Plants, Books and Photography

On May 1st, I received my Etsy update in my email, aaand it hits me. In the month of April, I've only listed 5 new items and had re-listed $18.20 worth of items (91 items).

What...have... I, DONE?!

I have to admit that listing things on Etsy is not my favorite things to do. I envy people who loves photography and gets excited when it comes to taking photos of their own jewelry. I love taking photos for fun, but when it comes to taking Etsy photos, I really, really, dread it- and I don't realize when I don't do it. So from now on, I'm going to restrain myself from making jewelry on Fridays and will dedicate that day into taking photos and listing new items on Etsy.

I have been sketching a lot and have been coming up with new designs.My recent one is the butterfly wings earrings. It's been hard and fiddly work- doing sketches has definitely helped me map out of what I'm making. I really like the result, especially the multiple colour combination.

Mariposa in green and purple

Mariposa in red and black

I’ve been having an awesome following weekend. Greg and I decided to go to a nursery to spend a gift voucher we got from a friend. When we got out of our unit to the car, Greg went to take the recycling out and guess what he found at the dumpster?!

Taraaaaa...!!!

You know, I've always wanted a one, even though I can't sew for the life of me. Greg looked up on the internet to see how to thread the cotton through, we test it on a piece of rag and it still works!!! It's so awesome that we haven't got out of the house yet and we're already getting free stuff :p

When we arrived at the nursery, I was pretty much in heaven. We got lots of basic gardening things- and some fun things like- tulip and hyacinth bulbs, lavender plant (so that I can stop stealing Suzanne’s and eat my own lavender), 2 camellia plants (cause it was 50% off) , and a mushroom growing kit!

On Sunday morning, I did my first half a shift of minding our tiny Christian bookstall at a market in a parking lot with my friend Chloe. Our stall were located in a place where people sell their whatever. We’re not there to make money. It’s a way for our church to bring out Christianity and raise conversations with strangers... except I was a bit shy and were'nt familiar with the books. I hope I’ll get more shifts soon and practice a bit more. Our main priority is to talk to people about Christianity. So when someone is interested of a book and money is an issue, sometimes we just give them away. Or sell a book for $2 when it’s meant to be $7, like we did that day. But we do sell other things outside of this to cover our losses.

That afternoon I did some gardening, which I enjoyed immensely. I bought a basil plant weeks ago which are growing in clumps, so I spent time splitting them and re-planting it. I planted some seeds- properly this time with individual mini pots and super fine dirt- with labels. Most of the seeds are various winter salad seeds that I got for my birthday.

Btw, if you ever wanted to do some gardening and think that it’s hard, here’s a tip: plant grape hyacinth- you won’t fail! I pulled out some grape hyacinths bulbs last year and chucked them in a bucket to replant. I saw some of the bulbs started to sprout in the bucket, but didn't realise that it had grown inside the bucket feeding on each other. This plant is seriously persistent for life and they somehow know that when autumn comes it's time to grow. While still in the bucket the bulbs did get some sun, but I didn’t water them at all. I could just left them the way it is and put it in a glass jar to see how it grows, but I'm not that game so I just end up replanting it.... Maybe next year I'll prepare for it.