Last Genie locs hair style of this season

Missing my real hair real bad. Since I started undoing my yarn braid twist. Checking the length by undoing just around the edge.
Bangs to my chin nice
side burn areas to my collar bone awesome
and back part Wow hair growth galore. Nothing official but arm pit length is only a few months away. The fro goodness to come in the summer time will be epic. After 2 years of health living to benefit my hair skin whole body. Loving the results of all the fun recipes and hair care blogs that have helped me along the way.

Saying good bye love, to my genie locs, need a trim and wash. No more  hours spent drying all the yarn on my head. I will miss this style but right now missing my natural hair more. Although its getting colder Ill be braving the random temps for some good old me hair days.

Newest handmade hoop earrings-Jewellery

                                                    Gold and pink small hoop earrings hand made.  I currently have pink as seen in this picture and baby pastel pink and current in stock gold or silver options.Only $8 and you can have your custom pair

Gold and crystal small hoop earrings in silver or gold tone wire. Tons of complement pictures can do it justice till you've tried them on.

A day in the life my studio

Another day at the My jewelery designing studio where all the magic happens. Most things I ccreate dont start with a drawing but when working with leather it is a must. I start off with a rough drawing doodles to inspire my mind. Then I redraw fine tuning as I go. I love the feel on pencil on paper more so than digital pen on tab. My brain stays in the process and I can complete one thing without distraction. Leather is a very difficult material to work with. Is stretchable and mailable under even my expert knife maneuvering. Just another day making one of a kind pieces in my studio fun times. salmon out!

hand drawing #2 of a 3 drawing process.

I pin the drawing on top of a piece of leather.

Making it almost to the end

completed necklace element. leather octopus.

Rainy Days in Toronto yet again

Still cant hate on these rainy days, in the city. Looking to the bright side, my area will be especially misty later. Hopefully the rain would have stopped. Have an enchanting walk in the park maybe...possibly...nah. Then I thought why not blog or think about blogging to get your bloggidy blog goals going. Like so many post before this relegation to drafts, to be with the other countless drafts is just what may happen anyways. Seriously trying to  amassing a collection of pre blogger posts to queued posts on a regular basis. For the ultimate 256 post added to this year, because the passions out of this bloggidy blog.

Tumblr has got me in its crack pipe hold, so easy to just amass a level of pre post that the task is done,over and complete. Leaving more days open to head outside feel the last brief hot days of September before my favorite season comes around.

Fall la la la la yes! and My Cant Resist Fall jewelery collection is out and getting together some giveaway options for my awesome fan page and followers.

Here are some shots of what will be in my Etsy shop very soon.

Genie loc-Yarn braiding hair style love

New yarn twist and braid style.

From beginner it only took me two summers of trying. From mt last post about this genie loc style. Youtuber blackonxy was my genie lock guru her video's rock. This style is amazing protection last for 4 weeks while maintaining all hair care routines.  I simply love this hair style for making crazy updo's and twisty bun things. It took my 5 hour loads with breaks unlike my first attempt which I had to coordinate between work....It took days. Longer and small braids looked awesome but the time to recreate it I would rather spend making jewelery.

  I Started out my braid in a three strand braid followed by two strand twist and  finished off with three strand braid and burning the ends with a lighter. Sticking my head over a pot of hot water is not my  cup of tea. This photo shows what the finished look is

my hair at shoulder length layered

 As my hair grows to new lengths I try to choose style that reflect my idle length. Also Toronto is freaking heating up to new hot clammy days. As always ill be in my studio creating something fun or out in the garden or at my other office chilling. Salmon Out!


Here are some more awesome hair post
Wow hair grows

New chapter

Sticking to this  positivity year and holding on strong  which is surprisingly awesome turn of events. My new studio space was found. Opening up so much more creative possibilities to explore. It will be a space for creating and do it your self crafting that I love. A place where my imagination can come alive. Be it drawing, amateur photography,sewing, painting, sculpting jewelery making oh so very pumped in general about what will eventually fill this space. I plan on overwhelm  artistic senses in this studio. Time to live like the boss and enjoy living dreams and holding on for the crazy ride.



 My office of zen and creation is a space to be fill pure unfiltered artistic exploration.

2012 Feeling the newness and creating goodness

 I am busy Busy busy busy.  Planning, moving, designing, planting and building my brain getting back into reading and researching.
The year started and what got me the most excited pause was getting my taxes over and done. It wasn't as hard the second time every year I get better. I always keep these words in mind to live by
 " Always say you can do and then you can do it"-my ramble
" when opportunity knocks you. answer first. questions later"-my ramble

The newness of the year. - After all the hits and misses of last year it was back to the drawing board for me to rethink  ideas upgrade and plan better. I took my time and buckled down to learn read grow my brain with my products my jewelery. Learning  new skills and upgrading old ones.


