My hand painted Maine Lobster Buoys, from the beginning

At the beginning of this year, when I made my goal of blogging more often and consistantly, I wasn't sure what that was going to look like.  I still don't.  Once a month feels positive.    

sold oct 8 2011

I've been wanting to have a visual history of all the buoys I've painted since I sold my first one as a Christmas Ornament back on October 8, 2011.

sold April 9, 2012

Then I sold my first set of three.

May 1, 2012

And then another.

May 28, 2012

Then came my first custom Wedding.  It was exciting & rewarding.  I still connect and paint custom work for this bride.  It was the beginning of many amazing connections with my customers.

July 17, 2012

Aug 12,2012

Aug 2,2012

Then came my first Maine Wedding and I was able to hand deliver the bride's buoys and meet her in person.

Oct 1, 2012

These buoys were a super fun, fast paces custom project.  The bride gave me a lot of creative space for color choices.  She wanted bright and bold.  I love them!

April 15,2013

Elegant & Classy.

May 16, 2013

Pink Lobsters!   Look closely and you will see I painted a pink lobster on each buoy. My most unusual custom request so far, one of the many reasons I love my customers, they help me think and paint outside the box.

May 30, 2013

Navy, white and Brilliant Pink - busy, busy spring for me

June 2, 2013

My first key ring wedding favor order.

June 10, 2013

A sweet and pretty little custom order.

June 21, 2013

Sept  2, 2013

Navy and white is very popular right now.

Sept 3,2013

I started work with this bride last Fall to design this super classy buoys for her Summer 2014 Wedding!

Nov 27 , 2013

Jan 22,2014

 Time to wrap up this post with what I was painting earlier today...Feb 1, 2014

From my Studio...

I am excited!  -all these ornaments are for sale at the Maine Jewelry and Art Gallery on Harlow Street, Bangor Maine. 

This is the second Holiday Season that I have been invited to consign my hand painted Ornaments and Wine Bottle Charms in this amazing Shop.  If you find yourself in Bangor, I invite you to stop in and see for yourself the wide offering of Artwork and Jewelry by the many talented Artisans.    www.mainejewelryart.com

You can also many of the these Ornaments and my other hand made offerings on my online Etsy Shop.  www.bethscraftroom.etsy.com

I'm painting every moment I can...

 and always working on new designs and creations, like these two ornaments.  The Mosaic Ornament above is created with actual Lobster Shells.  The two below, I used mussel shells harvested off our beautiful coast of Maine.

These newest designs will be available very soon.

I enjoy custom orders, I have personalize many of my ornaments and mini lobster buoys for special occasions.   

Happy Holidays!

Maine Fall Wedding

  I am delivering these Lobster Buoy Wedding Favors to a Maine Bride this Friday for her Wedding on Saturday.   She found my little buoys a couple of weeks ago and contacted me through my Etsy Shop. https://www.etsy.com/listing/109878271/lobster-buoy-nautical-wedding-favor  She asked if I could custom paint 130 buoys for her and I said yes! 

With every custom order request, comes a new creative experience for me.  A chance to expand my offerings.  Sometime the requests turns into a sale, sometime not, but all requests are valuable.  I learn from each experience and connection.  Gain new insights on what my customers would like to see offered. 

This is my second big custom Wedding order.  My first, a few months ago, will be for an October Wedding next month.  I also recently completed a custom order of 50 buoys for a Baby Shower taking place next month.  All those buoys spreading out in the world, representing special memories for families and friends. 

It humbles me and brings me great personal joy!

Lobster Buoy Wedding Favors Journey to my Etsy Shop

I'm going to ramble a bit, I'm so excited about the direction my Etsy Shop is going and,

stepping out of my comfort zone and documenting the journey of my creative offerings...  

My newest offerings on my Etsy Shop http://www.bethscraftroom.etsy.com/ are Mini Lobster Buoys.  This time of year, they make the perfect Wedding Favor for your Guests.  They look great personalized.  I originally painted these buoys white with a handpainted Lobster on them, as Christmas Ornaments and sold  a number of them in the Etsy Shop.  In fact, a few weeks ago, a New England Bride was surfing the net to find a Lobster Buoy Wedding Favor for her guests that could be personalized and she stumbled upon my Sold Items Page of my Etsy Shop.  She contacted me, I made up some samples, I gave her a quote and she said Yes!  I will unveil the completed buoys after her Wedding this Fall, since they will be gifts for her guests.  In the mean time, I have now begun offering them in sets of three's and five's.

Hurry!!  The unassembled Mini Lobster Buoys arrived in the mail.

I put  little drop of glue in the whole and insert the dowel.

Painting.

Painting.

Photo shoot.

Up close

Staged and now available on my Etsy Shop http://www.bethscraftroom.etsy.com/

http://www.etsy.com/listing/97091099/lobster-buoys-beach-decor-wedding-favors

Personalized.