Coming down to the wire.....

With less than 2 weeks to go, I am madly finishing product.  Finishing, design, etc. are not my strongest areas.  I got out beaded Christmas trees I made over the summer to attach to ear wires:

 

While cruising the internet I came across this great little tool which I'm making as a stocking stuffer:

It's a bracelet fastening tool so you can hook up your own bracelets!  Thanks to whoever posted this on Pinterest!

In the past Mark, the owner of Taming of the Brew, has let me post notices of my holiday bazaars so I took a display stand with one of my metal leaf necklaces, box for my business cards with my schedule on the backs, and a flyer:

So it's back to work.......

I'm back from my mega trip to Scotland and Ireland itching to add new content here.  I had received an email from Mt. View Jr. High letting me know we were only a month away.   Yikes!  so I really began churning out components such as:

I decided to focus on fire-colored copper, which these are not yet colored.

I bought some ink-based paints by Ranger to try on a couple ginkgo leaves.  After the ink dried I sanded lightly then sprayed to seal with Krylon Colormaster acrylic.

They aren't conventional patina colors but I think I can make them work.

I have assembled my corner display stands with the screen fabric & have hung some of my items for photographing:

So I am back to work as the days are counting down.