Made to Order and Ready to Ship!

Deep red and Lemon Yellow Made to order piece.  It's all boxed up and ready to ship out, just as soon as I can actually get to the post office.

Chrysanthemum Bridge Complete!!!!

So it's finished.  The centers are definitely not what I was going for, but they will work.  I am just glad it is over and done with.

And of course what else did I do tonight? Cut squares for that wisteria piece I wanted to remake.  I was going to order some pearl from the chirimen distributor but they are out of stock.  Of course.  Not sure if white will work with this color scheme, but I have three colors of purple to work with.  Just have to match them up and see!!!!

Shop is Back Open!

Vacation Mode is turned off.

Shop's back open. 

And boy, am I behind on work.

That maple leaf kanzashi is finished and still sitting on my desk waiting for photos.  I have a disappeared customer who ordered a hair stick set I need better photos of to put in the shop at the end of the month.  AND I still have my chrysanthemum kanzashi bridge to finish, BEFORE I start my new wisteria set. 

I am also working several personal gifts to my nieces and nephew who live in Wisconsin before the Christmas rush of ornaments comes in.  Embroidered pillowcases, one with lilies, one with a fiary, and one already finished with a big teddy bear.

Not to mention my two kids are home for summer.  Ah life.

Upcoming Vacation Mode for the Shop

Ok,

Heads up!!!!

The Temple is going into Vacation Mode Wednesday June 11, 2014, until Tuesday June 18, 2014. 

Why?  Cause I'm going on a vacation. That's why.

SO EXCITED!

New Autumn Japanese Maple Leaf Piece

Ok so the leaves are completed, that's 5 in all.
I think I am going to make an attached stationary bira bira and shidare but not as big as the last piece I did.

Its hard to tell from the photo but the largest leaf is a deep russet bronze outlined with red.  Then a straw yellow, then a sunflower yellow, then plain red leaves. 

Right now the are bound with some wire, when I finish building the bira bira and shidare frame I will attach the whole thing to a traditional hair fork.  Probably thread wrap it in red too.

Work Update

Japanese Maple Design

I've been hard at work.
The bottom pic is a custom job I just finished.  Hopefully she approves and we can move to the payment process.  Both sticks have the rotational bira bira design.

Custom Order

Now I have started a new Japanese Maple leaf design.  I am making five of these to go into a bouquet piece with a bira bira and maybe shidare, haven't decided on that one yet. 

Going through the Back Log

Mardi Gras Kanzashi

 Its been a busy day at the Temple!  Got started with some photography early, going through a back log of pieces I had yet to photograph even though I finished them in February. 

Rose Garden Temari

Custom Set 

SO The custom set turned out really well.  The blue fireworks kanzashi came out just great, and the rotational bira bira was a huge success.  I managed to get about 350 degrees of rotation out of it. but if I had wired it for a full 360 it would have fallen off the back of the fork.  I am sure this design will do better with sticks than forks. 

More good news, I have finished thread wrapping that chrysanthemum bridge I started forever ago.  It is ready to be framed and have the leaves attached.  Then I have to re-wrap the frame.  Still lots of work on that piece, but coming along again!