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![[]](/clipart/main-cat.gif) Cindy Edelstein & Marlene Richey at Tucson Gem Show | by marlenerichey
|  | During the Tucson Show 2/4-2/6/09, Cindy Edelstein and Marlene Richey will be teaching business/marketing classes on starting and running a jewelry design business, how to take your business to the next level, and ramping up your marketing. Marlene and Cindy will also be providing a one-on-one consultation service by the minute. This will take place at the Manning House in downtown Tucson. Go to www.JewelersResource.com/public/358.cfm for more information. (Sponsored by National Jeweler Network/Couture & JA NY shows.).... | | View full article... |
| Love Yourself Month | by annalee
|  | Send this eCardI honestly have never heard of "Love Yourself Month" until the other day when I read it on the monthly activities calendar sent out by my daughter's long term care facility.So I googled it. January really is known as "Love Yourself Month" -- and it is a genuine reason to celebrate all that is good in YOU. This idea of taking a bit of time out of life's hectic mayhem to just pamper oneself is in keeping with.... | | View full article... |
| Mens/Unisex Creations From SassyDLite | by annalee
| | One side of my jewelry business that has always been rewarding is creating mens and unisex styles. Maybe these items move well because I know so many guys! But their clean lines coupled with my fascination for rare mineral specimens & crystals, unusual artifacts and uniquely rugged pendants make them very popular with men, youths and women alike.Clockwise from top left in the above collage, there's a Tibetan carved horn pendant that is truly wonderful in appearance, size and weight..... | | View full article... |
| Indoor Craft Show/Trade Show Booth Advice | by allthingsmetalclay
|  | by Linda Kaye-Moses
After 30 years of doing shows, I’m absolutely convinced that I will design the completely perfect booth on the last day of my life! It’s sort of like finding the perfect pocketbook or the perfect pair of shoes. That being said, here’s what we’ve found out.
1. The more subtle the display, the more the jewels stand out. The display should only be the background, not the focal point.
2. Plexi-glass scratches. Shows are dusty, even indoors..... | | View full article... |
| Pendant and Earrings in Sterling and Turquoise | by sampatania
|  | [caption id="attachment_333" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Pendant and Earrings by Sam Patania"][/caption]
The '08 holiday season is over, I enjoyed it with family and friends. Back to reality with inventory and year end bookkeeping. I ended up with a new computer which is nice and something to learn. Faster computers are always nice.
I was commissioned to make a piece of jewelry ,as I have been for many years, by a client whose wife has been buying my family's jewelry since the 1940's.... | | View full article... |
| New Years Resolution | by jillmilan
|  | A month of creating dailyIn late October my friend Susie Land threw out the challenge and inspiration to do something creative every day for 30 days. Susie is my friend from Artist’s of the Round Table, and very creative, talented group of artisans. I decided at that time this would be a wonderful challenge for my creative endeavors, but the timing just wouldn’t fit into my schedule until the New Year. During these cold dreary days of January I will.... | | View full article... |
| 'Twas the night before Christmas | by Tony
|  | This is a B.C. Nephrite jade ring that I cut from a block of 'Cassia chromite' to fit the 14k white gold mount supplied by my customer.
Usually if I am called upon to work on Christmas Eve it's because some very sad jeweller is in deep trouble from a last minute woops. The only reason I'm there is just in case such an emergency occurs and I have saved a couple of very grateful butts over the years.
In.... | | View full article... |
| Slow Sunday | by John Rasmussen
|  | I had a slow Sunday, since we did not have electrical power for an extended time that afternoon. Missed my usual dose of football, had to wait until early evening to watch the end of the second playoff. However, I then relaxed real well and produced a pendant that is wrapped in copper wire. Hope you enjoy:
[caption id="attachment_163" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Jasper Pendant"][/caption].... | | View full article... |
| Improving your Etsy shop | by Delpfine Welch
|  | Yesterday, I attended a shop critique workshop in the Etsy Virtual Labs. I was one of the lucky ones who made it into the hot seat to have my shop critiqued. Here are some things that I learned about how to improve my shop
Use all the tags available to you
Use all five photo slots for each piece
Add more views, angles, and closeups of the pieces
Put Canada as a separate shipping destination
Add more in the description.... | | View full article... |
| some Pics of Process of Forming Heron Sculpture | by shelbyvision
|  | To satisfy your curiosity, I'm posting these pictures of the early stages of the forming of the heron sculpture. I didn't take any more pictures of the process because it gets too time-consuming and distroys my momentum, but these show quite a bit about how it's done. Pic1 shows a wood die I made for the first water bird. I'm using a domed punch to force the metal into the cavity of the die. Pic2 shows the results. The waves.... | | View full article... |
| How to Work Black Coral | by coralnut
|  | OK, OK, Gail has asked for a copy of my tome on working with black coral. Please understand this is an edited and somewhat shorter version of my Lapidary Journal article of Aug 2000 but it has been updated with new information and provides all the basic procedures to successfully work with this material. Once again I want to emphasize: BLACK CORAL OF ALL GENRE IS HIGHLY PROTECTED BY INTERNATIONAL TREATY AND IT IS ILLEGAL TO REMOVE IT FROM ITS.... | | View full article... |
| YOJ09-01 Needle Felted Circle Pendant | by diannekargbaron
|  | [gallery]Needle Felted Circle Pendant (2009)
Sterling silver, wool
Needle-felted, flame-worked, cold connected
L 5.2 cm x W 4 cm
Back in 2006, when I was working with the Bonsai Rings one of the challenges I faced was to create realistic looking foliage. A technique I thought might work well was felting. I signed up for a felting course, but unfortunately various circumstances prevented me from taking it.
