Whoa...

So, while perusing the aetherweb for viable business-card ideas, I came across something absolutely terrifying. Ladies and gents, allow me to present:
Nyarlathotep's business cards:

http://www.vistaprint.com/vp/ns/studio3.aspx?pf_id=088&combo=79033.142.1.111819%7c111819%7c137%7c0&uei=142134&icparts=yes&ag=true&combo_id=141667&ssc=1&filter=4%3a10003%7c%7c1%2c9%3a10013%7c%7c1%2c3%3a10001%7c%7c1%2c4294936929%3a4294936109%3a4294936072%7c%7c2&xnav=previews&xnid=button&rd=3&referer=http%3a%2f%2fwww.vistaprint.com%2fpremium-business-cards%2fmodern%2fgallery.aspx%3fpg%3d1%26filter%3d4294936929%253a4294936109%253a4294936072%257c%257c2%252c4%253a10003%257c%257c1%252c9%253a10013%257c%257c1%252c3%253a10001%257c%257c1%26page%3d2%26pagesize%3d24%26sort%3dp_TO!desc%26xnav%3dpagenav%26xnid%3dbottom

business card ideas:

http://www.squizcards.com/
http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/productdetail.jsp?CATID=cat2785&PRODID=xprd623818
http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/productdetail.jsp?CATID=cat2785&PRODID=xprd623411

Oooow... I want!

http://www.cafepress.com/gtbwire#link-productCategory-108

To Try:

Coco Mademoiselle
Bvlgari Rose Esentielle
Heavenly by Victorian/Baby lotion

A Post That Struck Me:

"Jewelry captivates. It enchants and spellbinds. And now, there’s jewelry that inspires. Welcome to the wonderful world of inspirational jewelry. Inspiration and jewelry may appear to one as an unlikely alliance, but it’s true! Here’s something that not only adorns the body, but also lifts the soul and moves the mind.

Inspirational jewelry enjoys a unique duality in its appeal to our aesthetic senses. It not only leaves the beholder awestruck by its beauty, but also inspires. Inspirational jewelry comes with motivational words, phrases and lines etched on it that continue to inspire every time the eye meets them. One can find a huge collection of pre-etched can settle for the popular messages that such jewelry uses, or use one’s own customization.

Just think about it. Inspirational engraved jewelry gives you the unique opportunity to ‘wear’ poetry around your neck, on your ears and around your fingers. You could have Lau Tzu wrapped around your fingers, or Ralph Waldo Emerson around your neck. How about keeping a few golden lines by Walt Whitman close to your heart by having them engraved on a pendant? That’s the magic of inspirational jewelry. It can turn one’s favorite lines of poetry into exquisite pieces of jewelry.

Inspirational jewelry makes a wonderful for about any reason and any season. If you are looking for a slightly unusual gift, something that will set your gift aside from the rest and will make a great impression with the recipient, try gifting a piece of hand engraved inspirational jewelry. Don’t lose sleep over thinking what to gift your beloved on Valentine’s Day. Don’t get confused over what to give your mother on Mother’s Day. Stop worrying over the perfect gift to give to your spouse on your wedding anniversary or her birthday. Just gift a beautiful piece of inspirational jewelry and watch their faces light up. Your choice of a gift will be greatly admired and appreciated by all.

Inspirational jewelry has countless admirers the world over. Some of the well-known names today are great enthusiasts of inspirational jewelry, including Jessica Lange, Susan Sarandon, Mick Jagger, Johnny Depp, Meg Ryan, Seal, Sheryl Crow and Debra Missing. After all, there are few things as intimate as wearing poetry against your skin!

The Internet is a great place to start getting familiar with this unique brand of jewelry. Many of the most reputed designers of inspirational jewelry have their websites and e-stores on the Internet. Browsing through their inventory is quite an experience in itself. One of the best places to find a most dazzling array of inspirational jewelry is Jeanine Payer’s online jewelry store. Feast your eyes on a most exquisite array of bracelets, rings, earrings and necklaces – each meticulously crafted from precious metals with words of gold etched on them for eternal inspiration and motivation. Jeanine Payer is a San Francisco-based jewelry designer of significant repute and her name has become associated with some of the finest creations in inspirational jewelry. Payer’s designs are graced with the words of both contemporary and ancient voices such as Emily Dickinson, Rumi, Lao Tzu, Jane Hirshfield, and Ovid.

