MORE KIMONOS (Loaded with Orange!)
I have accepted the color Orange is part of my creative life, as I discussed in my July 3rd post, Orange. As a matter of fact, I have done more than accepted Orange, I am embracing Orange!
This weekend I worked on restocking my tierneycreates Etsy shop. It is still far from the days when I had 90 items in my shop. My miniature kimonos continue to be popular and I recently sold 4 to a lovely person in Canada as well as 4 to various friends (I continue to fleece my friends in person, making them purchase my handmade items, ha! See the end of the post Quilt Retreat Weekend: The Projects)
Many of the miniature kimonos in the new batch I made feature the color Orange:
I have been building a nice button collection and I enjoyed selecting a button for each kimono.
My friend Dana gave me some wonderful buttons in May at our annual Jelly Rollers Quilting Retreat (she was my Secret Quilting Sister), I still have wonderful buttons from my friend Betty Anne’s mother’s antique button collection she shared. Additionally I used a couple of the buttons from my recent antique button acquisition during the 2016 Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show (see post 2016 Sisters Outdoor Show Part I).
Now it is time to get each miniature kimono with its hanging chopstick and coordinating embroidery floss for hanging (though some people have put them in shadowboxes instead of hanging). Then it is time for their individual “photo shoots” for their Etsy shop listings.
Figuring in the cost of materials, time to make them, and Etsy seller fees, I figure I make like $3 – $4 per kimono. But my Etsy shop is a fun hobby and I enjoy knowing that my handmade creations are in peoples’ homes around the country (and Canada!).
If I tried to live off my Etsy shop I really would be foraging for free neighborhood fruit (like in prior post) for sustenance – ha!
MORE ORANGE (Orange Labels!)
Recently I decided I wanted my Etsy shop items to look a little more polished by adding a professional label to some items. I will not add the label to the miniature kimonos but I will to future art pillow and table runner creations.
I purchased the labels from another Etsy shop (Wunderlabel) and guess what color they are in? ORANGE!
POSTSCRIPT
Speaking of color, I have been following a wonderful blog by a painter, Laura’s Create art every day. A couple years ago while taking a Jean Wells class on art quilting, she suggested that we also seek inspiration from the work of other artists outside of fiber/textile arts – like painters. I have started following the blogs of several painters and I am so inspired by their use of color and their creatively (oh no I see a future “Creative Inspiration” series blog post coming…)
Here is a post from createarteveryday.com with some seriously inspirational use of my new color best friend, Orange:
Love the orange and the interesting buttons!
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Thank you, I actually accidentally published this post before I finished writing it. I am still finishing it up, so check back for more, ha!
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You’re in good company! LOL
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I’m so glad I inspired you, Tierney! Thanks so much for the mention. I’m learning to make friends with orange too. Burnt orange is now a fave! Your work inspires me too! I think we all stew in each other’s juices here on WP.
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Like “creative braising” (to keep the cooking reference going, lol) 🙂
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I think it’s so wonderful that you have embraced orange and welcomed it into your gallery of colors! Yay orange!
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Thanks Cindy! I love the colors you use in your work! (and I love the colors in your new blog format – it is so happy and inviting looking!)
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Thanks! You are so sweet.
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These are very nice and the buttons add a nice touch of individuality. Orange, I don’t have enough of it, need to get more!
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Thanks GB 🙂
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The kimonos are precious!
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Thanks!
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Ooo, I like the kimono with the birds!
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Thanks so much😀
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Those are adorable!
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Thanks so much Donna 🙂
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Love your new labels and those kimonos are adorable!!!
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Thanks Dawn!
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Your little kimonos are cute!
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Thanks so much😀
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Hi fellow Etsy shop owner in Bend, I’m a stone’s throw away in Boise! Really like your kimonos, beautiful. Your passion is orange, mine’s oriental fabric, I just love it and have a closet full to prove it. Craft on
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Hi there! Thanks for stopping by my blog and I will go check out your etsy shop😀
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Oh my goodness!!! Those are sooooo pretty…your so talented!!!!
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You are cracking me up – are you reading my blog from the beginning? Thanks so much for all your sweet and kind comments 🙂
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the beginning…isn’t that where all the wonderfulness started???
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