I've just ordered some more fabric from Karen at rubymountaindyeworks to extend my colour range for the covered buttons. The first picture is of the fabric I already have. When I went shopping with Holly on Thursday I bought some ribbon to make bracelets out of with the covered buttons. The ribbon suits the sky blue and the lime green [second on the left of the yellow] and I'll also be getting another fat eighth of those two colours. The leather sourcing didn't work out at one place but Holly said she'd try and find me some to be custom cut and if that doesn't work I'll have to go in another direction.
Cotton Candy colour wheel
This second lot of colours is much brighter and Holly suggested I get brighter colours for a better effect when I'm packaging my earrings together. We talked about having packs of 3 -- one pastel, one bright, and one of the black and cream striped fabric I have. I will use a lot of the black and cream and it was only $3 from Spotlight so I'll have to invest in some more. I still have heaps but I've been using a lot of it in both the 12mm and 15mm button sizes and as such I've had to order more of the buttons to cover. I have a lot of buttons to cover but when thinking about how many of each colour I will have to make including for the bracelets I feel like I don't have enough. Getting more will boost the levels for each colour and I'll be able to make more colour combo's. I already like the white, black and cream, and sky blue combo. That was an accidental one whilst working on the sky blue but it's a lovely combo. I just have to start working on the design so I can start packaging them once they're done, which will free up space [in one way but not another as they will be larger] and let me truly see my progress.
Jelly Beans colour wheel
Dad got me some off cuts from his friends [Phil and Tony] who frame pictures with some thick mat. I might be able to use them for the design and as the earring backing but they are rather thick and would need to be drilled in order for the earrings to fit in. I'm just not sure how that will turn out. I'll try it that way and with the thick paper Holly suggested and see which works better. The off cuts were free because they were too small or the wrong size to frame pictures with so I won't lose out that way. I also don't want to offend dad, which he probably wouldn't be. He's just trying to help, which I greatly appreciate.
I'm really enjoying working on the bracelet idea. I have one lovely blue ribbon from Store and two greens from Enwrapt, one of which is the same as the blue but differs in colour. The blue and the similar green will be best for the bigger sized buttons whilst the other green suits the smaller buttons. When I thought up the idea I only considered having the smaller buttons for bracelets but the wider ribbon chose the other size for me. I like them both and am excited to see how they will work once the leather part happens and if not the leather then maybe some nice felt like Holly sources. Softer might be better. I'll see how the leather goes first before giving up on that vision.
I love the idea that I'll be testing out some market stalls before the year is done. I think it's a great way to sell my products especially since it's all about the colours. I started off with the idea of having a rainbow of colours and then Holly mentioned packaging them in threes with the different colours and now I'm even more excited. I think I'll package them in single colours in each size, double packs of the same colour in each size and possibly in differing colours in the two sizes, and packs of three in differing colour schemes. I'll also have the bracelets so all in all I think my stall will be a riot of colours and colour schemes that I'll sell them well. I have some prices in mind and might even let my one day customers know that they can mix and match them if they want something different. This will be so much fun. I love creating them and selling them will be an amazing bonus. That will help pay for Europe! I am truly loving this creative journey of mine.
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