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, ...

Today I will write about our Etsy Bloggers Street Team's featured blogger of the month. This month's featured shop is Storybeader. http://storybeader.etsy.com. At first glance I was consumed with the numerous items that are southwest and Native American inspired. Lots of turquoise, coral, heishi beads, sterling, fetish bears, birds and more. I'm not sure if she's Native American or not, but I would guess to say yes, because of the quality of this artist's work. When you go to her shop, you will read that each piece is handmade by her and a haiku is written for each necklace. (Thus the name, "storybeader".) Next, I went to visit Storybeader's blog: http://storybeader.blogspot.com and found myself on an explorative adventure through the Youtube video post. You just must go to this blog and play the Youtube and make sure your volume is on! It definitely had me going back to the shop to enjoy, really enjoy more pieces of jewelry. Here's a few of my fav...