So recently, when I was putting together a Treasury on Etsy.com, I came.... | | View full article... |
| Studio Resolutions~ | by andescruz
|  | First: Remembering what’s important.
1. feel happy
2. love it
3. do what’s most important.
4. repeat.
Iit’s time to strive for; is creating unparalleled works in the studio. Sure, I can pound out rings, and all kinds of things that will be technically well made, and beautiful. But I want to get back to what inspires me….. working on things that push boundaries. That amaze me when they are complete. Things that make me go “wow”. These are the things that might not.... | | View full article... |
| Yesterday's Sunset | by harborjewelers
|  | We've had a long string of grey, rainy windy days--very typical for this time of year.
Here is a sunset shot yesterday across the Currituck Sound from Peggy's neighborhood on the Outer Banks .
These are the colors and textures that inspire us!.... | | View full article... |
| BellaOnline, More Seaglass and Another Special Rosary | by dianegeisel
|  | I have an annoucement... I've been accepted as the Jewelry Collecting Editor for BellaOnline website! This is a great opportunity for me personally- to exercise and improve my writing skills and also to use this interface to promote my work and the work of my eSMArts team-mates. (Don't forget to click the link to see what is new in our team store!!)I'm thrilled to have been accepted into the one month mandatory training offered by BellaOnline as a free service.... | | View full article... |
| A season to remember | by kevinpotter
|  | I used to worry when work would slow down, but my wife would always reassure me that something will come up. Well, being the eternal pessimist I am always thinking of plan B just in case, and boy did plan B come in handy this year. Every other year all my fears were totally unfounded. Despite my active imagination, I am prone to blowing things up and making a big deal outa nothin' but not this time. For once my.... | | View full article... |
| Thanks to all the many supporters of METAL Inclinations! | by midwestmetalsmiths
|  | Happy Holidays from the Society for Midwest Metalsmiths. The METAL Inclinations International Exhibition sponsored by SMM was successful because of the tremendous support by the world-wide metalsmithing community and the corporate sponsors who helped to provide financial support.
SMM would like to thank all those who helped to make the exhibition possible. Thanks to the many volunteer/members of SMM who gave their time and talent to make everything come together and thanks to the hundreds of metal artists who submitted.... | | View full article... |
| Thank you | by jenibuckingham
|  | This year has been full of surprises; ups and downs both in my business and personal life. One thing stands out to me - I'm most surprised by the connection others feel to me through my art and craft.
What's life without getting to know the people who choose to come into our lives? For jewelers, we can choose to simply display a piece, take payment, and box it up. Sometimes that's all that happens. Or, we can choose to.... | | View full article... |
| Children's Beading Workshop | by bethwicker
|  | My daughter and I gave a workshop for children in the 2nd grade up on the Monday before Christmas. We taught them how to design a necklace, bracelet, and earrings. They learned about symetrical and asymetrical design. They learned the names of chain nose, round nose and bent nose pliers, and crimping pliers.
Each child made one necklace and then either a bracelet or a pair of earrings. They learned how to use crimps and the crimping pliers; how to.... | | View full article... |
| Homage to our teachers | by valentinyotkov
|  | Shortly before Christmas, the members of the National Silversmiths Guild in Bulgaria celebrate The Day of the Master. They pay respect to their teachers and express appreciation for their sharing of knowledge and experience. It is a heartfelt and beautiful way to say thank you.
At this most wonderful time of the year, lets remember our teachers, the people who gave us everything and taught us how to earn the bread on our table. Here is the Homage to my.... | | View full article... |
| Steve Shelby: Nature Reflected In Brass | by fortheloveofjewels
|  | Steve ShelbyI found Steve Shelby on Ganoksin Gallery and asked him to participate even though he's not a jewelry designer but rather a metalsmith working on a larger scale to create lovely, gentle and flowing objects from brass. Here's what Steve had to say:Your work has a graceful quality; tell us about what you try to achieve with your pieces?I like curvy things, especially growing plants, like vines that you can practically see growing. I have grown gardens and observed.... | | View full article... |
| A Blast from the Past | by vickik
|  | My own blog. What to write about? I've mulled over this for several weeks, and decided to write about one of my favorite pendants that I've made. I made it quite a while ago, in the early 1990's. I bought a fabulous Luna Agate cab from one of my favorite stone dealers, Donald Olson. It has burgundy, white, and a soft blue hue to it. I matched it up with two Mojave Blue chalcedony cabs, real nice ones, blue with.... | | View full article... |
| yikes. | by margarita
|  | It has taken me far too long to update Pixieprincess.com with my new Hatched series, and now that I have, I realize I took really cruddy pictures of the pieces. Sorry 'bout that. The pieces don't actually look too bad but if you ever wondered how much dust might be on my background velvet... well, now ya know.
I hope your holidays are treating you well and joy is reaching your heart!
~m.... | | View full article... |
| Profitable Bangles | by atinuj
|  | Have you ever wondered why people wear certian types of jewelry? Here in Thailand, some people choose to wear bangles or cuffs for a reason.
The Thai word for bangles or cuffs is "Kam Lai" and the word for profit is "Kam Rai". See the connection here? Some business women wear "Kam Lai" so that they will be getting "Kam Rai" while doing business.
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The next time you are at a jewelry store, you may want to consider buying a.... | | View full article... |
| Who wants a slightly used, slightly dusty greyhound puppy? | by kathyjohnson
|  | The event I’m about to describe happened about three months ago, before I had a blog to record it. I was reminded of it last night, and thought that it might be of equal amusement value to both jewelers and dog owners who read my blog. The text is taken [...].... | | View full article... |
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