URBAN BAZAAR

The Urban Bazaar is this weekend!!
I will be there sharing a booth with MayBug Bows!!!

Jewelry Tag Branding

As anyone who is trying to build a business knows, branding is a crucial part of marketing. For quite a while I have realized that when someone purchased one of my items, chances are, two months later they will not remember who made the necklace or where it came from. I finally came up with a solution after seeing what a fellow seller on etsy was doing.

After running out of ink on my inkjet printer and not wanting to pay the money for new cartridges, I decided to hand-typeset a logo tag on shrink plastic. Not perfect, but it really adds something to my pieces, and at least now people will remember where their purchase came from. I wish I had done this sooner! I was able to fit about 48 tags on one 8x10 sheet of shrink plastic. The cost of one sheet is around 60 cents. So each tag costs me just over 1 cent!

Don't get me wrong, I would love to have tiny metal tags with a professionally embossed logo like this, but for now, my charming little hand made plastic tags will have to do.

M&M Pendants!

One of my favorite new items in my etsy shop! Real m&ms encased in resin with real candy sprinkles! You can choose any of the usual m&m colors and either the tiny round rainbow sprinkles or the oblong rainbow "jimmies". SO sweet! Each pendant measures about one and one-eighth inches in diameter. Yummy!

Gift Gallery 2009

Yesterday I participated in the 2009 Gift Gallery, held at Cure of Ars church and school in Leawood, Kansas. It was a great show - the best I've ever had, actually! Here are some shots of my booth:My good friend Lauri Meyers also had a booth with her mom that was super cute!And here's a shot of Angie with JunieC's setting up her darling booth.

I think I had more success at this show than in past shows because of my booth set up. In the past I have had just one small table, but I have learned to utilize more space and spread things out so buyers can see. Overall, it was a great experience! I really, REALLY appreciate my mom helping me with this show, although I didn't get a photo of her - she's the BEST!!!

New Press Kit - Finally!

I have been working on my "new" press kit slash look book since early this year and finally have it up. Feel free to take a look by clicking on the link in the upper right of this page.

Custom Swarovski Necklace

I just finished this custom Swarovski necklace that will be worn to a wedding by the mother of the bride. It's a simple design, but is so stunning! I used a large teardrop crystal AB pendant flanked on each side by smaller teardrops. The remaining beads are rounded bicones, which are much more comfortable against the skin than the non-rounded version. I hope the customer loves this as much as I do!

Seeing Stars!

When I went to buy resin last week, I found a star shape mold and had to get it! I have been wanting to do stars for a while and there was only one mold left, so I took that as a sign :) I also found some spiritual quote decals that I used to make some new pendants and I love how they are turning out!

Here are some of the new designs I worked on over the weekend:

Resin Star RingResin Star PendantResin Pendants with religious/spiritual text.And, my favorite of the bunch, a trio of black resin stars with silver holographic glitter, each accented with a single Swarovski crystal.