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I'm Going to Miss Picnik
My, how we’ve changed. I used to devour actual magazines with gusto. Not so much now I’m afraid. Well, apart from tattoo magazines but that’s not what this blog is about. No, I’ve been working on my marketing e-course and purchasing the first mags I’ve got in, I don’t remember how long. Sadly, I’ve changed.
To market a product one must know their audience. One should also know a little something about possible promotional options. Thusly, magazines were purchased to that effect. Little hint, I’m not sure what my market is so I decided to purchase only NZ and Australian magazines. I figure if and when I have to send samples out the postage won’t cost the earth. So I went out and purchased:
NOT the magazine for me. Full of very expensive glossy clothes and high-end hair styling products. Weird, I thought it was a fashion mag. Purchased because it’s cover told me it held a “what to wear guide”. Didn’t really gel with this little reader.
The cover of this tome told me it had “summer’s hit list” and it also had a couple of articles on stylists which I’ll probably read later. Much later. Sorry, another no go from me.
(embarrassingly) Cosmopolitan
Cry, sniff, I used to love this magazine. The cover told me it had “fierce fashion, super glam looks….” ‘fraid not. I knew it was full of relationship BS but it used to have great editorials and fashion spreads. I used to find great pics that I would cut out and keep in little scrap books. And I’ve got plenty of these little style books - that’s what I call them. Sadly, this mag had nothing to write home about. Ciao.
See above. Cover had “look lush for less”. Very unlush to me.
My point is that I couldn’t see myself pitching an editorial storyline for any of these magazines to feature my jewelry – well, I mean for them to just look at my jewelry – and I was beginning to despair until I remembered one last magazine that I had forked out for:
At last. Exclamation points abound! Love this magazine. I’ve folded the corners on so may pages and articles that I may even be back next month for my magazine fill. Hurrah!
White Skull - Voodoo Earrings by Glamour Twinkles - available soon
I’m now back at my Girl Friday job in the big city and this past week has been rather distracting with new Twitter followers beeping my phone, blogs to read and pesky office work interrupting my dreams of featuring in print. But then, my job keeps me in the lifestyle I am accustomed to so I’m getting my head back in the work game. And as such I’ll really need to come up with a work plan if I want to keep up with all the Glamour Twinkly things I need to do to get my “bling” out there. Quite unlikely if I ever again refer to my jewelry line as “bling” argh!
This weekend has seen me in full photo shoot mode with the new items I’ve made these last two weeks (too many sunny days do not a good photo shoot make). Oh, and last night I got the shocking email from Picnik telling me they were closing. You know that moment when you read something so unbelievable that you must read it a couple of time before it sinks in? That was me last night as I prepped my dindins. I read the email and (being the habitual paranormal/hoax footage skeptic I am) I was waiting for the punch line. No, Picnik will be gone and Google+ will “take over many of their awesome features”. It all happens on 19 April 2012. As you can probably tell I really love using Picnik. It is an awesome photo editing system. But the show must go on. Thank goodness I always saved my edits to my PC and not on their servers. There must be some frantic saving going on in cyber space right now. So that’s been my past week.
Orange Bear French Fries - Cutie Pie Milkshake bracelet - photoshoot results
Gothic Pagoda Earrings - Red and Yellow by Glamour Twinkles
Like little gothic pagodas, I have a few new creations for my Etsy stable. I’m so happy with how these earrings have turned out.
Gothic Pagoda Earrings - White and Green - by Glamour Twinkles
I had them in a different incarnation on Etsy when I first opened my shop but they didn’t complement the rest of my jewelry pieces. Don’t get me wrong, they looked pretty and people liked them at market stalls but no one was buying them and to be perfectly honest – I didn’t actually believe in them myself. But these pagodas I love. Plus they look like the kind of thing that my latest fashion obsesh DG would wear (and say: these aren’t big enough).
Originally purchased in the form below, I’m thinking of bying another pair so I can make myself a few variations to add to my own personal wardrobe.
