New T-Yarns Coming Soon!

Alrighty, in light of the upcoming holiday I decided it was time to break out the pastel dyes.  I also thought it would be a fun time to experiment with my tye-dye yarns!  Unfortunatly my camera is being a pain in the tushy again so I managed to get some great pics, but cant seem to get the camera to connect to the computer.  Hopefully the hubby will return and fix it after work today.

As soon as I get my pictures ready I'll upload one as a preview for those of you who check the Etsy Shop.  In addition to making new T-Yarns I have been working on Egg crafts and basket weaving lately, And have been busy working up sketches and selecting fabrics for my new Summer clothing line and planning the Etsy Debut of Pandemonion Fashions! (More about that next week)

Expect the yarns finished and added to my etsy store this weekend.  I may just have some special hand-painted fabric yardage available too!  Dont forget, there are plenty of Mystery Boxes to be made still, and my collection of supplies is only growing larger so be sure to visit the store and give them a read, you may just find you dont know how you got along without it!

~Kirial

The New "Laboratory"

No Picture for now, as the new Artistic Alchemy Laboratory is under construction.  As you may or may not know, my "office" was given up as a bedroom for a house guest we had for a while, thus why so little has been achieved artistically in the past few months.  No space to preform my Magic in, as well as no space to store any supplies, meant very little output of items and a complete reliance on my random challenge bags and the household recycling bin.

Since the house guest has moved away, I am now able to return to my office.  However, the previous setup as a mostly bland, very cluttered, business environment was not, shall we say, "Magical" enough.  So I will be taking this clean start oppertunity to set up a very juicy and well organized Lab area with a designated design and construction area for each different medium, and plenty of extra space for the insanely large or very diverse occurances.

In addition, this new room will be completely bunny friendly where the last one was not.  This mostly means keeping any small bits in bunny proof bins or drawers, and including some secret tunnel networks.  It also means anyone with bunny allergies will need to conduct their meetings with me in the Clubhouse by the pool or bring some kleenexes.

It will take some time to get my multitude of supplies up to it's previous (rediculous) amount, and I need to re-purchase most of my machinery and tools since most are still stranded in Missouri, but hopefully it will build back up quickly.  In the meantime you will probably see a slow increase in my Output, and I'll be sure to put up some "Before, During, After" shots in an album once the room is in shop-shape.

See you then!

~Kirial

New Products and Photos

Another beautiful, sunshine filled day here in the desert was just begging me to go outside.  Since the grounds crew had just finished up re-setting all the plants and putting the new flowers in I decided to grab the camera and all my T-Shirt yarn, old and new alike, and head out for some better product photos.  

Just another example of how things can be so tiring and difficult one day and flow right through another.  The only painful thing about this shoot was having to pick only one or two photos of each to keep.  I also gained quite a few curious looks from passers by as I placed, as one woman said, "what looked like giant, bright easter eggs" into various planters and started snapping away.  I of course had thought ahead enough to bring a small stack of business cards along in the basket and eagerly handed them out to pretty much anyone who stopped to see what was going on.

With a little help from the Lab's new assistant and mascot, Cuniculus, I managed to find and finish the last of the t-shirt yarn, and was able to photograph the two spools of purple and add them to the etsy store (linked to the right) along with a whole new item based on the Random Challenge Bags I recieve from friends and family.  For those of you who dont know or remember, a random challenge bag is a sack, (usually of the wal-mart variety) with as many random and interesting things as can be found.  The point of which is to one day finally hand me something I Can't make into something beautiful or useful.  The items are usually things that most people would throw away, rather than expensive crafting supplies.

These challenge bags could have anything in them, and I seldom know what I will be working with until it's on my doorstep.  In fact, one of my christmas ones was just a sack full of sacks.  From which I made my own christmas garland.  I have since been saving my white and red sacks as well as thecute little pink one my sunday paper comes in and have been making a garland for valentines day too, though I doubt I am done by the 14th, and certainly doubt it makes it to the store.  Dont expect a St. Pat one though, since I used up most of my dollar tree bags in the christmas garland and wont be traveling quite as far in the future as I had been with the Jeep gone.

The Mystery Box that I sell based on this concept are a little less chaotic, and will contain 1lb of assorted crafting supplies.  They come in themes that they buyer can pick from, such as "pink" or "wood" or "Fire" and the contents can include pretty much any kind of crafting supply, new or vintage, that fits in with that theme.  Why pay for something when you dont know exactly whats in it?  Well, for one, lots of people play the lottery every day, and B) this is a great tool for those who feel they are stuck in a rut and want to make something that requires a more "out of the box" line of thinking.  Since you dont know for sure what you are getting, by dumping the box out onto your desk and gathering all the items together, you are sure to get ideas that you may never have considered before.

Because they are randomly assembled, and most of the selecting is actually done by Cuniculus, each box is sure to be unique even if you order two of the same theme at the same time.  This will keep your projects fun and fresh each time!  You may even get supplies you would never have ordered yourself or even known about, such as pressed flowers, Real butterflies (expired of course) Silk cacoons, horse hair, or even some very expensive or valuable pieces such as buttons from the 1920s, ribbon from the 1960s, or pieces of quilts that are over 100 years old!  The only thing limiting the contents of your box is how deep we feel like digging, and several of the neatest pieces (such as the butterflies) contribute hardly anything at all to the 1lb wheight limit!

So be sure to head over to the shop and check out all the new photos and see more details about the new Mystery Boxes, and as always, thanks for checking in!