indian design.  A variety of wooden beads and ceramic beads mixed together . Let me know what you think of it.  I really enjoy coming up with new ideas and designs. Sometimes I will look at other jewelry and mix themes and ideas together. Sometimes my jewelry has a story behind it.   I really like this design. I think others will aswell!

Recent Designs

How to seal your Hemp Jewelry

When I first started making hemp jewelry, sometimes I had problems with the knots on the ends coming apart and fraying. 
 I met a lady who told me she would use clear nail polish to stop the fraying in her nylons, so why not try it on the hemp jewelry. So I did , and it worked!

When you are finished knotting your item,  Put a dad of  clear nail polish on the knot and it will hold.

 In the bracelet in the photo, I put clear nail polish on the knots on the ends and in the centre.


 It will smell until it drys. Then the smell goes away. 

 It works perfect and never comes undone. Making perfect jewelry! 

Red Dragon Coral Hemp Keychain

I've recently started making  hemp keychains.  I use precious stones and other beads. Sometimes I make hemp figures of different sorts. Its a lot of fun and  they turn out really cute.

Handmade prices versus shopping in the mall

Handmade items are special . Why? Because when one is making something handmade, care, creativity and uniqueness are put into what is being made.
When purchasing a handmade creation the prices will more than likely be higher than a store bought item. This is because  store bought items are factory made and  usually come in mass quantities.   It also costs more to make handmade items most of the time. Supplies, time,  etc.
I've met some peoploe who don't understand why I can't sell an item for 5 dolallars. Well  most of the time it cost that much to make it.
 So, the next time you are at a market and see a really awsome item but the price seems high, just remember that it was handmade with love and not mass produced and shipped here on wholesale prices. Remember that that item is awsome becasue it is unique and made by a local artist.

 Turquoise Man Hemp Keychain





    

Amethyst

I love the amethyst stone. I think because I love the colour purple.  I love the ways the purples and whites swirl together . I love how they are sometime chunked together with whites and clear stones. Alot of the time  in my stones I find amethyst mixed in with quartz or jasper . Mabey even other types of stones.
So beautiful. Just one of Gods beautiful creations!

Late hours n lovin it

I am a night owl. I function best at night, Have the most energy at night. I do most of my work at night.
I used to think that there was something wrong with that but now I don't. How many night people are there in the world? Tons!  So I have decided to continue in my night time hours and I am totally content in that.

This is one of my latest designs:

new video

Carnelian stones on brown hemp

Carnelian is one of my favorite stones. I read somewhere that it was used by royalty in India  back in history. I thought that was interesting. I just really adore it because of the way it looks and feels. The mixes of orange and  reds and  some yellows.  The way it all mixes together into a translucent picture within the stone.  I jsut really love it.  That's why I enjoy the look of this necklace.

Video I put together

Stones & Gems

Finding new gems & stones is one of my passions!  They are all so beautiful. I am still learning about them and discovering new types.Over the christmas season I found some great stones that were bagged. Unfortunatly, I don't know the names of all of them but they are perfect to be wirewrapped ( which Im gonna do)

 

 Some of these are Amethyst, Jasper and I'm not sure what the others are.

 

I love these Corals.  I once was going to stop using coral but then I was informed by a shop that  alot of corals are farmed and not taken from the coral reifs. Which is great!

 Jewelry with these stones will be coming soon!

Red Deer Online Farmers Market

I have a website / social network called The online farmers market for Red Deer and Central Alberta.  Basically it is a social network aimed at bringing vendors and home business to one place where they are easy to find on a year round basis.  I really love it. I started it in November and there are about 50 members on it as of now.
When people get to the site they sign up and create a profile. Its free to start a profile and use the site pretty much as if it were their own. People can post blogs, videos,  and more. They have access to making groups which they can use to network their  business and use to keep track of their customers.  The groups they create have a spot on them where they can link their websites etc.
 It really seems to be working out.  Its growing and people are just learning how to use it.

There is also advertising avalible for 15.00 a month. Advertising is avalible to anyone and they jsut have to contact myself for more information at bfunkii@hotmail.com

Make sure to check it out!
 The address to the site is  http://onlinefarmersmarket.ning.com/

Happy 2012!

I'm excited about this coming year. Looking back at the past year and learning what I have, I am excited to put my new ideas and skills into practice!  I plan to make new kinds of designs and even get into making other hemp products aswell such as belts, hats, tops, hair extensions etc.  I think it is so fun and will be fun making all of these items.
  I love working with the thicker hemp. Its a lot different that the regular sized hemp, so I do different things with it. I also will be  having wire wrapped items, ceramic beads and pendants which I made myself. Polymere clay items and so much more.

I can't wait till the spring when the farmers market starts again , along with the festivals and concerts. From now to then though I will be building up my inventory. Last year I was always up the night before trying to catch up . I dont wanna have that happen again.