I just made some new Cufflinks and I firmly hope that they will help people stand out from the gray masses, as there are so many milling around outside – especially with all the Shop Sales!
I have tried not to go out in order to escape being crushed in some lunatic stampede for a reduced I-Phone and making Steampunk Jewelry is a fine way to avoid the horror of Post-Christmas Shopping Hell!
Bronze Steampunk Cufflinks
I was thrilled to be approached by Seattle Style recently and asked to do a Q&A with regards to my work!
The piece is now up on their Blog with a short interview and some pictures featuring my Steampunk Jewelry!
http://www.seattlestyle.com/thelounge/2008/12/16/cufflinks-with-a-twist.html
Seattle Style Steampunk Feature
I have been making Jewelry for some time and when I discovered Steampunk it was love at first sight!
I’m completely taken with the idea of an alternative Victorian Age, of billowing clouds of steam, airships and mad inventors (rather than the real life Victorian age of poverty and covered table legs!).
My Steampunk Jewelry began to sell slowly on Etsy, along with my Husbands Art (he uses London and Victorian Silhouette Art in a lot of his imagery so its in keeping with my jewelry). Things were slowly ticking over with weekly sales but I had absolutely no idea how things would take off in the run up to Christmas, with my sales trebling!
If you’re a fellow craftsperson and new to Etsy then I wholly recommend you have adequate packaging ready. I think recycling is vital and make a concerted effort to keep wasteful packaging to a minimum, but when your trying to get up to ten packages ready to ship at the same time – making boxes out of old Amazon packages can get weary!
I think a lot of new seller in a similar situation to mine, I saw one Etsy Seller who ended up selling around 1000 novelty soap products in a day! I can only imagine what her house must have looked like! And then there are those frosty looks from the other customers in the line at the Post Office – it seems the Christmas spirit can thaw temporarily in those endless lines!
I think part of reason that I have had such a hectic time with my online store is the way that Steampunk has really taken off and crossed over into the mainstream.
From something that was once a niche, it’s branched out and now a lot more people have become aware of the unique and inventive crafters who are making such fantastic Steampunk wares.
So this may have been a Steampunk Jewelry Nightmare before Christmas for me – but its one I would gladly repeat.
Next year I will be prepared!
Gothic Steampunk Jewelry Ring by London Particulars
I created a new Steampunk Jewelry Ring and wrote a short story to compliment it.
Rather than merely creating Jewelry, I have decided that it might be fun to give it a little history and intrigue and lend a story to my works.
The Story is over at my Etsy Store, so if you wish to read a short, fairly strange tale, then head on over there…
Steampunk Jewelry from the Private Collection of Professor Thistlequick
I’ve really gotten into making these little movies now!
Here is a new one which showcases my new range of Steampunk Jewelry, hope you enjoy it
