I mentioned in January my plan to increase my shop inventory to 200 items before October - it's harder than it sounds! I've been floating in the mid 130's for the past few weeks so that's a nice boost over the ~80 items I had when I first declared my goals.
Here are some new favorites I've added lately, starting with my sapphire and iolite bracelet which I just love if I do say so myself!
Some things I list and think "oh now this must just FLY out of my shop" and I'm often wrong, but I know this garnet necklace will find a home one day, and I'm still betting it's soon!
I've got a few earrings based on this simple cascade design - varying lengths of stones dangling from chains for an elegant effect, here shown in green amethyst:
Of course sometimes I go back to pieces that haven't sold and rework them. These HUGE citrine teardrops were revised with a little more of a wrap than I originally had, they are very bold but such lovely large stones.
And finally I picked up a strand of these adorable Trillion cut crystal quartz - these are like perfect pyramids of diamond - they sparkle so much from the detailed surface faceting and needed little extra dressing up from me!
And of course I've been reworking my pictures (again I know!). I picked up this garden trug at Pottery Barn a year or two back and it's a lovely weathered gray wood. It also has overlapping surfaces which help add dimension when I want to show something draped (like in the citrine earrings above), and I love the way the rustic neutral tone sets up the shining sparkle of silver and stones, so I might just stick with this as my main backdrop for a little while!
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Thursday, June 9, 2011
My first ever Etsy Front Page - Green Amethyst Earrings
From 4-5 AM EDT today my earrings were included in the Etsy front page Treasury - my first one!
In spite of the early hour, it brought a few hundred visitors into my shop. Those are my earrings in the 2nd row, curated by my Aspiring Artisans Guild teammate, 464HandMade.
So happy!
In spite of the early hour, it brought a few hundred visitors into my shop. Those are my earrings in the 2nd row, curated by my Aspiring Artisans Guild teammate, 464HandMade.
So happy!
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