Collars and chokers

I made again some new things

But I'm a bit under stress..
soon school starts. I don't know what theme to use for the first semester. I thought about abandoned buildings, but I'm always afraid to visit them. And my boyfriend doesn't likes them. I don't like going alone. I also haven't drawn much in the holidays (I don't know why). I'm a bit afraid of the whole school stress thing again : Being afraid to fail. As always
But Also next week it's an exhibition in Vlekkem, and it's on my birthday, september the 17th. I guess it's going to be a quite boring birthday, since an exhibition is sitting the whole day on your chair (no two days!). I'm doubting if i'm going to take my jewelery aswell, but the people there aren't interested in goth. And chokers are really nothing for there + they are made to your measurement.
Maybe I could make painted brooches in place! But what to paint on it? It may not be too gothic for the normal people (read no singers from the goth scene)
I also haven't any new paintings. Only one and I'm not sure if I really like it.

I really feel shitty again. And I hate it. I want to be proud of myself, and not point out always those mistakes! I can never do something good enough for myself.

For the new chokers and collars. The first I made is a tulle collar. At some places, it's not the best stitched (the fabric was really annoying). I have again the feeling that it is not good enough. What do you think? I like the idea though. It's better then my previous one, which will be posted bellow.


Ps, sorry for the baaaaad picture
Edit: here is a better and newer one:

I also did some line art make-up today! Should do this more!


And this was the first try. kept this one for myself as it isn't that interesting.


I also made a steampunk choker




I'm also working on a commission for a girl who wanted an EA inspired choker + earrings! I really enjoy making this. I'll make a post about this later, when it's finished.

I am also working on a painting! Next week (17-18th sept) I have an exhibtion in Vlekkem!

Rings!

I made two rings today! I have only ordered 4 ring bases, so I won't make more for this time. Two bronze ones, the ones I already finished, and two black ones to make something from fimo on it







I still have to make some new chokers


I also won a piece of jewelery from Jessica Jolly. She is doing a new contest aswell for this month! Join aswell and maybe you win something aswell. More information on her Deviantart.

Some new jewellery

As you see, I really suck at titles. They are boring, but well, you know about what the new blog will be ;-)

After some time now knowing what to make, and feeling shitty because nothing seemed to work, I started making some things again. I also got new supplies. And new supplies means (a bit) more inspiration. I mainly made some earrings. but there are some other things to come aswell. I really should make chokers again, since these are the most interesting (in my opinion). The earrings are more simple.


A simple pair of angel earrings.



Tea time earrings! I think i like this. the fimo bead is handmade btw.




Handmade steampunk hearts earrings! They are made from fimo, like my other steampunk hearts, but they are smaller. I made pair of them for myself aswell. You can see me wearring them in the next photo




I also made two of these heart pendants for a friend aswell. They seem to be popular.

I am also going to make the above earrings in black-silver aswell


And i almost forgot my unicornhorn earrrings! They are in broken white with a bit of glitter (fimo effects)



I also made some chokers last weeks:

Collar failed

The collar didn't came out as how I wanted it to be :(

I had a great idea in my mind, and I really thought it would work. but now I see the finished result, it really sucks!
The fabric was really a bitch to drag, but also to hem. The overlock looked shit, so I had to hide it, so I stitched a black ribbon over it, which made it really.. Suck.
Maybe some ruffles (in lace or tulle. tulle is cheaper for when I mess it up once again) would make it better, though I'm afraid it will wrinkle in the same bad way as it does now. If someone could help me out. It's really not sellable now. Anyway I was going to keep it for myself. But I want it to be better when I want to sell ever some of these.
Here are some photos. Sorry for the flash and bad lightening, it's evening and we have only orangish lights.


At daylight. I lay it good to look good


Evening photo, where I didn't lay it good to make it look good. I just lay it as how it is. The ribbon turns around in every direction. It drives me crazy! Maybe the ribbion is too stiff, however I don't think that any ribbon is super limp.


Maybe I should add roses to make it more interesting. but that doesn't solve my problem.

Collars

I really wanted to make the neckcorset (see previous blog) in lace. Now it seems that my plastic bones (I don't know where to find others) are too big for this. They are more then a centimeter whide. I'm not sure if this will work out, as I wanted to sew ribbon over it to hide them. So this is something to think about.

I'm also going to try something other today: collars. It's going to be in black-purple lace. Here is an example of the fabric:



I also made some chokers, but these are for later ;-)

And I'm also going to make some art brooches (hand painted ones)!

Neckcorset tryout!

Yesterday I was looking around on the net for some inspiration on chokers. My eyes fell on neck corsets! I knew I had somewhere a pattern of this, so I wanted to try it out.
I made a mock up of it in white fabric. It isn't well cut and well stitched, and I almost killed my machine! I hate that bitch!
I want to make now a beautiful version of it in lace. But I'm a bit stuck with the boning. I don't know how to do the boning channels. I'm going to work with (sew on)plastic though. I don't have metal + I think it's quite stiff for the neck. It's also not mean to be a real corset, but more something like a choker, but with more the style of a neck corset and a collar.

Finished the heart necklace

Yes, the heart necklace is finished!
The hearts seem to be popular, I think I'm going to make more of these, or other steampunkish things with fimo and cogs, but other forms (not sure what yet)
And now the sales are going a bit better, I feel more motivated to make new things. I can't have an empty store, isn't it? And i'm more sure that my jewels will be (ever) sold.
I'm also thinking about working with paypall, so I can accept orders from non-euro countries aswell, but I still don't get it completely. I'm going to ask a bit around first!