Time to Celebrate!

I've reached my 2011 Christmas goal early! I set out to get 100 sales by the end of the Holiday season in 2011 (or Christmas) and I was blessed with sale #100 last night.

There is so much going on, I'll try to remember everything I want to say.

First- THANK YOU! I started out making small pieces for friends and family and didn't think I'd be where I am so early.

(Found this Noahs Ark themed Thank You at RoseMaryCompany.com)

Second- Check out the totally kick butt giveaway from Beaducation on their blog(<--click the word BLOG)

Third- There are some big changes coming, everything will switch to either silver plated or copper with sterling being an optional upgrade. There will also be two new chain options thrown into the mix. I'm doing this because the cost of the sterling chains have more than doubled and I doubt your wallet likes the unnecessary expense without it being optional. Silver plated is just as beautiful!

Fourth- For MY celebration........A GIVEAWAY AND A SALE!!! First thing's first. The sale. Use the code NUM100 for 15% off of your order! This code will be posted in the announcement, twitter, Facebook and here for EVERYONE to see and use.

Want to win one of these unreleased designs for FREE?




*don't worry, they'll be personalized for you* ;-)

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Comments can be taken up until the evening of the April 4th. The morning of April 5th I will announce the winner that is drawn at random!

I'm a learnin!

I'm so happy to say that I am practicing some awesome wire-work. I've also been working on some custom pieces and I want to show them off!





I also cut a butterfly in half and made a best friends necklace. Silly me forgot to take pictures. Maybe I can talk them into sending me some. Haha.

Anywho, I'm working on practicing with copper and colored aluminum for other nests and getting some birthstone color pearls.

I'm also working on a 'square line' of necklaces, bracelets and key-chains. Here's a preview!



There will be some big changes coming up! More on that tomorrow. I'm pretty wiped. Take care!

Waiting and waiting

I'm very excited to get the newest design stamps. I'm also very excited for "Mothers Day Season" to start. I'm getting antsy from not stamping as much!

Right now I'm working on a butterfly necklace, a best friends necklace set and a cuff. Other than that, there's only one more order and I'm waiting on supplies!

In two more sales, my Christmas goal will have been reached. Last Christmas I decided that 100 sales would be this Christmas's goal. So, once that beautiful number is reached, there will be a celebration! There will be a giveaway AND a special Mothers Day sale will start. Yay for happiness and free stuff!!!

Here's a peak at the stamps I'm expecting any day now!




I also just ordered this puppy paw for a special memorial piece!


Well, I'm off to the post office! Take care

Wow, that's a lot of options!

As I work to build up the options and variety offered in my shop, I worry that it might become confusing. There are different sizes, different metals and what seems like endless mixtures that can be used.

The Stamps:

Right now, these are my most current stamps. I say that because I just ordered an adorable bird and elephant! Anyway, back to the point.

As you can see there are three different sizes with six different fonts. Basically my sizes are, big, regular, tiny. The top that says Big is obviously the big one. It's 1/4" and all upper case. "Upper", "lower fancy" and "Upper fancy" are all 1/8". This is a common size used anywhere you find stamped metals. Tiny, is of course the smallest at 1/16" and all uppercase. A good diagram can be found at Beaducation.



The same goes with the design stamps. The majority are 1/8" sized, but the larger ones, like the top row, wings and angel pictured above, are larger, nearly 1/4".


There's also a very large variety of things you can stamp on. Discs, squares, washers, rectangles, cuffs, earrings, dog tags, keyrings, and the list goes on. There is also a variety of metals; sterling, nickel silver, aluminum, brass, bronze, and copper. I currently use all the metals I just listed. Sterling might get toned down more or even phased out because right now, it's at $40 an ounce.

Well, what does that mean for you as a customer?
With the price of sterling going up over 80% in the last year, so does your price you pay. The market may fluctuate, but it has not and will not go down for some time.

Why consider other metals?
Nickel silver and aluminum are fantastic options. Not only are they the same silver color you love, but they also do not tarnish as easily, show scratches as well and are thicker allowing for less damage to happen. They are easy to keep clean and show off beautifully.

What about copper? I turn green!
There is a small percentage of people who have an allergic reaction to copper. What you, or I, can do to prevent the ring of green, is to put a layer of clear nail polish or a product, called Jewelry Shield, onto your item. This gives a protective coating preventing you or your item to be bothered by any allergic reaction!

I'm off to change a bunch of pictures and stamp some things! Have a great weekend. Take care.

Final day!!!

Today is the final day for preparations. I still need to go get the gift bags and tissue, create the info packets, get featured seller info together, price items and get it all for movement!

Sadly, we're expecting rain all weekend, so I hope that nothing gets wet! Yesterday I took a butt load of photos, and today, I'd like to show some off.

These are earrings I created just for the party:


There are some cuffs too!


I also did a small set-up of the new displays. The trays came bare, so I cut up some scrapbook paper to add some colorful pop to them.




Well. I am off! Too much to do and too little time to do it! Take care