Oh yes, I did-- Sailor Moon Earrings & More Cosplay jewelry to come?

For those of you who've been following for a while, you'll know I grew up watching Sailor Moon, and I still watch it on Veoh sometimes when I'm crafting. It's one of those easy going animes that I somehow never manage to get sick of. I think I know every episode by heart at this point, but can still watch it again and again.

I've been trying to perfect the first Sailor Moon transformation earrings. I've seen lots of cosplay earrings, but most of them are hurriedly thrown together, poor quality. A lot of cosplay jewelry out there is meant to be worn only a couple of times, but I wanted to create pieces that last. Who says cosplay earrings can only be worn during cosplay? ;)

It took a couple weeks of research to finally come out with these babies:

^ It's kind of hard to capture the gold dust (see below on details of this stuff). It looks more yellow in this photos, but is actually more gold in real life.


They look like this when worn:


Pretty accurate to:

Not exact, but close. The whole point is you FEEL Usagi's presence reverberating from the piece.

This piece was commissioned by my friend Cassandra-- she's Sailor Moon for Halloween this year! With her permission, I will happily post photos of her here later ;)

I took poly-clay in yellow, and sculpted them to the shape of moons. This was surprisingly the hardest part!! I didn't use a mold (they don't really sell molds this size/shape... :\), so making the pair of earrings as exact as possible was... painful. After they were shaped, I coated them 18K gold dust to give them a "brushed" feel. They kind of look more like metal now than poly clay, which is great. I'm currently working out some things with someone who makes custom metal charms-- maybe I can get a custom moon made? I don't know.

Anyway, this brings up more ideas-- I really think I'm going to start a line of cosplay earrings. Since I'm FANG (FFXIII) for Halloween this wear, I wanted to make her earrings & bracelet-- woo hoo! I'll let you know how that goes, if it goes at all.

Anime-wise, I've also been watching BLEACH. I was SO SO SO tempted to dress up at Matsumoto, even though it's just a black over white kimino and pink "scarf". So simple, so beautiful. Oh well, maybe next year.

Any other anime lovers out there?
What are you for Halloween? WE SHOULD ALL SHARE PHOTOS. IF you guys email me or post links to your photos here after Halloween (OMG esp. if you can include a He Qi piece in there somewhere!) I'd LOVE LOVE LOVE to create a photo compilation on FB just for you guys! Let me know what you think.

I also have two CLOVER/PEARL bracelets made and ready to be posted.. but I think I'll wait till tmrw :P

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- Lisa
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Sailor Pluto Earrings, Doggie Update!

I made some Sailor Pluto earrings on Friday, but couldn't get them up till today due to a busy weekend.

Here they are! Pretty close to the Anime, I think. Made with polymer clay =), and also glazed for shine.



See them HERE, along with the other Sailor Moon collection. Also, I will have Sailor Moon's FIRST pair of earrings up, soon! I'm still waiting on some materials.

And thanks to everyone who wished the doggie good luck! I was talking her out for a short walk today, and we ran into her owner!! YAYYYYY Pickles is back home and happy.

And quick reminder:
I also wanted to offer a deluxe goodie bag with purchase over $50 from Oct. 7 - Oct. 12, 2010.
Just put GOODIES! in the comments section during checkout, and you'll get a surprise grab-bag full of yummies and beauty products with your order!


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Lisa
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Quickie update! Sailor Moon earrings, Facial SAMPLES, key to heart necklace revised

Last week was my one week off before summer school starts-- BUT I'm taking two easier classes, so I'll still get the chance to prance around everyone's blogs that I haven't been able to visit during the school year :X

I got my SAMPLES in! This gives you a chance to try a facial to see if you like it before you buy the whole thing =)

If you'd like to purchase individual samples, I've created the PP checkout button for your convenience =) They're $1 each, and that's just to cover the cost of time taken to make samples/packaging, etc. I've purchased top grade cosmetic sampler bags to put these in-- they block UV rays and are weather proof so that your samples will arrive in their best condition. It's an additional plus that the packets look super cool =)

Type of Facial

Regen Luxe $1.00 Combination $1.00 Dry/Sensitive $1.00 Oily $1.00 Acne Prone $1.00 Regular $1.00

Just a note: A couple of these facials aren't up on the website in full size jars yet. If you wanted a full jar, please contact me!
** Due to the differences in clays and proportions used for each blend, some facials will be thicker than others-- this is normal and to be expected =)

You'll also probably get samples from now on with jewelry orders.

Also made a NEW VERSION of my hold "key to my heart" necklace. I've stopped using those keys, and decided on a more gentle version:

Yep, it's smaller, daintier.

And made earrings to go with the Eternal Sailor moon necklace!

^ If you want these in other colors, just let me know =)
Or vice versa, if you want to change the color of the necklace's heart =)

Anyway, that's it for now. Told you it was short =)

My next post is going to be kind of exciting. It'll be about my soap SUCCESS!!

love,
Lisa
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