Original Pagoda Earrings from Diva
Flicking through Harper’s Bizarre on Tuesday night at the hairdressers (Jam Hair, for those of you playing along at home) I spot an ad campaign for Dolce & Gabanna:
And I squeal with delight because they’ve copied my earrings:
Squeeeeee!
I’m totally famous! How can you not’ve heard of me? I’m famous thanks to my design partners at D&G.
And check out my haircut.
I knew the fabulous purple shade wouldn’t last. Sigh. Never fear, I’ll redo it at some stage. I’m so happy today because my Xmas holiday starts at 5.00pm NZ time on this very day! No going back to the office until 16 January 2012. That seems so far away now. It’s a wonderful day!!!
Yellow & Blue Floral Tassel Earrings back on Etsy
Super busy and productive day today. After letting my Etsy listings lapse and disappear from my shop I had to relaunch everything. But I’ve learned some lessons on the way.
Every day I get an email from the Etsy team that is choc full of great selling and promotion tips. And I save them for later, completely missing the important tips and priceless information they impart. Now I have a new attitude. I have revamped my Etsy profile, the profile pic which now contains a clear shot of an example of my jewelry, I have much better descriptions and my new attitude also contains a (kind of) business action sheet whereby I load something onto my shop each and every day (or possibly every few days) I haven’t quite decided.
I’ve managed to have regular blog posts which I get done with the minimum of inconvenience. Now I need to get Etsy updated regularly also with the minimum of inconvenience to me. As essentially, I am a rather lazy gal!
Swarovksi Tiger Potion Necklace back on Etsy
And a cheery welcome to Ma who’s reading my blog on her “cellular telephonic device” – yaaaaaaay! And in Twitter news I hadn’t had any new followers for a couple of days when I received an email telling me that Chictopia is following me. Now I do realise that they won’t be reading my sometimes inane tweets but I’ve got proof they’re following:
- New Twitter follower – Chictopia
And if you don’t know what Chictopia is they’re now on my blogroll. Gotta love technology when it all works well!
I was all ready to post this on Tuesday evening but when I got to my office job on Tuesday morning we were told that someone we’ve worked with for over 4 years had collapsed and died at the gym on Sunday morning. To say we’re in shock would be an understatement. Brendan was young, fit and healthy. He will be greatly missed by everyone at work. But being a fabulous gay guy, I know he would want me to share my latest creations with the world so here goes:
Dragon Fly Earrings worn 26 October 2010
Presenting to you my newest jewelry la Glamour Twinkles – Dragon Fly Earrings. They are “large and in charge” and they aren’t as heavy as one might imagine. The Dragon Fly name stays just as it is, thank you very much.
The charms were from my rushed mission out to Spotlight on Friday at lunch time. I found them while perusing for earring hooks. I also discovered the Spotlight Inspiration Room which I’ll join as I’m such a “Spotlight-pusher” on this blog…
Twilight Earrings and Very Cross Choker worn 27 October 2010
The infamous “Twilight” Earrings out on a Glamour Twinkles “test drive”. They’ve passed my random testing for:
a. No make up marks on the maroon felt hearts;
b. Long loops still shiny gold with no black marks on my skin;
c. Tassels didn’t catch on my clothes.
The gold “Very Cross” choker is a pun – most cross necklaces only have one cross not mine. Plus it gave me the chance to call it the “Very Cross” Choker.
Rainbow Heart Ring worn 21 October 2010
- Gem Earrings and Rock n Roll Necklace worn 21 October 2010
Who needs the Krupp Diamond when you can have these pure glass fakes?
The rock n roll necklace is another gift from Sister. It has all the essential rock star staples: guitar, diamond heart, razor blade, bows, chains, bottle top, dice … it’s virtually the Swiss Army Knife of jewelry.
Playboy Earrings worn 20 October 2010
I am probably breaking some kind of copyright by even wearing these Playboy Bunny earrings as technically they weren’t advertised as “Playboy Bunny” charms even though they look decidedly Playboy-like to my untrained eyes. I did find it odd that the packaging didn’t have any copyright or trademark references to Hef’s bunny “creation”. When I spotted them at the $2 Shop being sold individually as cellphone charms I couldn’t resist buying them to make into earrings. I just had to add a hook to them and they were ready to rock ‘n roll.
