I am a Senior Citizen at Goodwill

Yes, apparently 50 is old enough to be a senior citizen at Goodwill....shocking I know.  I mean I knew it was coming sooner or later, guess I was hoping for later.  I had a break and decided to go to the one nearest my place of work just up the road in Bellevue, KY.  I needed some more stuff for my creations.  Since this is a new obsession for me, I didn't know that Friday was 50% off clothing day.  I really had gone to see about getting a tie or two and making a cuff out of them.  I hit up the racks and got about 6 t shirts, another suede jacket and 2 ties...and got out of there under $20 once she took off the additional 10% senior discount.  She also gave me a calendar for the month and I found out Sundays are 50% off if you are over 50!  Guess I know what I will be doing on Sundays.

My son and I went out for a dinner date Friday and he loves books so we went book shopping.  I came across two by Megan Nicolay.  I ended up buying one for some of the tops and a pair of yoga pants I have to make.  I am going back to Goodwill to buy some t shirts on Sunday to experiment on.  At 50% off they only cost about $1.60 so if I screw up...who cares!

Here are some pictures of recent creations I made.  I also have a ton of pendants in the works so I will have lots of pictures to post in the coming week.

Love this one...may have to make one for me!

Sold to my friend Jennifer

Pendants in the process of being created

It's Gotta Be the Rain!

I really have no idea what has spurred my burst of craftiness and creativity...but I like it.  My wallet doesn't like it right now, but as long as I sell some stuff, it will be fine.  In the last two days I was on a buying supplies binge..Hobby Lobby, Michaels, and Jo-Ann Fabric all got some of my cash.

I went to Jo-Ann to buy some fabric for a dress and skirt I already had patterns for, both of them from Burda.  One I purchased in store and one was a free download from their web site Burda Style.  I have the skirt cut out and pined, and will sew it tomorrow.  I got lucky and found the perfect sandals to wear with it a JC Penny when I went in to pay my bill (isn't that how it always goes?)  I really need a dress form and need to decide what kind I want.  It is just too hard to show off my work without one and when I make my restyled t-shirts I often just kind of pin things on and step back and take a look to see how it goes.

Hobby Lobby had all the metal bits and pieces on sale this week for 50% off, so I loaded up on them and a few scrap book items I am using to make pendants.  Michaels had coupons in the paper so I got beads (they were 40% off) with an extra 15% and another 10% off everything else.  I got so much I bought 3 more bead organizing boxes and immediately filled them up.

So here are some of my most recent creations:

Rutilated Quartz and  Gunmetal Charm Earrings - SOLD

T-shirt necklace featuring pearls, charms and a funky pendant $25

Quartz and a handmade aluminum bale on suede - $15

Silk Petals and Crystals $20

Custom Order Pendants I created

Here is the finished piece....the customer loved it!

here is the back of one of my resin pendants

Another custom order just completed

Black and White Delight $20

fun metal chain on a t-shirt necklace

Copper and Blue Beauty $25

I made this resin pendant too!

So if I didn't mark it sold, it is for sale and you can contact me for buying instructions.  I also make special requests if you want them to say something special.  I haven't listed some of these in my store yet as I give my blog readers and Facebook friends first dibs.