SSHG Giftfest

[kerravonsen]

It has come around again.



I'm torn about whether I will sign up or not.

I made two works for the sshg_promptfest, and put them up on my Etsy store, thinking that at least somebody in the fest would give them a good home... and not a whisper. I think it was even more deeply discouraging because there were folks who commented on my fest entries (before the reveal) that they wanted them... but obviously didn't want them enough to buy them when I pointed out (after the reveal) that they could...

This is deeply frustrating, because I find it really fulfilling to make wearable art, but since I've run out of friends to give my SS/HG works to (they have said that they now have too much to wear...) then the only other way to give them a good home is to sell them; to sell them at a price that actually reflects what they are worth. But if nobody will buy them, then what is the point of making them, if they won't be worn by anybody?

(sigh)

Hence, I am torn.

Comments

[delphipsmith]

Thanks so much for the shout-out! Will you be joining us for sshg_giftfest this year? We'd love to have you :)

As to the fannish Etsy items, I'm so glad you mentioned them again. I'd looked at them but was holding off to see if the prompter wanted them. Now that I know they're still available, well.....

[kerravonsen]

Will you be joining us for sshg_giftfest this year?

Y'know, I think I will. Have to ponder some prompts, probably shouldn't necessarily recycle ones I've given before which haven't been filled, since they've possibly been too difficult or too boring. (ponders)

I'd looked at them but was holding off to see if the prompter wanted them.

Ah, that hadn't occurred to me. I mean, with a giftfest, yes, I would want the recipient to get first dibs, but I'd kind of thought a promptfest was different.

Now that I know they're still available, well.....

Whee! I was able to post them sooner than expected, because my brother gave me a lift to the post office.

squeeeeee!

[delphipsmith]

I'm so excited!!!! The Tear of the Dryad is to go with this outfit -- won't it look awesome??

Re: squeeeeee!

[kerravonsen]

Oh wow, that's amazing. Green and gold to go with the green and gold -- though I think the green of the pendant is a different green, but hey, green and gold.

You may find that the chain is a bit long, depending on where you want the pendant to lie. I wanted to err on the side of "too long" rather than "too short" when I was putting the chains on the pendants, because you can always make a longer thing shorter, but you can't make a shorter thing longer... If you have trouble with it, you can temporarily shorten it by using a paperclip to connect two parts of the chain together to make it shorter. 8-)

Re: squeeeeee!

[delphipsmith]

I'll take a photo when it gets here, with the garb, so you can see how it looks. I'm excited about both pieces and have bookmarked your Etsy store for future refererence. I wish I had something to wear the Nine Walkers necklace with!

Re: squeeeeee!

[kerravonsen]

I'll take a photo when it gets here, with the garb, so you can see how it looks.

Oh yes please!!!

and have bookmarked your Etsy store for future refererence

Thank you!

I wish I had something to wear the Nine Walkers necklace with!

Make something? (evil grin)

[delphipsmith]

I see your Etsy page says you do chain mail (and I LOVE that Nine Walkers necklace!!). So you might like to see this :)

[kerravonsen]

8-)
Where was that taken?

[delphipsmith]

Not sure - a Ren Fest somewhere, no doubt. It's a portrait of Arthur Greenleaf Holmes, A Wildly Inappropriate Poet, who is standing next to the gentleman wearing it :)