I decided to dabble tonight.

I had the opportunity to go to a "gem faire" and although as much as I would love to blog about it with photos and such, I can't. They don't allow photography of any kind in there. There were many vendors and boy did they have things to sell! Gems!! Rocks!! All sorts of goodies!!! I didn't get to spend all the time in the world there but I came out with some stuff. Here is the first of many or.. the first of few. LOL. Enjoy.

Chain Ring Handpiece



and for its close up







<3 Talia

After making the first set of ear cuffs I figured I can make an earring! So here it is! My newest set of earring chained ear cuffs! These are cute and of course simple. I love simplicity! There is a couple more to come with the infamous "basketball wives spikes!"

I'm eggggg-cited!!! Can't wait to get the spikes to make and show you all what it'll look like.




An overview of the ear cuffs




Gold chained ear cuff with dangling gem triangle



Silver double studded chained ear cuff




gold triple chained ear cuff

<3 Talia

Couples need love too. I never really thought of making a couples necklace till someone suggested it and then I decided to make it a little different.

Instead of just straight across I figured i could make it multiple lines. Also, I could give it the appearance of chaining it to the other name.

So here it is, couples necklace chained together. You could also think of it as two names, linked my chains, love, bound to one another, your pick.




An overview



The deets



Mich & Steven


<3 Talia

Double rings are always fun, here are a few personalized double rings. These were recently made and turned out great. They are adjustable, of course so switching them to different fingers is possible.




Gold Double Ring: Madden <3




Rose Gold Double Ring: Beau <3




<3 Talia

Maybe you don't want your name to blast and you want something sweet and subtle, here is the initial rings, whether it be yours or someone else's that you adore or even love. The initial rings are super cute and easy to wear.
Sizes: adjustable
Color: gold and silver





Love and B





Love and M





Love and V
<3 Talia

I was asked if I could make ear cuffs that say things, and apparently, I can! So here they are! Names, initials, or just a cuff.



Personalized name ear cuff



Initials ear cuff




Basic ear cuff

<3 Talia

Everyone loves and hates LOVE. It's a fine line between love and hate. I love it. It goes both ways.
Here is the collection of hearts and love rings, that I've made. You can choose to show your love and hate for it by switching around the placement of your rings. You can chose to love someone one day or show you hate them the next, lol.
Sizes: all sizes vary and are adjustable so you can switch between fingers and finger placement.
Colors: gold and silver






Single heart ring






F love rings






Double hearts ring






Love ring, heart rings

-talia

I've seen it a couple times but not so much. I've been wanting to make an EKG something and at the request of a friend it was all game from there. I figured I really can now. So off I ventured.
My EKG also known as "skip a beat" necklace and ring set. I love it!
It's different from the norm that I've seen. Its points are sharper than any other ive seen and it's hammered down to have a flat look just as you would see on the monitor.
It spikes up and down as your heart does, emotions, and life.
If life didn't have ups and downs, bumps, challenges, or obstacles you might as well be dead.

These personalized rings that can be your name, specific word, or acronym. The choices are endless. The maximum letters on a single finger ring is four (4).

Sizes:
The ring size is adjustable from 1-3 sizes so you can switch fingers to your delight or even placement on a finger. You can turn your ring into a knuckle ring or vice versa!

Colors: gold and silver.

The article can be found HERE

It's really sad how we take things for granted. Or think less of quality unless we pay a higher prices.

Several years ago, I came across this artist who I thought was amazing. His stuff is kinda on the dark side, but his work is amazing. All the things aren't dark, but it definitely makes me wonder where he came up with this stuff and what's going on in there!!! He makes me LOL! I definitely thought that when I went through the Tim Burton Exhibit.
Check out Endling from Deviantart.com

Hahaha..sometimes this is how I feel with my lover.

Who doesn't feel like this???

Cute right!? And.....slightly disturbing! But I love it!! (don't judge me...)

When I take photos, I tend to go trigger happy! =D it's okay! You're bound to get several good shots and sometimes that's all you need. Not only that people may not like what you chose and choose a different shot. Sometimes it sucks, but it's okay. "to each their own," right? I use different poses and shots for me and the person I shoot for choose the ones they like. Sometimes, I get to choose the ones I send to them.
I have to take just as many shots when a kid happens to be a part of the picture.
I did a shoot for my friends and their son,or should I put sun. Technically they do revolve around him. Lol.
It was a lot of fun and he was an absolutely adorable little guy.



P.S. I'm still working on poses. I think that's a work in progress, but I like it to be as natural as possible. I'm not shooting an exotic super model, although they are my super models for the day! I'll have to elaborate more on this another day.

I started in this hobby quite fast, learning everything I could possible. They say "better keep your day job," so I did. Reading photography tips, blogs, articles, and books can only take you so far. It's better learned through experience than anything else. Don't be discouraged, it takes practice... A lot of it!! It doesn't hurt as a hobby and if you get good at it, make some side cash right??? I think I'll stick to the hobby part a bit longer.

Taken at Tewinkle Park, Costa Mesa. Using my nifty fifty (I love that thing!!) wait till you see my 85mm. ^_* Traded off taking photos after they did my preggers shoot.


Camera: canon 50D
Lens: 50mm 1.8

This was my attempt to do newborn photos with my daughter. I think i Did pretty well! I used my nifty fifty. And just a black blanket behind daddy letting natural light in through a window.
For the photos with the feet I put the black blanket around daddy's hands and baby to hide them. I lowered the shutter speed a little more to get more a dramatic effect.
::Settings::
Shutter speed: 5.265(apex)
FStop: 1.8
Lens: 50mm
ISO: 250

One of my first attempts at photography.

I've been at this for some time now.  Whether its trying to blog, photography, some form of art from pencil drawings, pastels, web design, graphics, scrapbooking and even crochet!!! its all come down to, i have to many hobbies and i'm not sure which or what i'm good at.  I try, and i guess that's what counts.  I know blogging is definitely not a forte of mine, nor is writing in a diary.  I'll try and make this as much as possible as a letter.  Well, minus the fact that my letters turn into mini novels and i'm all over the place in those -__-'
Here goes tho... one of my first photos.  No post production besides the frame and watermark.  I started off small.  I took this photo with an Olympus E-300.. i think.  Shutter speed probably around 5 seconds i cant remember.  LOL.  it was that long ago. maybe like 2 years. HAHA It was stock lens and also the ISO at 200.  subject is Joann from lovefashionlivelife.com.