Follow Friday...

Check out these fabulous artisans:

left: House of Six Cats
top right: Jen Kiaba Photography
middle right: Jewels by Jules
lower right: Wilde Jewels

Art & Soul Sunday

MISTY MORNING

handmade fused copper hoops dotted dangle earrings

by cindypack.etsy.com

Got curly-que's ?

I have to say, I love this shop! Look at the intricate curls in the wire work... and everything is one of a kind... you need to visit: Roiaobrien

Check out these earrings:


Garden Party Necklace - it's gorgeous!

All of Roia's jewelry is handcrafted from sterling silver or gold filled wire and embellished with semi-precious gemstones, glass beads, or swarovski crystals.

Check out her new blog also: http://roiaobrien.blogspot.com/

Who doesn't love a Destash??

What's a destash you ask?

It's when a seller on etsy decides to clean out their supply stock and sell off all sorts of fabulous goodies! I love shopping for destash items. You never know what I will find...

Today, I have found Art Faerie!

Pink Roses - artisan polymer clay beads

Blue & Purple - artisan lampwork beads

Czech Fire polished round glass beads

16 mm purple glass pearls

What time is it?

It's time to check out another fabulous handmade artist!!

This time it's : Timeless Inspirations

Look at this beautiful Blue Shell & Pearl necklace-- I love the colors... such depth.


Oh -- there's earrings to match! How cool is that?

You just never know what you might find when you spend a few moments on Etsy!

Artfire Rainbows

Great Photo Tutorial

My fellow Crafting in Color team member Tizzalicious has posted a fabulous tutorial on taking great jewelry photos on the Crafting in Color team blog and her own blog.

Tizz has included tidbits that she has learned taking photos of her jewelry for her etsy shop. She includes backgrounds, setting your white balance on your camera, shooting photos from unusual angles and even photo editing programs.

It's great advice-- all of which I need to be using for my photos too! Thanks Tizzalicious!

Check it out.

Valentine Candy Hearts

Who loves those Valentine's Day conversation hearts?

What better than to be able to wear a great reminder of those as a necklace? That's what I thought when I created this cute Valentine's Day Candy Hearts Scrabble Tile Pendant necklace.

New designs! Yeah!

I've added more new designs this week. It's been so hectic I haven't had much of a chance to blog about them though. I've finally got a few minutes and I want to share the pics with you!

The picture to the left is called 'Mystic Water'. Isn't it gorgeous!
I love the deep blues with the full moon sitting on the water amidst the trees. It's fast becoming my most popular scrabble tile pendant!


Staying with the 'moon' theme, I have another new tile called 'New Moon'. It has beautiful deep oranges and yellows with the new moon sliver picking out. I think this pendant will be popular too!










Also, I have a great new line of Halloween pendants! There are some scary ones, like Pumpkinhead, Jack and Haunted, or simple Halloween favorites like Trick or Treat, Halloween Party, and Haunted House.




And everyone's favorite: Jolly Santa

I got this little cutie the other day!

Isn't this the cutest little snowman? It's a magnet by Mud Hutt at Etsy.

Mud Hutt is hosting a Christmas in July sale with a sneak peak at what will be available in her shop in the fall. These designs are only available and July & will not be back until fall, so you should shop now! I have my eye on a few of her fabulous ornaments as well!

I just LOVE this shop! Last week I also received a pendant I had purchased from her. It says HOPE. That's a word and energy that means a great deal to me personally, so I just HAD to have it!


It's a beautiful addition to my jewelry box and I've already worn it. It's made from earthenware clay with a natural ivory background and the word HOPE in chocolate brown. With the jump ring, I can attach it to any of my silver chains or wear it with one of my own ribbon chains.

You really should check out MUD HUTT.

Something Beautiful...

I've just added a beautiful new pendant to my shop, several in fact, but I really love this one:

I'm calling it 'Limesicle' because it reminds me of a lime flavored popsicle!! I just love the color!

I really like this one too, " Purple Mirrors". I guess it's because of the color combination. I enjoy pairing lime green with purple. I haven't added the Purple Mirrors to the shop yet, maybe tonight.

I am in the process of setting up a wholesale catalog. One nice thing about living in a seasonal tourist state, there are a lot of area gift shops to wholesale to.

I also just created a new gift packaging for the pendants - decorative pillow boxes. Each pendant sold comes with a pillow box to package it for gift giving. Here's an example: