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Beautiful Leather Jewelry by Melissa Cable

Disclaimer: this is completely unscripted. obviously. ;)

Sign Up for my Live Webinar: Start Your Own Etsy Jewelry Shop: Step by Step Guide

I suppose it's real now! The webinar is available for purchase now on the Interweavestore.com site. 
It's scheduled for Wednesday February 12th from 1-2 pm.

Join me as I talk about opening your own Etsy jewelry store! I will walk you through step by step and give some explanation to each element of listing items on Etsy.  I will talk about branding your store, and how to use Social Media to advertise.

It's going to be chock full of all sorts of information and I hope that if any of you are thinking about possibly venturing out into the world of online selling using Etsy, this webinar will be exactly what you need to get you started on the right foot!


It's $19.99, and you can sign up today by purchasing tickets for the live webinar. After you've seen it, you'll get an email with the recorded version and then you can go back and listen, pause, write notes, and use it while you are working on opening your shop.
If you have any questions during the live show, just jot them down and send them in- I'll answer them at the end of the webinar.

Click Here to sign up!

Jade Scott

Jade is updating her Etsy shop TODAY at 2pm central time!  Be sure to stop by, a bird told me there's going to be some fabulous new Alice in Wonderland inspired goodies today!

www.jadescott.etsy.com

Multi-Strand Bracelet mania

Updating the shop soon with these dazzlers! Love playing around with color lately as it's so gray and dismal around here lately. I really hate winter. I want to be Tucson right now with all my friends, shopping for beads in nice warm weather.  So to combat these blues, I'm using bright summery colors with birds and butterflies and sweet little sleeping fawns.

The thing I like most about this particular design is that there are endless possibilities and techniques. In this batch, I used leather and rivets to form button loops for the clasp - much much faster than the macrame beaded loop and I really love the rustic quality the leather brings to the entire piece.

On that first bird/bone/house bracelet at the left, I used silver chain that I embellished with linen cording and green size 6 seed beads.  It's hard to see in this pic but it's a really cool textural addition to the beaded strands and plays off well with the pewter button that's on the other end.

These will be available soon in my Etsy shop.

Gray

The good news is that I've been asked to do a live webinar on how to open your own Etsy Jewelry shop! Keep your eye out on the Interweave's webstore next week to get signed up. Looks like it's going to go live in about 2 weeks time! Exciting and terrifying!

I'm covering grays today.  But the bad news is, if I don't come up with a worthy webinar, there's gonna be a helluva lot more grays coming on.


You'll probably not see as much jewelry being cranked out in the next few weeks.  I'll do the best I can but this new development in the studio has me buggin.

Round Rabbit Extra Update today at Noon est

I don't know about you but I'm DEFINITELY ready for Valentine's day seeing these new beauties from Nancy Adams of Round Rabbit Extra! Be sure to stop by her shop update today at Noon est. and stock up on LOTS of new Hearts!  Happy Shopping!

French Ribbons

I finally got a package of ribbon I've been waiting for, for about 2 weeks. Well Worth the Wait!! It is so gorgeous! I picked some that I knew would be great for upcoming Valentine's hearts designs.  I got to work with it right away.

Linens By Sabine

She has great fabric,  linens, and ribbons and they are based out of Germany which is why the 2 week ship time.

Being Crafty with Stamps

I had gotten a copy of Geninne Zlatkis' book on making your own rubber stamps a while ago. Finally got the chance to sit down and try it for myself! I started small, and practiced on a few using Geninne's templates in the back of the book.
I have to say, she makes it look so easy!  But after I made a few, I found that I picked up some tricks on what to do to make the carving process a little easier.

Buy better carving blocks. I had gotten this thin blue Speedball blocks from Hobby Lobby and they really crumbled when carving which made for a frustrating time.


I got some of the Moo Carve blocks from Dick Blick that she had recommended on her blog, and those worked 90% better. Still a few spots where the block crumbled- I wonder if the linoleum cutter I got was a little dull to begin with.

Another thing I discovered is that even though you think it might not be turning out like you thought it would, not as good as you thought, when stamping the stamp on paper, it's actually not that bad!
I like the little inconsistencies of the stamping- and ended up going back and cleaning my stamps up after they had been stamped once - is easier because the ink shows what spots need to be fixed.


The bird, bee, leaves, coral and bird are all from the templates in the book. I created the owl stamp- and can see in the print above, that it needs some help but it's still pretty cute.  The bird stamp has probably been the best one yet.


I also designed this kitty stamp in commemoration of the 2 shitbirds.   Cassius is on the left, dJango is on the left.


Definitely a fun way to spend the afternoon- very therapeutic. I have already made my own print, gift wrapping paper, and stamped print that I framed for a late Christmas gift.

I've got some ideas brewing for new stamp designs- and already have been commissioned from my friend Tara for a print for her house.

I have not been asked by the author to review this book.  I just think she is AMAZING. So Freakin Talented. And I can only dream of one day being as crafty as she is!

Kristi Bowman Design

Happy Hump Day!


I hope you guys keep your eye out for new ads on my blog.... every once in a while I add a new artisan and this time it's Kristi Bowman Design. Kristi lives in Snohomish Washington. She dabbles in jewelry making, polymer clay and metal clay! Her Etsy shop is chock full of fun and interesting, unique designs that will absolutely be an asset to your jewelry designs! Check out her shop now!


These are some of her copper pieces I recently got! Love the details on the keyhole focal and flower shaped hoops! The small keyholes will be great for earrings or, maybe not. Maybe I have other more interesting plans for these beauties!

MLK Jr. COUPON

As a celebration of the brilliant work of Martin Luther King Jr., Please enjoy 25% off your jewelry orders today only, using coupon code IHAVEADREAM in my Etsy shop and Webstore.