This year has been all about experimenting and growing as an artist.

So this weeks shop update is all about surface design on jewelry. I drew up some wonky shapes, laser cut them out of acrylic, hand painted each one and then covered the tiny abstract painting in resin.

These have been so much fun to make and I love that each and every one is 100% one of a kind.

I also took some of my new ceramics designs and translated them to jewelry. These pieces are designed by me, then laser cut and engraved by me and then I fill in the engraved parts in different colors of paint. The finished pieces are so neat to look at and wear!

You can find all the new jewelry pieces here.

In other news, all of the Crafty Bitches Club tshirts have shipped. Once photos started popping up of people wearing them I got a lot of requests for more. So I have started a second preorder with a delivery of early July. If you want to get in on this second run, just click on over to the order page here.

I have been trying to mix things up and have a theme for each shop update! This month’s theme was hand painted laser cut wood (with one or two exceptions)

I went through my old sketchbooks and picked several designs that I thought would make neat brooches. They are all based off my own taste, but I will be open to suggestions in the coming months.

I also went through some of my fabric designs and took out a few elements here and there as tests.

All in all I’m very proud of all the new pieces and love seeing them up in the shop.

Oh and I also threw in some new XL Wall Scissors to mix things up a bit! These are made from 1/4″ MDF with Designer Fabric fused to the surface before laser cutting. They are a great addition to any sewing room (or any space really).

You can find all of these pieces plus more in the shop!

Are you part of the Crafty Bitches Club? Do you want to be? If you answered yes to either of those, then you need one of the newest additions to the shop!

There are a couple variations available with more on the way!

First up is the T-shirt shown above! It is professionally printed on a black American Apparel Tri-Blend Crew Neck shirt up to size XL and solid black in XXL. They are currently available for Pre-order with delivery stated for mid April.

If you are more of a subtle Crafty Bitch, then you may like our handmade laser cut Needle Minders or Pins!

They are available in the design above OR a handful of other sassy sayings.

You can find all of this and much more in the shop! It’s currently all first come first serve with no updates scheduled for at least a month or so.

This has been an idea I have had in my head for almost a year! It just took me awhile to perfect it.

Let me introduce to you the exclusive Art School Dropout Pin Cushion! 

The bottom part is made just like a lot of my jewelry over the years. It is a lightweight hand cast plastic that was made using molds I created. Each one is one of a kind since I mix the pigments myself and the fillers. The inside of the pin cushion is a felted wool and is very dense. It will grab on to your pins and keep them super snug until you need them.

For this specific update I only added a small handful of variations. I didn’t want to overwhelm myself with shipping. I’m holding on to the second batch of these for a shop update in April!

You can find all of these pin cushions plus other awesome sewing notions in the shop.

A few months back I made these laser cut looms for my Girl Scout troop so we could all learn to weave! The girl absolutely loved them.

I had posted about them on social media, as I usually do, and I received A LOT of comments asking when I would sell them. I was currently swamped with freelance work and knew I couldn’t handle the orders. So I held off.

Well, fast forward to a week or so ago, and a few friends kindly asked if I would make their shop/kid/them a loom or twelve. I said yes, and then decided to just add them to the shop!

Which brings us to today! They are now available in the shop in two sizes, with more to come and can be customized with a name or saying of you choice!

I am absolutely loving the process of making these and hope to continue for awhile.

You can find the above looms, plus other weaving tools in the shop!

In addition to the earrings, you can preorder a paper copy of the Pixelated Circles Quilt, Coordinating Acrylic Templates and Ring of Coffin Fussy Cut Templates (all three will start shipping May 8th).

I have just restocked the shop to replace all the necklaces you guys bought two weeks ago. You made my come back amazing. Thank you! 

This time around though, I split the update in half. The first half is live, and the second half will go live Wednesday at 6pm EST. That way anyone who is at Quilt Market or getting ready for Halloween won’t miss out on anything. 
 
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If your interested in the Wednesday update, I won’t be sending out another newsletter for it, so set a timer or keep an eye on the blog here or our social media accounts

If all goes well today, I will have another update in the next two weeks. So if you missed out on something today, don’t worry, just let me know in the comments below what your favorite pieces were and I’ll try and restock something similar. You can also leave comments with fabric suggestions/requests for the Fabric + Wood or Fabric + Plastic Necklaces. For this update I chose using my own personal taste.

Thanks for stopping by, you guys seriously have made my week with your enthusiasm and encouragement.

Pin It]]> https://artschooldropout.net/blog/shop-update-wood-plastic-fabric/feed/ 0 https://artschooldropout.net/blog/sneak-peek-new-jewelry-and-bags-coming-soon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sneak-peek-new-jewelry-and-bags-coming-soon https://artschooldropout.net/blog/sneak-peek-new-jewelry-and-bags-coming-soon/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2016 15:19:21 +0000 jesseesuem http://artschooldropout.net/blog/?p=4781 Continue reading →]]> I am excited to announce that I will be updating the shop again next week. It won’t be a super huge update because I am just getting too old for that, but I will have a few handfuls of all new designs. That’s exciting right?

I am shooting for this upcoming Wednesday morning, but life is crazy, so you never know. If you’d like first word about when, please make sure you subscribe to the shop newsletter. I have always given newsletter subscribers a head start by the way. I wait 30 minutes before I announce it on any social media outlets. Basically repeat and loyal customers get first dibs because I love you guys!!

Pin It]]> https://artschooldropout.net/blog/sneak-peek-new-jewelry-and-bags-coming-soon/feed/ 0 https://artschooldropout.net/blog/marbled-hexies-repeat-patterns/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=marbled-hexies-repeat-patterns https://artschooldropout.net/blog/marbled-hexies-repeat-patterns/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2016 12:46:06 +0000 jesseesuem http://artschooldropout.net/blog/?p=4695 Continue reading →]]> I had talked two days ago about making jewelry again and showed off some new marbled hexagon pieces. Well, I went another step and scanned a huge handful of those hexagons and digitized them to be used in all kinds of projects.

I thinking I’m going to run with this idea and see exactly what I can make when I mix my jewelry with my quilting. The sky is the limit.

For now I’ve added a whole bunch of pieces using the scans to my Society6 shop…

I am slowly ordering swatches from Spoonflower and currently a few colorways are available as yardage with more coming super soon…

Also any designs available in my Spoonflower shop can also be used on Sprout Patterns. How cool is this dress? I want it so bad…

Seriously, there is so much more I can do here! Other shapes, more casting techniques, different colors, etc. I am so excited by this project and will probably be sharing more about it soon!