If you make jewellery, you probably have a bunch of beads like these. Leftovers from finished projects, salvaged beads from bungled projects, beads you found on the floor... What to do with them? Maybe my jewellery project for today should be making something with these beads? What do you think? Any ideas?
Yay! I'm finally having my vacation, a full two weeks. During this time, the shops will be closed. I'm looking forward to spending time with friends and family and generally having a good time. I will still post updates on Facebook if I get the chance.
Shield Earrings with Black SpinelI have finally joined Facebook and started a fan page for my jewellery. I'd be happy if you fan my page! I will probably be updating the fan page more frequently than this blog, mainly with pictures of new jewellery and possibly with specials and offers.
The earrings above are the newest addition in my Etsy shop. They are a symphony of the highest grade gemstone beads in lovely warm autumn colours: Citrine, Hessonite garnet and Almadine garnet with gold filled wire.
I have been neglecting this poor blog the last couple of weeks. My plan was (if you remember) to post once a week, on my creative Fridays. Well, we have had visitors, birthdays and other events that have stood in the way of my posting. What a sad excuse!
So, what have I been up to? I've sold at an annual local craft fair, Mullhyttemarken. This was the fourth year for me, and it went moderately well. I got to see some nice people, and sold some of my newer designs. There's a picture of my booth in my Flickr photostream.
Meanwhile, my cuff links are featured in a blogpost about birthstone jewellery by Yazmin at A Pretty Rock! It's a good read if you'd like to know more about birthstones in jewellery. I also wrote a very brief post about this a while back, which you can read here.
This Friday I finally got back to the work bench, and finished these large hook earrings with labradorite. They are available in my Etsy shop.
I haven't been blogging much the last weeks, as I've been busy with other things. Last week, for example, I cleaned up my work area and unpacked new tools, including some very nice texturising hammers. This Friday is shorter than usual, since we are going away for the weekend. But I wanted to show you these earrings before I leave - they are a part of my Wedding Collection in my Swedish webshop. If you'd like to buy them, you can either get them there or ask me to list them for you at Etsy.
Last week I went to a free lecture called "Writing for the Search Engines", held by a company specialising in search engine optimization. It discussed how to get your web page higher in the Google search results. I thought I'd share the main points, as I found them to be fairly straight forward and good to keep in mind for all of us who sell online.