Take your jewelry collection to the next level with inspirational jewelry. Don’t just wear your jewelry. Feel them and make them move you."



By: Wain Roy

List Of Considerations

I purchased a book on building my business with some things to consider, so I'll consider them right here.
1. Why do I want to start selling my crafts?
Mostly, so I can afford to keep crafting. I tend to view myself as an artist (but never an 'artiste'), and to keep making what I love, I have to have the dough to support the craft-habit. Also, I feel that a lot of what is selling as steampunk are simply watchgears glued together.. which is both aesthetically appalling, and kind of lame. The neo-victorian era has so much more to offer than some tesla coils and bellydancers.
2. What are my monentary goals?
To support my craft. I'd love to create my own business, maybe open my own store some day. Even a minister needs an income, and I'm too clumsy to wait tables well.
3. What does my idea of success look like? How will I know when I've achieved it?
As stated earlier, pulling even would be great. To be known and appreciated for my craft would be even greater; I'd love to make my family proud of me by establishing my own line.
4. Do I have enough free time to devote to selling my work?
Currently, yes. I'm a college student and I don't have to work (right now, usually yes.. but not at the moment)...so now would be a pretty good time to establish my brand.
5. Do I have the tools at hand to begin selling what I make?
No, but I have some product already and am attempting to acquire the tools (and skills) I need to succeed.
6. Do I have a support system in place for taking on this venture?
I have my husband, who is the most understanding man I've ever met. Other than that, I'm on my own. Sink or swim. My Father just passed away, and my mother is not supportive. All of my friends live in other parts of the country.. so my support must come from myself and my god.
7. What are my biggest fears?
Failure, obviously. The fear that I will fail financially and incur a huge financial burden on my family. That my skills will not hold up to the flights of my imagination. That no one will like or appreciate my project. That even if I can create beautiful works, I won't be able to market it successfully. That it will interfere with my education.
8. What excites me most about starting a business?
I love being my own boss, creating what I love. I enjoy the idea that others will treasure the items I make, and I delight both in creating works of art and in the process of packaging them in exciting and inspired ways. I want to share what I love with others, even if I never meet them face-to-face.

My New Business

I've always loved to make things; when I was little it was doll clothes, drawings, "inventions" (such as a bread box that pushed the bread toward you when opened... unrecognized child-genius, I tell you). Then it was art; painting, graphic design, poetry, collage. Last year I took up embroidery (such as mine is), crochet, knitting, (a very small amount of) sewing. And then jewelry. I've always secretly loved jewelry, but could just never find anything I liked. I like organic themes (vines, branches), ornate scrollwork like the victorians, unusual materials, and relatively small pieces. I've never been more than 5'2", and sort of small boned.... larger jewelry doesn't compliment me, it makes me look like I'm playing dress-up... much like those sweeping, broad-brimmed vintage filmstar hats I've always coveted.
With the arrival of steampunk, which seems to meld quite nicely with my love of neo-victorianism (right down to the social niceties), I came across jewelry I loved..and had to have. However, usually with me, having to have something usually implies I have to make it, or at least make it mine.
So I found a book, applied for a tax-id, and created an etsy store. Business is slow, but I hope it will pick up soon...especially once I get my tools and materials.

shaving brushes

http://www.amazingshaving.com/page/amsh/CTGY/shb?gclid=CMq4-tPWnqICFQNinAodPUh2wg

The Dial

I've long been obsessed with the Transcendentalists. The original medium for disseminating ideas and debate concerning the American Transcendental movement was a magazine called 'The Dial'.
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=thedial

Penny Farthing Charms

http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=Shop&op=listing&product_id=418848

http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m570.l1313&_nkw=penny+farthing+charm&_sacat=See-All-Categories

http://www.beadaholique.com/default.aspx
http://greengirlstudios.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=SFNT&Store_Code=GGS