 My random readers I adore having you around building my page views I thank you.  10k views and that is super exciting milestone. I don't take your random peeks for granted. Please for a faster reply comment on our twitter page.

 In the spirit of thanks welcome to my blog!!!!!

So if you love a life of  randomness as I do. Pop in to see whats ruminating @Salmonnaturals web page. join our fanpage and twitter and tumblr to see images of our on going works of art.

My amazing art jewelery- New!!! salmonnaturals@tumblr

My commissions - I really want to do a wedding bridal party type work and will be post if I get lucky. on facebook our fanpage @SNaturalHcare.facebook.com .... Its random giveaway time

     Prize one: Eli lip balm made from organic Shea and Cocoa butter and natural vanilla. $ 5 value
Prize two. Hand made jewelery. made by hand for you.
prize three. bejeweled headbands see them @salmonnaturals.etsy.com our etsy shop
---This prize can only be claim for these areas -----Movie tickets for two to any Empire theater valid till may 31.

Rules to enter.
The person that comment and say "I want my prize" on all  Salmonnaturals
For prize one. "I want my prize".
prize two. "I want my prize. I want my prize"salmonnaturals-plus your email
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Its that simple to win just leave a comment like that on this blog post.
Then on.
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Then on. twitter
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I will email the winners this Giveaway starts today march 25 and ends on may 31.

Happy worms Happy growing fun!

  Rest in piece little sprout. These cucumber seeds went wild for several weeks. Their short lives  for the sole purpose of worm food. I was able to grow some fodder for(picture below) booming vermi-compost.


Finally my compost started now I have  worm tea, which is an excellent fertilizer made by this type of compost. I am super pumped that these  worm captives and bacteria are working hard. A refreshing scent of earth greets me when digging to check if my worms are alive an happy.




Wearing these gloves allows me to comfortably work with worms and  avoid  the creepy crawly sensation  Soooooo!... squishy.

Enjoy this fun find on worm composting: Cute
www.gardendesk.com

New accessory I designed bags fun randomness!

Say hello to an extra dash of randomness bag designing. I have found a few shows that really spark my interest. "Project accessory"  like projecy runway but without the suck. Sarovski crystal everywhere and a workshop play ground of my dreams. Anyways on to this amazing clutch I designed adding little touches to make it stand out. crown and snake charm ths clutch is huge and also 3 purses in one.



Dont mind the creepy  doodle just messing around with my tablet.





To this little treasure (  thrift shop  purchased ) up-cycled with a new strap and wooden hoop accents.  I am in the process of creating a strap befitting all those gorgeous floral design.

Thanks for reading X

Two strand twist Hair Style, fun handmade hair accessories

Its been a along while since I have talked about hair and showing how much fun I like to have with my hair. Now that  I am wigged out in these colder months I wanted to share some hair success and randomness.
 






Here we have some curly results after wearing a twist out for two weeks. Then turning those twist outs into china bumps to add that extra twirl in the ends. Both these styles are excellent protective styles and by combining them Like I did a natural super curl is created.









Here you see the random style I was trying out. First single strand twisting my hair then styling into this interesting design.








Thus creating two front bumps.









(Side view) keeping everything neat and flat a love natural design  the absence of perfection yet I was able to create balance. While never exposing too much scalp giving hair a thicker appearance.






Dressed up with a hand made hair accessory ( This is the easy flip on hair clip with black head band)







This random free style  hair do.Which I created blind wrapping the single strand twists into a curve pattern for the front and mid section of my hair. It vaguely looks like a ying yang sign which is kinda cool.








Dressing it up with a mad made hair accessory clip on with black head band. I was able to turn a simple two strand twist hair style  into a t continuously changing fun styles. Thank you for reading X

My most resent commison piece -Butterfly love

Yet again another labor of love kinda piece. I have been working like crazy as my first tax season looms. Very exiting times going over paper work looking for an awesome account. Realizing all the things I enjoy doing verses the things I want to avoid. Making awesome jewelery and personal care products is a welcome addition to my life.
I am leaning away from the funky style that I like to wear and more in a elegant design direction. So cheers to all those who do what they love and love what they do. Thanks for reading X

When I am not playing in dirt growing organic veg

I like to get my nails done DIY of course hehehe. I have only had my nails done at a nail salon once in my life for a wedding. That was the beginning  and the end I formerly did my nails with milkie pens but due to an obsessive nail biting problem I had little nail to work on. This healthy living lifestyle change is doing wonders for my nails and they are growing like crazy and healthy as well.  I  go nail polish shopping every once in a while and with a 2 for $1 sale how could I pass it up.

