The Perfect Find

I don't know about all of you, but I get so excited (I'm talking little kid at Christmas excited) when I find something that is absolutely PERFECT.  Bobbi and I had one of those days today.  We were looking for the perfect display piece for our booth at Oregon Street Antique Mall.  We looked all day yesterday and finished the day disappointed and a little depressed because the piece had to perfect and it had to be cheap.  

Today we decided to check out a little shop in Cottonwood called Etc Mercantile.  They had moved to a new location and were having the re-grand opening.  We walked in to such a warm greeting, goodies, hot apple cider and amazing stuff to look at. 

In the back room of the store was the PERFECT piece of display furniture for our booth.  We were both giddy with excitement!!  It had the height we wanted and 2 levels so our display could be stacked, AND it was the perfect price!   As we looked around the store we found so many wonderful items and of course we just had to have a few of these to "spice" up our booth space.  

This Perfect piece is the little 2 tiered desk on the right.  Isn't it amazing???

After all that excitement we decided to have some lunch and refuel.  We hit a couple more of our usual places and found a wedding dress for $10!!!!  We've been looking for one to put on our mannequin for taking pictures of wedding jewelry.  The day just couldn't get any better.


We then headed to Oregon Street Antiques to put the finishing touches on our space.  We are pretty pleased with it. 

Scoop on new studio

 I know I have dropped a few hints to some people about what is happening in the near future with our studio.  Well, here is the scoop!  Over the next couple of  months we will be remodeling our studio space.  We are going to open up a full time studio!!  So excited!!!


Here is some of the plan:  we are building work stations along 2 walls and will have separate areas for torch work, soldering, grinding, hammering, and assembly.  We will also be building work tables in the center of the room to use during classes (yes, I said classes!!), and for studio time.  There is one little kink in our plan though, I have to have shoulder surgery on December 3rd which will put me out of commission for a few weeks.  Hopefully I can con family members into doing the work while I give directions :). 

We will be offering classes in all types of jewelry construction; beading, soldering, riveting, cold connections, resin, assemblage, etc.  It is possible that we will start offering other types of classes in the future, such as; knitting, crocheting, painting, collage, etc....

The other thing that we are extremely excited about is that we will be offering studio time, a place for artists to work.  We will come out with more information on this (pricing and schedule) a little later. 

So, start thinking of classes you would like to take, or maybe classes you would like to teach!!  Please contact Bobbi or I if you are interested in teaching a class. 

We are hoping to have the new studio up and running around the first of the year.  What an exciting way to start 2011!

New Etsy Store

Ok, I finally have the new jewelry and craft supply etsy store up and running.  I stayed up way too late last night working on it and spent most of today adding items to the store.  I have a whole lot more pictures to take and items to list. 

I will be listing jewelry supplies, craft supplies, craft and jewelry books and magazines, fabric and sewing notions, and lots of other goodies.

The name of the store is Surplus Stuff and the web address is:  www.surplusstuff.etsy.com

I will be working hard the next couple of weeks to get all of this "stuff" listed.

If you see something you love and you live in the Redding area please convo me and I will deliver it to you so you don't have to pay shipping.

New On-line boutique

We are in the process of moving our jewelry from etsy to an indie shop called Smashing Darling.  This shop is all fashion related items and we feel it will be a better fit for our product.  We are going to continue to also have an etsy shop in which we will sell various jewelry and craft supplies.  Once we have the new etsy shop set up I will post the link. 

The new jewelry boutique link is:  www.smashingdarling.com/store/lorie-lynn-designs.  There are over 600 amazing jewelry, clothing, and accessory designers who have boutiques in this indie shop.  Be sure and check it out.

We had a show last weekend and sold several of the pieces we had listed in our boutique, so I will be listing new items by next week.  

more jewelry

Here are a few new pictures of our jewelry.  Just click on this picture and it will bring up the album.  Enjoy!

Dining Room

Well, the painting is finished in the dining room.  I just love how pretty and serene it is..............so much better than the drab gray that was there before.  All I have left to do now is make the cornice boxes for the windows and I have some fabulous fabric to cover them with.  That will have to wait for a bit though because we have a craft show to gear up for.