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 […]
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: […]
My main computer bit the dust last weekend, so I sent it off to HP for repair. That meant that I had to use the slower backup computer, so I have not been doing too much online. I also evacuated my online shop and am re-shooting all jewelry for better pictures and will be reopening […]
Just thought I’d share with you a review of the Handmade Artists’ Shop that I found the other day on About.com, Maire Loughran wrote a wonderful little review on our new site. I was very pleased with the impartial point of view she took when I was reading her column. Maire stated “Handmade Artists’ Shop […]
Purple Passion involves Fluorite and Amethyst cabochons which were cut this week. I started Monday morning cutting three amethyst, one fluorite and one ruby cabochons. I have finished cutting the cabochons, and have completed two as necklace pendants. First to be examined will be the Fluorite. This gemstone is quite soft (Moh’s hardness = 4) […]
In the spirit of The Handmade Artists Shop’s grand relaunch we are offering you a chance to win the absolute cutest handmade teddy bear generously donated by our own IKnitQuiltSew. What do you have to do? Not much at all! First off, you need to visit the beautiful new Handmade Artists’ Shop http://handmadeartists.com/ . Browse […]
For the recent past, I have been almost exclusively making pendants and necklaces. The most recent have involved beading, silversmithing, stone setting, lapidary, design and several other techniques. This pendant was inspired by the rock crystal cabochon that is the focal spot of the pendant. It is internally flawless. Using sheet Sterling Silver, I sawed […]
We are very happy to announce that we took the old shop and threw it out. It was just not bright and shiny enough LOL. The new HAFshop is fast and simple to use. That was our goal and we definitely achieved it. The vendor interface is simple and clean, shop set up is a […]
Just a quick little teaser, the Handmade Artists’ Shop is going through a face lift from top to bottom. Any way the existing HAFshop is ready for a new look and feel. We are starting completely from scratch. We have went into private development and are about halfway through. We hope to relaunch before the […]
This is our third forum wide challenge and the theme was centered around Valentines Day. Our artists were supposed to represent love in hon0r of this holiday, but there is a twist! The contestants are supposed to implement something that is used in writing, such as things that you might use to write a love […]
