It's been quite a while since I last posted – time that includes, in roughly chronological order, cleaning out my place, packing, a move, unpacking, bewilderment over the stuff I chose to keep, and a dawning apprehension that maybe I should have kept the slow-cooker. My productivity, in terms of crafts, has suffered from the inevitable chaos of the move, but I'm slowly getting the new place in order, and getting back into the swing of Making Things. There is, however, one particular thing I got into that I've been enjoying: I've started to dabble in jewelry-making. It all started on Etsy. I wanted a pair of earrings with tiny blue-and-white teacups dangling from the hooks. I did an Etsy search, and found just what I was looking for – from multiple sellers. That is, multiple sellers were selling exactly the same teacup earrings as "homemade." Now, I'm no stranger to the concept of drop shipping. But these earrings actually did seem handmade on some leve