Devine Designs Jewelry

What item from another sellers shop do you secretly wish you had thought of first? Here's a topic that upon first glance I thought would be an easy writing. But with further thought; not so much. I love so many items of other's work. And being a jewelry artist, I must admit a jewelry addict, I fall in love with lots of jewelry! It could be sterling silver, brass, vintage or contemporary. I tend to change my style of jewelry around quite a bit. If I had to pick one genre, I would have to choose southwestern inspired jewelry. I just love the look of it. And it really never goes out of style. The beautiful gemstones from Mother Earth: ie: turquoise, coral, adventurine, quartz, and many others. And being that sterling silver is my metal of choice, well, there you have it! Most southwestern pieces do use silver as their base metal. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=18831419 So I can't really say that, "I wish I had thought of this first", because really, ...

Well! I'm feeling a little happy today! I made some earrings for the gallery and took them there. I have to admit; I almost don't feel like my current work is not "good enough" to be in this shop. What beautiful paintings, artisan made pottery, wall hangings, glass! You can find it here: http://www.paintedfishgallery.com Then I went and picked up my check from working last week. Came home to find 3 sales on my ETSY supply shop and 2 sales in my ETSY jewelry shop! Yeah! Now here's something for you. I'm having another giveaway. This time it's for a Joyce Meyer book, "I dare You!" All you have to do is post a comment on my blog here from now until March 3. I will draw a winner on the 4th. So, you have 2 weeks to keep stopping in here, the more comments you leave, the better chance you have of winning! I will try to make a lot of blog posts! Here's the earrings that I took to the gallery today.

This blog post may sound all over the place, as my thoughts are too. First of all, on the advice of my husband, I took the plunge and opened an EBAY store. I know, I know, many others have advised against this. Their fees are too high, the site is slow to download, etc, etc. But, they do have a high number of dedicated customers. And so, in these desperate times, I'll give it a try! Here's a few things that you'll find over there: Last week I didn't make much new, due to the fact that I did work a temporary job at Edible Arrangements.com. It was very busy and tiring, since it was Valentine week. Well, at least I brought in a paycheck for the week! My quest continues, as I look for a part/full time job, even if I do have to go back into veterinary medicine. I do need to make some earrings as requested by one of the galleries that I have some things in right now. And, on the other hand, I'm having problems with another shop that I have jewelry in, and may pull my stuf...

It's so interesting to find other team members' shops and browse around in them. And it's a great way to find new blogs to read also. Let me introduce you to this month's featured blogger, Donna Pool. She is one of the first members of Etsy Bloggers to be featured. She is a photographer, artist, and plush toy maker. Here's a couple of my favorites from her Etsy shop: "Sebastian and Snowflake" Now you know I couldn't pass this one up! http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=20577551 And look at the cat buttons: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8290231 She does other photos too and some vintage photos, buttons, and Christmas ornaments! http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=6270185 http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=18505016 And I encourage you to read this article on her blog about Martin Luther King, Jr.: http://ddpool.blogspot.com/2009/01/mlk-me.htmlticle Hope you enjoyed meeting Donna Pool!

I wanted to clear up any confusion with my jewelry giveaway. The ad is posted on ETSY GIVEWAYS here: http://etsygiveaways.blogspot.com/2009/02/green-moon-earrings-ends-0228.html Which should direct you to visit my ETSY SHOP and comment on your favorite item. You can comment here on my blog or go back to the ETSY GIVEAWAYS site and comment there. Either way your comment will count. Thanks for entering and playing along! So, as promised I wanted to show you the PMC pendant and charm after oxidation. And this was before: You might not see much difference, but there is a slightly darker tone that the liver of sulfur has picked up in the details of the textures in the pendant and charm. Here's some new items that I finished over the weekend. And here's an alternate view using my new box: And here's my "labor of love". The piece that I've been working on for nearly a month, due to the fact that I ran out of bead caps and had to wait for them to arrive in the mail. I...

Good afternoon all! I have FINALLY finished some new jewelry pieces and they are in the tumbler as we speak! First of all, I'm having a jewelry giveaway! It is for these earrings: They are lampwork disc beads made by "Beadabundant" with Swarovski crystals and coiled non-tarnish silver wire. You can go to this link for the giveaway details: http://etsygiveaways.blogspot.com/2009/02/green-moon-earrings-ends-0228.html The contest will end on the last day of this month. On to some cool findings! Last week, when I was out shopping for supplies for the weekend workshop, I happened to find a couple of cool items at Michael's crafts. Check out this wooden box. It's intended purpose is to store coils of wire (use number 1), but to me it looked like a display that I saw a lampwork artist using to display her beads at a show. (Use number 2) And, what I really thought about using it for; to photograph earrings (Use number3). It's a white box with 2 bars that I can dangle ...