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Let us help the world discover your products. FREE

The more places your products can be found the better your chances of finding customers. I am inviting you to join a growing list of Producers of US made goods on an THE online directory www.Made-In.US.com. We are getting over 16,000 visits a month and growing. This is a FREE offer, no strings attached, good for one full year. Cancel anytime. You will be able to control your profile with a back-end Admin panel to upload pi… Continue

Added by made-in.us.com on November 25, 2008 at 2:35pm — No Comments

November Design Challenge...."Bollywood"

The Starving (Jewelry) Artists Connection tsjaconnection.com....is a WebJam dedicated to a community of artisans, designers, crafters, hobbyists, collectors and enthusiasts of all things created by hand!

Our November design challenge is underway. The theme is Bollywood...a reference to the film industry of India. As a design theme, I see the wonderful design inspirations of India...the beautiful fabrics, prints, gems, fine gold filigree, arc… Continue

Added by AM Designs on November 6, 2008 at 7:03pm — 2 Comments

Plagiarism...NOT!

I'm not usually given to public rants...but a recurring topic seems to be rearing it's ugly head within the jewelry making communities...some folks choose to call it "Plagiarism". Initially, I would like to suggest that if anyone is afraid of someone being inspired by your jewelry designs and possibly replicating or using an element in a design of their own...don't post your work on public forum boards. Most forums are about sharing what you know, inspiring others to learn what you have to offe… Continue

Added by AM Designs on September 16, 2008 at 11:28am — No Comments

Mocking Bird Designs on Mocking Bird Lane

Please join me in the grand opening of my new shop. HTTP://MockingBirdDesigns.etsy.com Upcycled, Repurposed, Recycled, Antiques, Vintage, Collectibles Kind Regards, ~Lily Continue

Added by Tulip's Treasure Box on September 16, 2008 at 6:26am — No Comments

Design Challenges

The Starving (Jewelry) Artists Connection....tsjaconnection.com....is a newly created WebJam dedicated to a community of artisans, designers, crafters, hobbyists, collectors an… Continue

Added by AM Designs on September 4, 2008 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Calling all artisans!

Exclusive interviews with the most talented emerging and established artisan jewelry designers, beadworkers, metal and glass artists, etc., from around the world. Artisans are featured on this site by invitation only and are hand-selected to be interviewed from a large volume of submissions. If you are an artisan jewelry designer/beadworker, glass artist or metal worker and wish to be a featured artist on World Artisan Gems, please apply here.… Continue

Added by World Artisan Gems on August 22, 2008 at 3:53pm — No Comments

Taking A Step Back...

In February of this year I put up my first items for sale (online) in my dormant Etsy shop. I had opened the Etsy selling account in October of last year and was just unable to move forward with the listings...it has been revealed to me that this is not at all uncommon. I would equate it to a case of pre-nuptual jitters, cold feet, the moment of truth...faced with the possibility of failure I was immobilized. After just a week or so, a forum buddy of mine saw one of the items I had listed in the… Continue

Added by AM Designs on August 17, 2008 at 12:44pm — 1 Comment

Can Color Tell People How You Feel?

News Flash!! “Nude” is the new “hot” and sexy “color” – look for it to show up in womens fashions in the coming months, both as daytime and evening wear. Speaking of color, recently I read an interesting article on our color “sense” and how we react to different colors. Of course, colors mean different things to different people, but in general certain colors suggest a particular mood or feeling (warm vs. cool, for instance). This applies to everything from clothing and accessories to the colo… Continue

Added by Diana Kirkpatrick Art You Can Wear on August 3, 2008 at 8:00am — 1 Comment

The Piano Man Tears Down Shea...

