This is going to be a real short and sweet post. The Handmade Artists’ Shop is giving away a Free Shop for Life! Our lovely friend Pearl at the Beading Gem is hosting this giveaway for us, all you need to do is visit her blog and comment there are also rules for extra entries […]
Well our wonderful developers have been at it again and did a quick redesign of our facebook page. We try to promote as many of the posts and listings as we can on various groups around facebook to help get the maximum exposure for each product, but sometimes time gets away from us and we […]
Well I can’t say that I blame Artfire for getting rid of there basic accounts, basically they are providing a service and should be paid for it. Many may disagree with that thought but it is true, we have learned the hard way with the Handmade Artists’ Shop. Building and maintaining websites take time and […]
Online Exhibition: “Beauty Is In the Eye of the Beholder” “Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder” showcases 247 images chosen from entries from over 55 artists representing North America, South America, Europe, Australia, Central America, Africa and Eurasia. The drive to adorn the human body is surely as old as human kind. From […]
This is our forth forum wide challenge and the theme was centered around the tv show Iron Chef! Our artists were given a specific set of rules that are listed below, your challenge as a voter is to pick the artists’ work that most closely represents the rules. So you have a tough job, since […]
In the continuing saga of making jewelry for my wife (she does get first chance at anything done), she chose two stones to be turned into cabochons the then jewelry. The smaller tourmilated quartz was to be a ring, and the Peruvian blue opal to make a necklace. After the lapidary work, the opal was […]
Selling handmade online can be expensive, with all the listing fees, commissions and monthly fees some sites charge their is no room for profit. The Handmade Artists’ Shop is trying to change this as we only charge $5.00 a month with no listing fees and no commissions. That is less than 17 cents a day […]
Knotting between the beads is important for a variety of reasons. Bead stringing, properly speaking, is a form of rigging. Where a knot is placed, it strengthens the cord three-fold. Consequently, if cord with a tensile strength of 17lbs. The cord is strengthened to 51lbs.10lb-test becomes 30lbs, etc. Thus, it secures the beads. This is […]
We started doing business in Jan 2011. I am a jewelry designer. All of my pieces are “One of a kind”. I love the warmth of natural rocks. The more jewelry I make the better I like working with wire wrap and gemstones. View my creations at www.whitepeacockcreations.com. We can create unique pieces to match […]
I am new to Handmade Artists Shop and the Forum blog. So I though I would give all of you a short blog to start off by, providing my links to where I sell and what forums I belong to: Handmade Artists’ Shop: http://handmadeartists.com/shop/MyriadDesign Etsy:http://www.etsy.com/people/Myriaddesignjewelry?ref=si_pr Blogspot: http://myriaddesignblog.blogspot.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Myriad_Design-Artisan-Crafted-Jewelry-and-more/211888015504463 Artisan Jewelry Designers: http://artisanjewelrydesigners.ning.com/profile/LindaEkblad Twitter: […]
