Another @mikebennettart.bsky.social art piece in the wild… this time at PSU! We have several pieces hidden around campus. #pdx #art

How do we feel about this as a packaging and display method for my hair clips? #poll #handmadejewelry #flowers #handmade #craftsky

My chief quality control officer was getting a little micromanage-y today, but I managed to still get some pendants strung for some simple cord necklaces. #handmadejewelry #cats #pdx #pets

Working on some smaller clip options today, as well as different colors for the larger clips. Now I gotta figure out how to display them all! #flowers #handmadejewelry

I ended up making $121 today at the market. Not great, not terrible, but I don’t have a ton of context yet. I sold two of the flower clips! I like the way I ended up displaying them. #handmadejewelry #craftsky #artmarket #pdx

It’s raining! Uhg! But I got my canopyup before the rain started.

Market day outfit modeling the hair clips and earrings, necklace, and bracelet. #selfie

I made some of these flower hair clips to test out at the market tomorrow. I know the back is still a little messy but I’ve really been enjoying wearing mine the past few days. They’re comfortable and durable so far! #craftsky #handmadejewelry #pdx #flowercrown

@mikebennettart.bsky.social work spotting in the wild. Too cute. #pdx #slowdown #citylife

Not my normal content but it always surprises me how dramatic and then resilient basil can be. From pretty much dead (no water) to almost completely recovered in three days. #plants #gardening

This necklace pendant that Fire Mountain Gems put in their $10 grab bag is a little… HEAVY. You could really do some damage with this thing.

Pearls or no peals? #poll #survey #handmade #earrings #craftsky

I made some earrings to go with my serpentine and fluorite necklace! Which style do you like better? #handmade #jewelry #crystals #beads

New craft alert! I’m gonna make some of these flower hair clips and see how they do at the market. What do you think? #handmade #flowers #craftsky

Walked around Newport for some photo ops on Saturday. Had a great time! #oregon #familytime

Here I am trying to model my purple fluorite piece, along with earrings I made to go with it. What do you think?

Let the Mother’s Day weekend trip begin! #pdx #familytime

Happy Mother’s Day mom! Hope she likes her pearl set! #giftsformom #handmade #pdx

I think Etsy might be the place to actually list my necklaces as a portfolio and sales opportunity. Here’s the first one! rainyferncreations.etsy.com/listing/4500...

Another necklace this evening. This is aventurine from Fire Mountain Gems, with a gold toned metal pendant. I’m feeling a bit more comfortable with necklaces now that I’ve got some trustworthy glue for my crimp beads and covers. #handmade #pdx #jewelry

Some necklaces I put together today. I bought the pendants with each specific stone in mind. I’d been struggling with the triangles up until now… I wasn’t seeing the vision! #handmade #jewelry #pdx

My short wrap up video from yesterdays market. I’m fairly satisfied with how it went! I have three more markets this month. Looking forward to them! #pdx #handmade #jewelry

My first market has officially started! I hope the weather holds. #pdx #jewelry #handmade

Omg tomorrow morning is my first market and I’m so excited/nervous! I’m most nervous about transporting all my stuff to the market and setting it up. Once that’s done I’ll be set!

My dad started tumbling some of our humongous collection of Oregon Coast Agates that we have… here’s the first batch! #rocks #rockhounding

Omg 5 days until my first market! I simultaneously feel like I have too much and not enough stuff. #pdx #handmade #jewelry

A bracelet I made today. #handmade #beads #diy #pdx

Had som sweet treats for a Sunday afternoon walk - Cup & Cone raspberry white chocolate ice cream and Shirley temple poppi. Yum! #pdx #cupandcone #sweettreat

Helper or hinderer? #cats #handmade #jewelry #pdx

My business cards came in! I hope I give lots of these out at the markets! #jewelry #creator #maker #bipoc

Glass bead and granite pendant necklace from the other day. I don’t have a ton of necklaces but I’m trying to fix that before my first market! What do you think? #handmade #jewelry #pdx #bipoc

Quick bracelet before bed. I’ve started working on that bracelet stock! #handmade #jewelry #pdx #craftsky

I just got my first acceptance to a multicultural arts market on may 31st! WOOOO! Still hoping to get some a bit earlier in the month as well but it feels good to be getting responses!!

I’ve got three full boards and one nearly full board of earrings and at this point I think I’ll try to build up some bracelet stock as well. #craftsky #jewelry #pdx

I found another open vendor call for a local pop up fair on July 11th. Fingers crossed I have a very full summer.

I applied to another vendor event on June 6th today. That brings my list of markets applied to up 6, and only one of them had a strict time-of-application fee. Wish me luck!

May 1st, 2nd, 14th, 28th, and 31st are the dates of the markets I applied to… so I guess that’s actually 5.

Ok today I applied to four markets in May: two one day, one off markets and one recurring market (two Thursdays). I hope I get at least one of these!! Wish me luck! #craft #craftfair #artmarket #pdx

I made 8 more base charm bracelets and got some thrifted cowboy hat charms for my charm bar in the last couple of days. It’s looking good! #handmade #upcycled #jewelry

Planning out some color choices for these frames… what do you think? #crafts #craftsky #handmade #pdx

Can anyone explain why this happens? I have no idea what causes this but it makes me feel so powerless over my content. 😩 #tiktok #contentcreation

It’s goodwill time. I know they’re controversial but they’re convenient and I score some great finds. #thrifting

What does your craft desk look like right now? Here’s mine! Send pics of yours! #workshop #handmade #diy #desktour

Today’s group of earrings made in between spring cleaning and errand running. I just love today’s colors and shapes! #handmade #crafty #jewelry #pdx

Rusty was interfering with my spring cleaning earlier. #cats

I looooove this shade of teal/blue/green, and I feel like the gold really contrasts so well. Uhg so pretty! #craftsky #jewelrymaking #crafts #earrings

Making one last ring for the ring box before bed… #jewelry #craftsky

Hatsune miku made an appearance at Scrap today… #crafts #reuse #thrift

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Made some rings yesterday on my “WFH” day. Fun times! #craftsky #crafting