Pulp Sushi - Fresh Handmade Design & Sweet Creative Dreams

Pulp Sushi Shop News This Week!

I had to stay home yesterday so while I was given this extra time, I was able to add a bunch of Flower Stud Earrings to the Etsy shop.  Click the image to go directly to the Flower Stud Earrings section of my shop.

Are you in or near Philadelphia??  Have you heard of the new shop Occasionette that opened on East Passyunk Ave? Guess who has some necklaces there? =D It's such an adorable looking shop started by Sara Selepouchin of Girls Can Tell homewares.  They are having their opening party this Saturday.

So go show her your support or if you can't visit in person, follow on Facebook or Twitter.

Inspired by Design Seeds - New Earrings

Are you familiar with Design Seeds? I learned about this site through the Hudson Valley Etsy team. It comes up with color palettes based on beautiful images.  You can use these palettes as inspiration for just about anything.  I was drawn to this one.

And I was inspired to make these earrings that were added to the Etsy shop this past weekend.

I absolutely love finding inspiration in color combinations more than anything else so expect to see more of these "seeds" on the blog.

I'm actually running low on ALL of my supplies. If there is something I need to work on it is to consistently have supplies on hand instead of waiting until I have a handful of whatever left. I'm jealous of my jewelry making friends who have studios FULL of stuff that with everything at their disposal. Ack!

New Items This Week - Pulp Sushi @ Etsy

Spent a lot of time indoors this weekend to work on some new jewelry pieces.  I mostly made items to restock the local stores I sell through but I did manage to add a couple of new items to the Etsy shop.  Click on images to view Etsy listing. 

Winter doesn't seem to want to go away, it's been so chilly - another reason why I didn't go out much this weekend. But I wanted to share a Spring-themed treasury I was included in featuring the Old Time Etsy Team, that's me...old. :)

Colors! Beads! New! Oh My!!

I hope everyone had a nice weekend. My weekend felt more productive than usual. Of course there's the shop updates, have you seen the latest on Twitter and Facebook?

Here's the secret about this necklace, the cluster of beads came from a pair of earrings found at a local antique shop. I saw them and right away thought "NECKLACE!!!!" I could not have thought of this color mix myself.

More crochet bracets were added too. Even though the weather is getting slightly warmer, these bracelets are still very comfortable to wear and they breathe easy. I've been wearing these a lot lately too.  

Did you have a nice weekend? I went to a Bead Expo yesterday and picked up a couple of things. Not as much as previously, was kind of disappointed with the selection. I'll share a blog post about that at a later time.

Last thing, The Totally Awesome Blog Hop was launched again this past Saturday, have you checked it out yet?  Get in on the fun!

New & Custom Items at Pulp Sushi

Happy Monday everyone! I hope you had a nice weekend. I finally have some new necklaces added to the shop and I'm so excited about how they came out. Click on the images to view the listing on Etsy.

I've also been working on custom orders.  The story about the following necklace is one night I was sitting at my work table after a creative dry spell and so I took a quickie picture for Facebook just to say "I'm working!!!" I was happy to be making jewelry ya know?   On the table was this necklace that caught the eye of a couple of people saying how much they loved it.  It was actually two necklaces both hanging on one display. One of my friends (and very loyal customer) said she wanted it.  Long story short, it was hers and I never got to list it on Etsy.  I did take one picture because I never made a necklace quite like this one, what do you think?

I've gotten into using multiple chains on a necklace (as you can see from the first Etsy listing).   She also requested some crochet wrist cuffs in the following colors so I threw these in for her.

Not bad right?  These are fun to make and doesn't make my crochet skills look half bad.  I'll probably make more, too bad the weather is getting warmer and people probably wouldn't be interested but I'll keep it in mind for the Fall/Winter.

Want To Sponsor Pulp Sushi in March?

I am so excited about March! I have been inspired to put together a month-long series called "Shop Talk" which myself and a couple of other contributors will be sharing tips and advice about managing our blogs and online shops. I'd like this to be an open dialogue with you in the comments too so I hope you'll come back for that.

The inspiration comes from reading Blog, Inc.: Blogging for Passion, Profit, and to Create Community and still currently reading  Grow Your Handmade Business: How to Envision, Develop, and Sustain a Successful Creative Business - which I am loving and telling everyone about.

I also signed up for the e-course Blogging Your Way: Blog Boss with Holly Becker from Decor8. It starts this Friday and last four weeks. I'm sure I'll be anxious to share here what I'm learning.  

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Pulp Sushi Newest Necklace & Pretty Etsy Treasury

It's a long holiday weekend and I kind of took it easy. I have one new item added to the shop:

I was very pleased to see these earrings included in this beautiful Etsy treasury

Saturday was pretty awesome, Hudson Valley Etsy got together for a meeting for the first time in over a year.  Absolutely NO PICTURES were taken and I can't even believe that. I guess we were all so caught up with seeing each other and eating all of the yummy snacks that no one thought to snap a picture, even me!! Next time.  We're planning our outdoor June craft show and hopefully the weather will cooperate this year and be nice.  I said I wouldn't do outdoor shows anymore but I think I will make an exception this time.  Should be fun! I'm slowing getting my Spring and Summer craft show dates in order.  How about you?  Any big selling dates coming up?

New Necklaces and Passionfruit Chat

The snow came and went and it was a doozy! I didn't take much pictures because I didn't want to outside! But trust me, it was bad. We probably got at least a foot of snow but by Saturday the sun came out and lot of it started melting away. While cooped up, I posted a couple of new necklaces on Etsy (click image to view listings)....

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Since my plans were cancelled for Saturday, I was able to participate in Passionfruit Ads first Twitter chat and it was a lot of fun and pretty informative.  The discussion was how to authentically sell ads on your blog without coming across as spammy. I can never learn too much about this topic.  I learned that what seems to matter the most is how much exposure and attention the sponsor's brand is getting on your blog. You want to provide quality content on who you feature, I hope I'm doing a good job of that so far. I think what I need to work on is rejecting ads I don't think would make a good fit - I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings. =(  Anyone else struggle with that?

New Jewelry @ Pulp Sushi (Etsy)

Hope everyone had a nice weekend. I'm taking a break from the crocheting to share some new jewelry. The flowers are starting to bloom in the shop once again. New rings! 

The large flower ring is already featured in a treasury: The Color of Bluebells

And this new necklace with some of my favorite beads...

I also wanted to share Hudson Valley Etsy's featured member for February, it was announced yesterday: L&M Studio, their shop is so amazing I just had to give them a shout. Congratulations ladies!

 

New Crochet Chain Infinity Scarves

Hope everyone had a nice weekend. It's nice to have an extra day to stay at home. Today I'd like to share the new crochet items added to the Etsy shop. Recently I started posting sets of cuff bracelets, this week it's Infinity Chain Scarves.  It's nice to have something different to create and share.  Since they're so soft and easy to wear, they're great for any time of the year.  I have some more fun colors to work on.  

Don't worry, new jewelry will be coming soon!  It's just nice to now have an option for people who may not be into wearing traditional jewelry. :) 

In other news, I've fallen behind on my book reviews.  I keep getting craft books in the mail and they're starting to pile up.  However there's one book I got on Saturday that is jumping ahead of the list.  I hope to share it this week.  Here's a sneak peek.