Loving new affordable nail deco and how to video on youtube. Tried a few and love what I have seen. I can get nail art pens got $1 along with nail stickers and gem stickers and thats how I like it cheap. I create and distroy my nail art on a weekly basis and when my nails break which is natural the wait for them to grow back is when I come up with nail art ideas. Thanks for reading X

Like fashion season I wanted to be a step ahead

This all started a few months ago an idea came to me and I began to act on it. How could I get more organic food into my life without all the high cost monopoly. I want the best and I can have it these are the step I wanted to take. While having fun playing in dirt catching some worms and building a self sustaining system that needs little effort from my end

- get a compost system up and running to eventually support worms  check

test dirt on some seeds  to see if its good for growth. check

Keeping up other everyday  ideas so and to continue learning new things and easy ways to do them. check check

  5 months of composting minimum effort tossing whatever in and the fruits of  my labour are, fast growing, healthy plants that are green and have long root systems.

My in door garden system is sure to be a winning success like all my random ideas.

New randomness is being planned for January. With new year just around the bend and all my tax papers ready and waiting to be calculated and sent to revenue. I want to  use that money and do some good by going on vacation for most of the next  year. Business is awesome so time to  launch my business in new places. I think Jamaica should be my first vacations top.









 Say hello to my vermi-compost after a thrilling night of nightcrawler catching a few misty nights ago. I might have to return them to the wild depending on how much they actively break down organic waste because I am looking for some fast action power compost.

Spring inspiration- Green thumb action time

I found the ultimate in growing green veg because I plan on continuing my morning raw smoothie/green-drink/randomness routine and thinking how can i save on organic veg DIY baby!!!!. I wanted a space saving Idea that gave great results and works well with my relaxed attitude low maintenance gardening  plans. Just getting back to my roots playing in dirt having some fun.

I just tested a loop siphon and the lamefest ensued. A bell siphon is the next best bet  as per a ebb and flow system ( thank you youtube how to videos) with only two pop bottles Yes! recycling. I plan on doing 90% out of recyclable parts except the pump and air stone.  Gold fish or the sad Talapia I saw recently at the store seriously want to rescue this poor creature give it some TLC and see if it can grow me a veggiload. building this symbiotic  ecosystem  of plant and fish will teach me and feed me  oh my I am super excited.

More research- For my future garden

This is my experiment with positive and negative ion charged water. Why you ask?. I want the best  outcome for these plants .In a indoor garden system I will start this winter. Along with I a verma-composting station and making ionized acid water. This being prep work for the aquaponic system I am buying part for to set up in spring. This will give my plants an extra advantage for optimal growth and health and yumminess. My Clark zapper is not really a part of the project-but I wanted to test its ionizing possibilities. I research for the best outcome like how to fight plant disease simple and efficiently. Live this man in this video who found out a japanese organic fix for fighting disease in cucumber. 

Latest Commission Pieces

This set was commission by one of my co-workers. She had problems with a bracelet and wanted me to redesign something for her earrings and a necklace using parts she already had. I had fun it was very easy to make this client happy and now she has two wearable pieces from jewelery she would of otherwise ditched.

Making hair products and hair accessories- photos

pros/ con home made deodorant

Pros

1. avoiding questionable chemicals in current products
2. have fun creating products customized to your needs
3. saving money with endless batches while also reusing old containers.
Con.
1. Finding what works for you
2. might be a bit messy.



After the small success of whipping up a sweat fight and odor control stick and considering I missed a ingredient...Time to made some more deodorant.

This batch refilled two reused stick deodorant container and since I made extra I decided to experiment.


Say hello to "Deodorant bar"  The first ever batch I made was missing baking soda and I found it lack the strength of a commercial brand. Having to reapply through out the day is not my cup of cake but still strong 3 containers of the stuff lasted..5 months. Finally at my last bar I  could wait no longer i I cut the last remaining bar and re-melt and added it to this newly made batch.

 

In a sauce pan I heated a pot of water to almost boiling. Enough to melt 1 spoon full of Shea butter and my last stick to a creamy consistency.

I found some recipes on youtube from some awesome ladies  and then did my own thing with what I learned. It's so simple to find recipes and tutorials online and experiment I leave it up to you to take matters into your own hands and join the fun!!!! XOXO

Upgraded drawing tablet better results- Look at this now

What a difference a few inches makes. I am am much happier with the larger drawing area thank you DigiPro 5"x4" drawing tablet. Now I can get back to the doodling on a whole new medium from paper to tablet. A dream come true technology has come a long way to being with in my price range. Happy days xoxo

Tablet love- say hello to my new favorite things

Everyone  knows I love to doodling for years. I love drawing and always wanted my own tablet to test out all the cool vector brushes and such. The day is finally here I have purchased my first tablet.







Here it is in the box all ready for the CD installing drivers and all that fun stuff I have tested some new brushes and its love at first tablet pen tap. cheers to all the tablet lovers. Now i can perfect all my web designing skills.