Apology and update

I'd like to take the time to apologize for my long absence. Starting a new job and a new business where in both positions I am the only employee, left me with little time to blog. But I am now trying out a new schedule integrating my personal and work life. I will not reveal my tentative blogging schedule now in case I need to adjust it later, but rest assured new updates should be coming out with some sort of regularity.

New Ingredients for New Projects

I bought raw cocoa butter, raw shea butter to practice and use making body butters and bath melts.

I also got some amber jars, both 1 oz. and .5 oz., for oils like the Ostara and Spring oils I've made up that are currently mixing and infusing in darkness.

I also finally got some sewing needles with big enough eyes to run ribbon through for some Japanese stab binding. Its a new binding style I'm trying out for the albums and books I make. I haven't shown those here or on my Etsy site yet because I want to get good pictures of them before I start selling them.

Soon, internet, soon.

Banners with Paint and PowerPoint

I created two banners to use on my Etsy and Facebook pages. I used Paint to draw that moons and then PowerPoint to add then to the text.

A friend offered to make logos for me but the ones I've seen so far don't quite fit. Plus, I've had the idea of a painted moon, in a sort of Japanese watercolor style, for awhile. So I tried the Microsoft Office 2010 paint program which has regular, oil and watercolor brushes. I think they came out great.

I left the  spaces on the side so that I could add pictures of my products. A look I've seen and liked on several Etsy shop banners. For logos, I'll add the text under the moons for a more square look.