Yesterday, after listening to a week's worth of buzz on Billy Joel's "Last Play at Shea" concert to be played last evening, I was lucky enough to get tickets for my husband and I to take part in a little bit of music and Shea Stadium history. This is the last concert ever to be performed at Shea before it is demolished at the end of the baseball season, to be replaced by a new stadium being completed next door. When I decided I was going to attempt to get seats, I called my husband to ask if he… Continue

Added by beadyeyes on July 19, 2008 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

Big Poppy peyote pattern

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Added by Laulo on July 8, 2008 at 12:04am — 2 Comments

NEW ADDITIONS TO MY COLLECTION OF UNIQUE JEWELRY

I've added a number of new photos to my photo page on Hands-on-Heaven ~ Go Check them Out! You can see my entire collection on http://rubylane.com/shops/bjadornments. All handcrafted ~ all one-of-a-kind ~ a wide variety of styles (and prices!) using quality materials such as gemstones, Swarovski crystal, cultured freshwater or freshwater pearls, sterling silver, wood, shells, silk or braided cord, glass and more! An example of one of my newer creations:

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Added by BJ Rounds on June 22, 2008 at 5:07am — No Comments

Hello!

Hello, my name is Billie and I'm a newbie. I'm British (a Londoner) and am mama to two young daughters - Daisy 4 and Ruby 2, and wife to James. I'm a full time mum and glass artist. I'm not sure yet whether I'll run a blog on here as well as at my usual spot - which can be found at www.glassbybillie.blogspot.com but we'll see. There are not enough hours in the day for young children, hot glass and too many blogs. Anyway, hope you take a look around my page, and at my photo's. Thanks… Continue

Added by Billie on June 19, 2008 at 8:13am — No Comments

Art Doll Gabrielle

Pattern will be shortly available on my blog Continue

Added by Laulo on June 19, 2008 at 4:41am — No Comments

Bornéo collar

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Added by Laulo on June 15, 2008 at 2:34am — No Comments

Anything goes!

Voting has begun for the etsy bead weavers team on our monthly challenge! The theme this month is anything goes, the challenge being to present our best work, and boy did everyone step to the plate for that one! Come and vote for your favourite piece! http://Etsy-beadweavers@blogspot.com Continue

Added by RegalBeads on June 7, 2008 at 11:42am — No Comments

See MY bead spinner in ACTION...!

Seed Bead Spinners - Bead Stringing Tool This is a very easy to use bead stringing tool! No special skills, batteries or electricity required.

Based on a very simple scientific principle, the beads are "forced" onto your needle by the 100's - in a matter of seconds! Simply place seed bea… Continue

Added by BeadSpinner on June 1, 2008 at 3:19pm — No Comments

Feeling Pretty Satisfied...

I have been a big fan of Etsy for some time now but have always said, "oh, I'll get my own website up, so I won't need to set up shop there". I have always had the privilege of word-of-mouth, face to face customers, so when the website got put off because, I was busy fulfilling those orders, then I got married, then I moved, and had a baby...I realized Etsy would be a good way to easily broaden my audience base and get my feet wet again with internet sales. It has been 8 years since I naively st… Continue

Added by Leilani Cleveland Deveau on May 22, 2008 at 10:32am — No Comments

Buried Treasury

I have an Etsy mini featured on Timothy Adam's Buried Treasury Blog. The Etsy shop with the most comments at the end of a week is named "Dig of the Week"...please post a comment on my Etsy Mini. If I no longer show up on the front page you can "dig me up" using the tags: art jewelry, handcrafted, or you'll find me under the catagory Art Metal Jewelry. Tim is the creator of the "Handbook to Handmade" and is a champion at marketing Etsy shops...here is the link to… Continue

Added by AM Designs on May 17, 2008 at 12:18pm — No Comments

Lampwork Colour Resource

Hi everybody, I have started up a webpage for lampworkers to share photos and information regarding all the different types of glass we use... what colours go good with, what they react with, all that. It is organized by glass manufacturer and then by colour. I'm inviting all lampworkers to come and contribute to this project! It's located at forums.twoglassyladies.ca/ Continue

Added by AmyHouston on May 8, 2008 at 11:30am — No Comments

Remember the Orphan Works Bills? Well, get pissed....

Because those bills are not about protecting the little guy, ie, you and me. They are about making the big guys even richer than they already are. Don't believe me? Well, read on. A friend has done some srious digging, this took mere minutes for her. I can only imagine what she'd find if she really looked. I have permission to crosspost and I highly suggest you do the same. Spread the word, tell as many people as you can, artists and non artists. Get angry and go out there and do something ab… Continue

Added by Wolf on May 3, 2008 at 3:43pm — No Comments