Picture Kaleidoscope 3/16/16

Morning!

Going to be a quick post today. :)

My daughter does chainmail jewelry. She created these two pairs this week. She's upped her game. These are made with super tiny rings! Aren't they gorgeous? Blows my mind. :)

We have a red leafed tree in our yard. It goes through a transition very fast once it flowers. It's so quick, I've missed it before. :P Thought I would share three different moments from 2016 so you can see what it does. I LOVE the cute little blossoms. :)

The in between stage - half flowers half leaves.

The final stage - mostly leaves. :) And all this before spring is even officially here! 

Have an awesome day!

ChibiChains - The resurrection

Going to toot my daughter's horn today. Like, why not, right?  :-P

Anyway, as some of you might already know, Drew creates chainmail jewelry and uses Chibi Chains for her brand name. She does some truly fabulous work, too!

Well her old website just didn't seem to be robust enough for what she really needed - so now we've moved her to wordpress and found an awesome plugin from WP-EasyCart.

So far she's only got the Bracelet's section complete - but it's worth showing off now!  8-)

This is the top front of the store. Has a decent slider showing a few teaser pics. Pretty!

Here's the current bottom of the index page. There's probably a category or more to add to the list. Though currently only Bracelets has been finished. (Between the photo taking, setting up each weave, and descriptions and more - it takes a while to get it all together!)

This is how the category page looks. Showing a 3 column setup for all the items in a category. (Sorted by name - though shoppers and change that for their viewing pleasure. )   ;-)

This is the Quickview of one of the bracelets. So you get a little more info.

This is the full detail page. Shows you all the lovely options you can pick from. Color 1 and Color 2, there's a spot to mention you'd like a 3rd color (Like the bracelet in the pic). The length and Ring Size (for the chainmail rings not your finger. Heh heh) and how many you want. Super nice!

She wanted the store to be as big and wide as possible, so all the extra stuff is in the footers. You can search by name, weave, etc. Find Drew on social media. Sign up for her newsletter so you can always know what's new. And a login screen. I believe it is even linked to Facebook so you don't have to create YET another log in.  :twisted:

Anyway, I wanted to share, I you have time, it'd be awesome if you'd stop on by. The store is functional (even if all that's out there is bracelets)! Chainmail makes for truly unique gifts!

And Valentine's Day is fast approaching. *hint hint* :mrgreen:

Picture Kaleidoscope 10/21/15 - FanDays Editions

Morning!
While I missed about half of FanDays due to work, I still made it in time to get a few pics. Yay!

My daughter had not made one of these triple layer flowers in forever. Someone saw it on the banner and asked for one. I think they are super cool!

Look at the awesome detail on her headdress. Fascinating!

Her weaponry and the buddy with her also had it going on!

Hawkwoman! Lots of nice detial.

See what I mean? Came out great!

The armor looks awesome!

Master Splinter and Raphael! Master Splinter is in the original comic style. Poor thing.

Talking of originals - here's the Penguin! Qack qack qack. (He looked awesome!)

A young Poison Ivy was hanging around too. Her necklace is super cool!

Pic my daughter sent me that Friday. She had my back while I was slaving at the day job. My bro came too, so he had her back. :)

Hope you have a great Wednesday!

Picture Kaleidoscope 9/9/15

Morning all!
Haven't tortured you with my own stuff in a few weeks. Heh heh

In Richardson, one of the apartment complexes had added pepper plants to brighten up the little park area. A bunch of these together proved incredibly colorful! 

Just look at those vibrant reds, oranges, and yellows! What a neat idea!

These are always so neat looking. And green! Unlike my yard...

The latest from my daughter aka ChibiChains - a chain sphere. A week later, she'd finished one 4 times the size. Oooh!

Sunset drive by! Huh, hubby needs to clean his windows. Boo!

More dirty windows. DOH!

The clouds were cool this day. But didn't want themselves captured. And look at that bright spot. Did I inadvertently pick up a UFO?

You can see it on the far left again. Dirty window? Reflection? UFO?

I was trying to catch the cloud formation which looked liked migrating birds. Showed where the stronger wind current was pushing them around. Oh well...

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Picture Kaleidoscope 3/19/14 - The AllCon 2014 Edition

Morning, all!

This past weekend was AllCon. Some cool costumes and other stuff going about, though for some reason we didn't see as much of it walk by as one would expect. Huh

Goth Batman and Robin!

Goth group of doom! Bats, Robin, Harley, Bane, Ivy. They looked great!

Grover and his girlfriend and their trashcans. He would pop out here and there. so Cute!

What a fearsome and disturbing sight! Can you imagine Ming The Merciless with the power of a Star Gate? Heh heh

They looked awesome! Flash...Ahahhhhhh!

Ninja Turtles! And Robin 2.5. :P

Look at those wings! They were huge! Her father said they were bigger but they'd cut them back a bit. Her armor looked awesome too. Never did see her Robocop costume. Boo!

Roses roses roses! Looked awesome.

The obligatory table pic.

I tried a couple of different set ups. Table was a little smaller than usual.

Marvel Earrings TM! The Hulk, Iron Man, and Captain America earrings! Heh heh

His armor was fantastic! The detail was amazing.

Gentleman from the Walking Dead, a zombie, and a zombie hunter. heh

Her makeup was done by one of the guests. Gave her a double mouth, so cool.

New project Drew finished while we were there. Doesn't it look fabulous?

Her friend Casey, encased. Heh heh.

Have an awesome Wednesday!