Here are some necklaces, bracelets and some sets with earrings. I think the display boxes will help them sell better. I am lookin’ on the internet for a cheap place to buy the display boxes.
I hope to write another installment or two on the Bucket List soon but frankly I have been havin’ such a good time lately that I forgot where I put the bucket and don’t remember what is on the list.
This has been another great week for Copperhead Jewelry. I had a great show Tuesday in Yazoo City (yes Bearman Yazoo City, MS is a real place). A lady from our church said she had worn some of the jewelry to work and some of her co-workers were interested in it. I let her take a box full to work with her and she sold 41 items to her co-workers. Actually she said she just sent an email to some of them and they came by and bought it. She said it sold itself.
I spent the weekend makin’ more stuff and here are some pictures;
I have added a little swirl to the cross earrings and that seems to be an added attraction.
I bought a ring sizer and have been able to size my rings a little more accurately.
Hey, I even have a new comic that will post Monday. Check it out at
I had a Jewelry Show in Yazoo City yesterday and here is some of the Jewelry I had on display. I did better than I expected and am really encouraged with the way my jewelry is being accepted.
I feel like my jewelry makin’ skills are actually improvin’ as I continue to make it and that is encouragin’ also.
Right now I don’t have anything concrete scheduled so I guess I’ll just be sellin’ it out of the trunk of my car. I know that sounds a little weird but sometimes when I mention I make jewelry people tell me they would like to see some of it. I keep some with me most of the time so I show them.
I went to a yard sale last weekend, bought some stuff and left there with $10 more than I got there with.
Several people have asked me if I give lessons on jewelry makin’ and I usually tell them that I can’t give lessons because I really don’t know what I am doin’. I just start twistin’ wire, add a bead, button or marble and then see what it looks like. Whether I know what I am doin’ or not ain’t all that important because I’m havin’ the time of my life.
Bo
I don’t really know how old you gotta be before you start makin’ a bucket list but I know things change as we get older. I’ve been through all the stages…except the final one and I’m now officially an old man. Believe it or not I was a baby, a young boy, a teenager, a young man, and a middle age man before I entered geezerhood.
Your thinkin’ does change some but actually you kinda of stagnate at around 30 years old. Your mind stays there but your body moves on. Sometimes now my mind writes checks that my body can’t cash.
As a baby there is no need for a bucket list because a baby doesn’t even know that some day he is goin’ to kick the bucket. He just wants food and a dry diaper and a lot of attention. As we move on to bein’ toddlers mostly our desires are for toys and candy. Everything else is pretty much secondary.
I think when we move into the four, and five year old stage we begin to think about what we want to be when we grow up. I guess that has changed over the years too. When I was that age most boys wanted to be a cowboy. I don’t know what the females wanted…still don’t.
I composed a poem to give a little insight on goals and plans. I hope you enjoy it.
Conquering The World
by Bo Lumpkin
I’m off to go exploring, I want to see the
world,
To race across the oceans with all my sails
unfurled,
I’ll visit swamps and jungles and cross the
desert sands,
And meet with cheifs and princes in some exotic
lands,
Through dangerous storms I’ll fly alone,
Live off the land when supplies are gone,
I’ll rescue ladies in distress,
And it won’t be easy I’ll confess,
It will take a while to master each feat,
Because my parents won’t let me cross the
street.
Here are a couple of pictures of the Copperhead Jewelry Party. Don’t forget to scroll down to read about it.
Turn out the lights, the party is over.. The second Gatorhead Jewelry Party, that is. We had a great time and sold a lot of jewelry. If I had known that this would be so much fun I would have started it years ago. It is great to have people lookin’ over something you made and admirin’ it and then actually buyin’ some of it.
I didn’t have any idea how much I was sellin’ until it was over with. My sister (who I trust very much) was handelin’ the money and I was custom makin’ jewelry. When the night was over I was pleasantly surprised at how much I had sold. I as tired as a grown man right now as I write this but I am a happy tired old man.
I will be postin’ some pictures (I meant to take some at the party) but I got too busy and forgot. I still want to take some pictures of some of the jewelry I have been makin’ and I hope to do that tomorrow.
I am goin’ to be in Oxford for the rest of the week and I think my sisters have something planned for almost all of it and so I should be havin’ a blast. When we all get together we party like rock stars.
We will start with lunch tomorrow at noon and then a pool party tomorrow night. Saturday we will have a pic nic lunch in the park followed by a dance recital. (My nephew is helpin’ out the girls at his school (he graduates this year) and my sister asked me if I wanted to go. I wouldn’t miss it for all the chitlin’s in Mississippi. After the recital we will all go out together to eat again. Sunday everyone will go to church and we might spend one more night and then go home.
When I get together with my family we party like Rock Stars.
Most of the people I know already follow Bearman Cartoons but if you don’t you are losing out. He is one of the biggest promoters of comics, artists, bloggers, writers and all creative types on the internet. He is now in the midst of his charity challenge (he also likes to help others). Check it out now at http://beartoons.com/2012/04/29/bearman-cartoons-charity-challenge-2012/
Bearman has been an encouragement to me (along with others) since I met him on the internet a few years back. There have been times he has encouraged me, he has poked fun at me and he has given me some pretty good advice when I was doing things wrong. To be honest if it were not for him, I would probably have quit blogging and comicing a long time ago.
This is about the only promotion he does for his website and he even does it in such a way as to help others. Check him out and tell him that Bo sent you.
