4 days till christmas!!

Be prepared!

5 days till christmas!!

Only 5 more days! Hope you all are baking, relaxing, and catching up with family and friends.

6 days till christmas!

I'm expecting snow this week.. for better or for worse.

7 days to christmas!

I have been super busy with all kinds of holiday things and jewelry making. So please do expect more pictures in the days to come. There are lots of new items in the shop so check it out! Lots of items under $20!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/creationsbycate

The Emma

This morning I decided I wanted to make a set of earrings inspired by my niece, Emma. Something elegant and simple. But completely beautiful. While she is still only 4 months old and won't be able to wear these for a long time, I thought it might be appropriate to make something that her mother could treasure and wear. So enjoy and let me know what you think!

NEW ITEMS!

I've updated the store and added a few new items. Check it out!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/creationsbycate

I am still going to do the $1 per item shipping till the end of the year. Make sure you order by Dec 15th if you want your items by Christmas. As far as sales... I am still doing the Thanksgiving 20% off sale till 12/4. Enter the coupon code GOBBLE at checkout.

Here's a peek at some of the new items.

Painting

I was really frustrated the other day and decided I would paint to let it all out. So here's what I came up with. No meaning behind it really.. just some paint on a canvas.

BLACK FRIDAY

Black Friday has come early to Creations by Cate!
Enter the coupon code GOBBLE at the check out and receive 20% off your total purchase.

New items will be added shortly. Stay tuned

Time flies...

I have been so busy lately with so many different things. A few custom orders.. a few new pieces.. moving. It's been very hetic. HOWEVER, I finally found time to add a few more things to my etsy shop. Feel free to check it out, ask questions, do what you do.

creations by cate

Rock On

I have had all types of gemstone beads hanging around for the longest time and finally decided to put them to good use. They will be listed soon in the Creations by Cate etsy store. Keep an eye out!

Quick Tease

I am just going to leave you with a quick tease of a new piece. Enjoy!

Glass Pearls

It's too early for this color scheme. This definitely screams fall and winter. But I came across some glass pearls today and wanted to play with them. So why not right? Let me know what you think of this.

Experimentation

So, since I fell so in love with the bracelet in my last post I decided to experiment with different colors and numbers of strands. I really am enjoying the green color scheme and love keeping this type of bracelet bulky. I tried to make one with only two strands, but I am not sure yet how I feel about it. I kind of feel it might be missing... a lot of strands. What do you think? More or less?

Aquarius Bracelet

I recently came across some old beads I never thought I would find a purpose for. Well, today i found a purpose for them. I wanted to make something tranquil and funky. Something that reminds me a little bit of water and the beach. Since the beads are glass they look like either sea glass or colors of the sky. I love the outcome of this bracelet so much, I am going to make a few different color schemes. This one's color scheme, reminds me a bit of my zodiac sign: Aquarius.





Other things that come to mind while looking at this bracelet: rock candy. Really.

More PI please...

My 'more pi please' necklace was featured in an etsy treasury!
I love it and so should you!

Check out all the featured PI wear!

Funkadelic Dye

I just wanted to share with you super quick some pictures of the dye. While I was preparing it I noticed the dye was settling in an odd but beautiful pattern. Enjoy!

Rain rain go away...

What a sad rainy weekend! I want to do things outside. Make the rain and dull weather go away!

Well, if I can't go outside.. at least I can reflect on tie dye of past sunny days.
A friend of mine, who is now on vacation in Denmark, needed a sleep sack (also known as a sleeping bag liner) so she could avoid those nastiest that can sometimes live in hostel beds. So I decided to make her one using an old sheet.

It's easier if you use a flat sheet, but I use a fitted full sized sheet because that was all I had at the time. Basically all you do to this, is take a sheet and fold it in half. The sew the sheet shut along one bottom and 3/4ths of the length of the sheet. The flip it inside out and you are done!

Of course if you want to can add Velcro or a zipper to the other 1/4th of the length of the sheet so you can close it more. I added a draw string at the top so she could wrap it up and go.

None the less, enjoy some happy tie dye-ness.




That's the completed sleep sack hanging out to dry. But once again. Do as I say, not as I do: use a flat sheet!

teeny tiny paper beads

Recently I commissioned Angela's Paper Beads to create hundreds of teeny tiny beads for me. Usually I would make my own but I like to support other etsians and somedays I lack the patience needed to make super small beads like this. I got my order from her recently and couldn't have been more pleased. Fantastic!

I just wanted to quickly share with you a few pieces I've made recently with it. They are really simple, mostly because the beads are enough flash! Enjoy!

BUTTONS!!

DON'T LIE! You know you think this is absolutely cute as a button! This is the latest adorable creation by cate. Soon you can own your own from my shop starting at $20+ shipping. But if you can't wait for the summer line up to be posted, custom order your own now! You can pick the button colors and everything. Email me at creationsbycate@gmail.com and I will hook you up.

A few of my favorite things...

Not really the case but, if you like all things sin this could be for you. I had a lot of spare charms and was wondering what to do with them. Well.. this happened:

Three of a Kind

I've been really busy working on some stuff lately but I just wanted to share briefly some necklaces I have been working on. Really simple designs but cute stuff. Let me know what you think.