Snow Day!

Snow days allow me to work on new pieces. I have recently been inspired to do more wire wrapped cabachons by a goo theater friend who ordered a similar piece from me. So, today I have been working on some wire wrapped cabachon pieces. I have also begun to add chain and pearls to the pendant I created earlier this week but have run out of the bright copper chain I was using and have thus been stalled into deciding what to do with the piece next.

A rough day but....

...I still managed to bust out a new piece. I sat down last night with every intention of finishing the necklace to accompany a pendant I have been working on. However, there was another cabachon calling my name and so this pendant was born. I'm not certain if its soapstone or a type of agate. I made a frame around the cabachon from copper wire and then began once agian working my wire wrapping magic on it. I accented the piece with smokey quartz, garnet and tourmaline briolettes as well as freshwater pearls in a champagne color. I am very pleased with how this piece came out.

I'm back and hopefully to stay

I have been scuh a slacker in regards to this blog. Let me catch everyone up with what's happening with my shop.

My Etsy shop has not been doing very well at all. I have begun researching other online shop options and have started a studio at Artfire. I have been there a little over a week and I simply ADORE it. Its so much easier to use and has so many more options for promotion. Its also cheaper... a basic account is absolutely free. And by free I mean they charge NO fees for listing items, you have unlimited listing, and there are NO fees for selling an item. They do offer an upgraded account for $12 a month... and I did in fact upgrade my account this week. The benefits of an upgraded account FAR outweigh the cost. In my Etsy shop for example, I can easily spend over $15 a month just on listings... let alone if there's a sale (for which they charge a 3% fee) or if I decide to get a feature slot for a 24 hours period (which costs $7 a slot). So, needless to say I am EXTREMELY pleased with the experience so far. And that's just with the money side of the situation. There are so many more things I like about the site but this is getting long.

I've also recently joined Twitter. Not sure how I am going to use that but I am giving it a whirl. I also opened a Ning network but am not certain I will need it honestly. I already have so many networking plates in the air. I have a personal Facebook page with a page for my jewelry added to it. My Artfire shop has a Kiosk that attaches right to my FB page as well. So.... busy busy me. Network network network.

I would like to leave this blog post with a little snipet of things I have been creating lately. I am branching out and making more and more wire wrapped pieces. They are turning heads finally. And I am extremely proud of my work.

Still working...

On new pieces that is. Business had picked up quite a bit in January and February but has since dropped off to nothing. However, that has not stopped me from creating new pieces. I'm playing more and more with wire arapping techniques and enjoying the look of new materials. Some samples are posted here.

Been a long while...

I haven't been keeping this blog up as well as I should. So here goes...

There are a TON of items listed in my shop right now. I'd like to continue creating new items and giving my jewelry more variety but I really feel the need to move the current 87 items out. Its also my one year anniversary at Etsy. So, all sales in my shop made between now and Feb. 24th 2008 have an extra 10% taken off. I also have been busy between last March and the current date making more things with new materials. I'm working more in fine silver wire and I've been making more rings. pictures are examples of what I have been up to! ;)

Starting out...

Well, I am finally getting around to trying navigate etsy better and thus am starting my blog here. I also hope to join the line for a Tresury and i have some great artisans to feature my first time out. I am currently finishing a custom order butterfly for an old college buddy of mine in colorado which should ship within the week. My day job has kept me too busy to finish it up to this point. I'll post pictures when its completed!