Just wanted to let everyone know we are running another free shop for life giveaway with our friend Pearl from the Beading Gem You have until 6 pm EST on April 2nd to enter. All you need to do is comment on her blog. So take a peak and good luck! We at the Handmade […]
I love to follow the path that some artists take to get to the craft they are truly passionate about and reading Linda’s story was no different. She has only been working in jewelry design for about 3 years but has learned a lifetime of lessons! She began, as so many of us do, with […]
Do you get excited and say yes, or volunteer without a thought of all other prior commitments? We creative types are just naturally generous and helpful, right? I know from experience how easy it is to throw up my hand and say I can do that! Saying you will do it is so much easier […]
Creativity can never start too early, as Shelley’s grandmother found out. While she was busy doing laundry, a very young Shelley was busy using a safety pin to remove all the pretty gemstones from her grandmother’s jewelry! She was not being bad; she just saw all the pretty colors and wanted them for herself, and […]
Born and raised in Germany, I have been an artist all my life and worked with a lot of different mediums; been a mosaic artist for 9 years now. I specialize in doing mosaics using a style referred to as “Pique Assiette or Tesserae” This process involves transforming vintage china/porcelain plates into artistic designs that […]
Selling online is a wonderful way to increase your market beyond the local boutiques and arts and crafts shows. You can show off your hard work to a world wide audience and have the fun of shipping your creations across the globe. But before you grab those packing boxes and peanuts, you have to take […]
Article marketing for your handmade business can be a low cost and effective way to bring traffic to your shop and/or blog. Just like malcolmread guest blogging offers back-links to your website , article marketing gives you the opportunity to include a link back to your shop or blog in the biography box. What is […]
My newest treasury… there are so many absolutely talented artists/artisans .. here in Etsyland… from painters.. photographers… crafters…. beaders…sculpters… seamstresses…just to name a few… people that are so visually keen… have a sense of style.. proportion… just know what works!! .. We are the small folk… no big corporation behind us .. but we are […]
I thought and thought and thought and just could not devise an unique chain pattern of my own, so I sat down and made a European Box chain with 6 mm ID rings (hand cut from 18 gauge round copper wire). The result is a 7 inch bracelet here displayed on a flocked hand. The […]
I love copper jewelry don’t you? It took me a while to figure out how to slow down the tarnish and the proper way to clean my favorite metal safely. The best way to keep it nice is to always store your jewelry in a separate plastic zip bag.(silver too) I prefer natural methods over […]
