Strawberry Wreath

I was so excited to start this project.  The idea came after an afternoon hanging out with my brother.  Remember back in the day when I made my strawberry plant?  I really love that project.  Well he suggested I revisit projects like that.  Strawberry plant is one of my favorite projects I've made.  The strawberries are made from Swarovski crystals in many shades of red and pink.  There's a piece of me in that project.

But he started the spark that would become the idea for a strawberry wreath.  Instead of only using crystals for the berries, I combined crystals, three cut, and round seed beads in various shades of red.  I used tiny size 15 black beads for the seeds. 

 The flowers are a fun simple little flower made from super tiny size 15s and they also have a cut to them.  If this wreath is displayed in the sun or even in high light it will certainly sparkle.  But it's a subtle sparkle. 

 It's a taste of summer.  A season that is still eluding us right now.  I'm not even sure if we'll have a strawberry season this year.  If not at least you can hang one up on your front door.

Purchase information can be found here.

A very important lesson was learned while making this wreath.  Small focal points mean more focal points, more leaves, and more arranging.  This also mean it takes longer to complete.  So this wreath has a slightly higher price point.  It is definitely worth the little extra everything though.

taking care of business

Today was a busy day.  I started the day with a list of goals, register for my EIN, call the county clerks office to figure out what I need, call my phone company, and brainstorm website ideas.  That's a pretty good list considering I also had to play several games of dinosaurs vs trucks and dinosaurs in the tent...and go grocery shopping.

I joined a team on Etsy, actually I joined a couple of them in my attempts at socializing in social media.  But the one team I'm actually participating in is a marketing team filled with very helpful people.  Basically a team on Etsy is a private forum, you apply to get in, some take everyone some are more specific.  Anyway there is a thread in there called, what are you doing to build your business today?  I posted my goals which gave me the kick in the butt to actually accomplish more than I thought possible today.

I now have my official EIN!  Step one check!  I called the county clerks office and figured out the process of getting my DBA certificate.  I decided to go all out and officially name my business Crymson Flower instead of just going by my name. Now I need to get down the the office fill out a form then advertise in the local newspaper for a couple weeks.  Then I'm good to go!!!  I didn't get to calling the phone company, instead I took advantage of the first sunny day in ages.  I snapped all new pics of several flowers and a sneak peak of a new project.  So it's not just this week that there are new flowers in the shop...next week too!

Speaking of new flowers here's some close up pretty pictures of the new red's in Crymson Flower.  A lily and rose.  I must have made them around Valentine's based on the color.  What's nice about them is that they aren't just valentine flowers, they can be Christmas flowers, or even everyday flowers.

 French beaded Red Lily purchase information

French beaded Red and Pink rose purchase information