Vintage Ring and Belt Ring worn 20 October 2010
The rings are part of my huge ring collection. When I say huge I mean huge ring sizes AND huge collection. If only I had more fingers …
The yellow/purple resin ring was my mum’s from the 1970′s – pure vintage, baby! It’s in pretty good condition considering its age. The silver belt ring is from my sister. Apparently she hates belt jewelry but I love it’s kitch-factor. I also have a belt bracelet which was another gift from Sis. For someone who doesn’t like belt jewels she sure does buy a lot (chortle)!
Faux Gold Earring, Bolt Hole Heart worn 19 October 2010
The earrings I’m wearing today have an interesting back story.
My mother told me that she was digging in the garden one sunny day and she uncovered two pairs of very faux gold earrings. Once she cleaned the crud off them she gave them to me. I gave them a toothpaste-shine* and replaced some of the missing “gemstones” and filed off the rusted pieces and voila! A shiny pair of earrings for Miss Twinkles.
The necklace is a heart with screws around it, it reminds me if something a pirate might “squander” – oooo argh! Ironically the heart is empty so the bolts are redundant – bit of arty-farty English usage there.
The rings are from my favorite shop eQUIP
*Toothpaste (the white paste kind, not the colored gel kind) can be used to clean COSTUME jewelry. I don’t advise using it to shine genuine gold, silver and/or diamonds as it is very abrasive. However in desperate situations it does wonders on dull jewels.
Scarlet Hair with Redrum Ring worn 18 October 2010
I finally got my haircut on Thursday. I’ve been going to Jam for years. The place where I buy my hair colour is Calico Jacks and its across the road from the salon so I always stock up.
Monday’s jewels are my newly made Newsprint Earrings and Puffy Heart Key Necklace that I made this weekend.
Newprint Earrings and Puffy Heart Necklace made this weekend and debut on 18 October 2010
Directions Colours - Poppy Red and Apricot
I’m digging my new hair colour. Somehow it’s more “natural” than the pinky-purple. I was looking for what I refer to as “Linda Evangelist red” and thought Directions Pillarbox Red would be the right colour but it turned my bleached hair a bright shade of fushcia. I was thinking Cyndi Lauper/Ziggy Stardust … not Pink Panther! But Poppy Red has turned out to be the exact shade I was after. It is perfect!
I went to heaven on Saturday – heaven in the form of Village Beads in Petone, Wellington.
Newsprint Baubles
I found these ingenious beads with newspaper inside them. Such a simple but clever idea. They would be better if the newspaper wasn’t so dark but I imagine that there isn’t a lot you can do to stop the newsprint becoming dark as they scrunch it up to place in the resin. Naturally two beads equals a new pair of earrings for moi.
Ding-Bell Piggies
I also found these little dingle-bell piggies. I want to make them into earrings but the bell sound would drive me around the bend! I managed to maneuver the little bits out of each piggy and they are now a funky pair of earrings.
Tattoo Skull - Femo
I liked the tattoo-like look of this Femo skull. Again, I wanted earrings but I couldn’t find another skull that matched closely enough. One day soon it will make a funky necklace for me.
Skulls Jewellery worn 13 October 2010
To most people a twinset is a cardigan and matching top but not to me. Today I’m sporting a skull and crossbones pair of earrings and a skull and crossbones necklace. I know, crappy iPhone photo. Anyhoo, the necklace features a faux amethyst crystal. The skulls originally started out as a bracelet from the $2 Shop. Well, 2 bracelets from the $2 Shop. The bracelet design was the two skulls joined head-to-head with multi crossbones joined together to form the bracelet section. It was actually quite a cool looking bracelet but I can’t resist making one item into many pieces. I’ve still got a bunch of the crossbones in my storage containers but I’ve got the age-old problem of not having any idea of what to make them into. I mean they’re cool and everything and they’d make fab earrings dangling from chains but I’ve made a trial design and its missing something. Luckily charms don’t have an expiration date so I’m sure something will come to me.
