I blog about my jewelry inspirations. Readers will find that various elements of nature are my inspirations. Of course, I include jewelry making tips. This blog also includes some of my favorite Etsy shops, bead shops and jewelry customers.
Saturday, December 31, 2016
Saturday, December 24, 2016
Happy Holidays to my ETTEAM with a Celebration of Handmade and Vintage
This is a selection of ETTEAM items that make great additions to your home or as a gift. What makes them special is they are handmade or vintage. That is ETTEAM? We are a small, structured close-knit team on Etsy an online selling site. This team offers mutual promotion on social media off Etsy, a sense of community, discussion and support, lots of exposure and warm helpful people. We're a team for advice and learning as well as promotion. We strive for fairness. Everyone participates.
These items are picked by member Charlene Sevier.
Now, look at the picks---
Pocket-sized hand-cut and painted wood bears
etsy.com
I feel like I know these folks personally. In fact, some I have known online for probably at least 10 years. I even got an invitation for coffee from one of the members when she saw I was in her town on a recent camping trip. I am sure you would be happy and satisfied with a purchase from any of the Etteam. Gives us a try! I know you will be happy.
Happy Holidays to all BayMoonDesign blog readers and ETTEAM members.
etsy.com
I feel like I know these folks personally. In fact, some I have known online for probably at least 10 years. I even got an invitation for coffee from one of the members when she saw I was in her town on a recent camping trip. I am sure you would be happy and satisfied with a purchase from any of the Etteam. Gives us a try! I know you will be happy.
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Friday, December 16, 2016
We're All Ears :: December Inspiration Use your Leftovers Challenge
We're All Ears :: December Inspiration
Welcome to the 2nd Annual Use Your Leftovers challenge sponsored by Erin Prais-Hintz!
This is a perfect challenge for me--use some of my bead leftovers and I have lots. I usually have multiple beading projects going at the same time. My beading table is always a mess unless I have cleared it for public viewing which is rare. The only positive about my mess is that I keep it contained all in one room which I refer to as the "jewelry room". The door is usually shut when I am not in it because I have 3 beloved cats who could potentially die from swallowing beads, wire, etc. These cats also like to stretch out all over the table and cause everything to go flying. The cats are only allowed in there when I am there to supervise.
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| My messy beading table |
There is only one thing to do with a bead table mess like that this and that is to play: Leftover Transformation Game.
This is how to play:
First, take a picture of the craftermath from your bead feast. Done
Next, find a divided box, bin, baggies or small bowls and go through the stash on your festive table picking out coordinated sets that you can use to create earrings. They don't need to be same. Put these pieces together with ear wires, chain, findings, etc in each division of the box. Work quickly! Don't take too much time, just focus on filling the sections.Think of this like your staging area for Leftover Transformation. Done
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| My Divided Box with Earring Parts |
Now, kick your creating into high gear! Consider this a Quickfire challenge...Put on some fun music...Set a timer (challenge yourself to see how many pairs of earrings you can create in an hour...or 15 minutes... or make one pair a day for 7 days... whatever works for you!). DON'T THINK ABOUT IT TOO MUCH (leftovers are supposed to be easy!), just make it happen. Sometimes the best things happen when you are on a deadline and you can't afford the time to overthink! Done
Once I got all of the parts assembled in the box. I decided to focus on earrings that used similar parts. Once I had all of my jump rings, headpins, ear wires and silver out, I focused on using those parts. It turned out to be much more efficient than my usual method of making several very different earrings over a period of days. I created these earrings in a few hours.
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| Modern Navy Blue Pearl Earrings by BayMoonDesign |
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| Anchor Earrings by BayMoonDesign |
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| Starfish earrings by BayMoonDesign |
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| Light Green Geometric Earrings by BayMoonDesign |
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| photo credit:: https://unsplash.com/@benwhitephotography |
These earrings are great for stocking stuffers. They also make wonderful gifts for teachers, co-workers and friends. They are available for purchase in my online store just in time for celebrating all the winter holidays and festivities!
Now, let's see what tasty Leftover Transformation creations are posted on at the blog party.
Now, let's see what tasty Leftover Transformation creations are posted on at the blog party.
A fun challenge--thank you Erin Prais-Hintz.
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
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