Yes Mrs Armadilloman and I do like your work and the pendant is beautiful and she is very happy.
You aren't a kidding on the work to do a "making of" post. They are appreciated mostly, but payouts have slipped and a lot of votes are dust, so it demotivates. Posts that would garner 30-40 bucks USD 4 months ago seem to be $3-4 now and I really don't fully understand why other then more of the votes are auto curation and bots set on 1-10% power. And there just aren't as many votes either.
Steembay has been good as I keep posting without breaking my hump and do sell some for Steem. You might give that a try, just to keep your work before the Steemit audience, if for no other reason.